Summary: What are startups in the Midwest made of? To help me answer that question, I was joined by Brian Mayer and Jon Pasky, two of the three founders of midVenturesLAUNCH, the biggest startup event in the Midwest. midVenturesLAUNCH is organized on 27-28 September just outside downtown Chicago. We talked about the conference, the development of the entrepreneurial climate and happenings in the US, among great insight into the Chicago startup scene. For more information, check out: http://midventureslaunch.com/ Listen to the episode in the player below. Member Highlight: Heppnigames “We’ll change the way social games are played. Literally.” Here’s some quotes from the episode: “We sort of jokingly refer to Chicago as ‘fly-over country’, because a lot of VC’s, even though they’re based here or a lot of VC’s from Silicon Valley or New York will fly over Chicago to get to where they’re funding their companies.” “We joke here, that a lot of that talent is sitting coding for banks and financial institutions, but not really going out and starting an entrepreneurial company.” “.. I looked at Tech Cocktail and said ‘if they can get 800 people to come out on a Thursday night for drinks, to just talk tech, there’s really a need here in Chicago and the Midwest to shine a spotlight on that.'” “Bringing Chicago to the attention to the country and the world as a leader in entrepreneurship certainly wouldn’t hurt!”
