After the Great Fire (Public Domain; via Wiki Commons)
CHICAGO – 1871 was the year of the Chicago Fire. For local tech entrepreneurs, they say they like to think of it as the year Chicago rebuilt – and have seized upon it as the name for a new tech center that will open this spring at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.
1871 is the brainchild of local tech entrepreneur Matt Moog (full disclosure: Matt Moog is a board member of Chicago Public Media, parent of our partner station WBEZ), who is also the CEO of Viewpoints Networks and founder of builtinchicago.org. It will be operated by not-for-profit Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, which is run by Kevin Willer.
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