I'm excited to share my promotion as ’s first-ever Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer! ✅
2023 = #JordanYear: do big things, play to win, & win big for #Chicagoland 🏆
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Reimagining econdev w/ startups as Chief Strategy & Inno Officer 
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I’m so excited for the ! has been a sponsor for the past few years and we’ll be continuing our partnership again. Many of our #LoftyFamily members are in food/retail related industries, so we’ll be well represented again in 2023. Join us!
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WE’RE BACK!
@WorldBizChicago & partners are excited to announce @ChicagoVCSummit will return this May 3-4! 
We’re inviting founders, innovators, & #VCs from around the world to #Chicagoland, THE global capital for #food 
Learn more here 
worldbusinesschicago.com/allnews/cvs-fo
@WorldBizChicago & partners are excited to announce @ChicagoVCSummit will return this May 3-4!
We’re inviting founders, innovators, & #VCs from around the world to #Chicagoland, THE global capital for #food
Learn more here worldbusinesschicago.com/allnews/cvs-fo
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Lots happening in the Chicago LP community! 
Thanks to @WorldBizChicago and our twelve co-hosts for sponsoring a fantastic event last night!
@TessaFlippin @mamashayna
Thanks to @WorldBizChicago and our twelve co-hosts for sponsoring a fantastic event last night!
@TessaFlippin @mamashayna
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These two are rockstars 🤩
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After months of intense FOMO, I finally got my picture with @KuriakoseAbin in front of this wall! Great open house by @WorldBizChicago tonight!
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I’m forever grateful to my champions: , , & . I love my family & friends for their tireless support. And finally, I would be nowhere without my incredible colleagues ❤️
📸: when my family visited WBC for the first time
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The legendary Anthony Bourdain said it best: “#Chicago is a town, a city that doesn’t ever have to measure itself against any other city. Other places have to measure themselves against it. It’s big, it’s outgoing, it’s tough, it’s opinionated, & everybody’s got a story.” 🏙️
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I first joined as a program manager at the age of 26, & it's been an amazing journey since then. Under the leadership of our CEO : we've become a global model for the next generation of #economicdevelopment: inclusive, innovative, & values-driven ✅
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Last night at Formento’s reminded me of how dope Chicago is when people intentionally support innovation, diversity, and the tech ecosystem. @ClaudeCimeus @Chris_Deutsch @TessaFlippin @BetsyZEO @landon20s @Alphrica1906 great seeing you guys
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We love working with board member Jennifer Steans, , , , & partners ❤️
Thank you to my colleague Lauren Backe for all her hard work! 🥳
2023 = #JordanYear: do big things, play to win, & win big for #Chicago 🏆
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Together, // are mobilizing #Chicagoland biz & civic leaders to be deeply invested in our local #startup & #VC ecosystem. It was such an amazing way to kickoff 2023: the ENERGY of 300+ coming together to support our ecosystem 🚀
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In Candace Parker's two years with the Chicago Sky, she made a tremendous impact with her production & leadership.
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- 2-time All-Star
- 2022 All-WNBA 1st team
- 13.2 points, 8.5 rebounds in 55 regular season games
- Helped the Sky to their 1st WNBA title in 2021
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Today, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks 78 years since the Soviet Army liberated Auschwitz. From 1940 – 1945, approximately 1.3 million prisoners were deported to Auschwitz and 1.1 million were murdered.
Listen as the late Eva Kor shares her memory of liberation.
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#Chicago's own @CapitalizeVC has a powerful mission: using #VC as a catalyst to empower Black + Latinx founders, & building generational wealth for diverse LPs. #Chicagoland is lucky to have visionary leaders like @TessaFlippin - congrats!
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. is so grateful for , who shared her story & journey at our most recent WBC board meeting 🥳
CONGRATS & Team ! 👏
#ChicagoOverEverything
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Thank you for inviting to their 2023 semester kickoff! 🥳
students participate in a #Chicago-based, semester-long study & work program to explore our region’s thriving #tech & #innovation ecosystem ✅
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#Chicagoland = a global #innovation powerhouse, because of 🚀
was so proud to join the 2023 -in-#Chicago Forum! I shared more about why is core & critical to our region’s innovation & startup economy💡
📍#HydePark, #Chicago
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I ❤️my EL 2022 fam: I made incredible friends via ’s Emerging Leaders program. EL convenes #Chicagoland leaders to deepen our understanding of global issues + cultivate skills we need “think global, lead local.” 🌎
Learn more & apply: globalaffairs.org/about-us/leade
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This is a really really big deal!
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing team and our dear ally 🥳
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P33 & @WorldBizChicago announce #ChicagoH1BConnect to assist current H-1B visa holders who have been impacted by #techlayoffs.
@Bloomberg coverage bloom.bg/3wrqTCL
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Visit gotechchicago.com/h1b
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Catch our CEO, Joanne Rodriguez , as she discussed the power of nature backed solutions! Thank you for the opportunity. 🍄
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“There is no waste in nature - that’s a manmade construct." says Joanne Rodriguez, founder of @mycocycle, in the fresh @Naturebacked #podcast #goldenquotes @SingleEarth1
naturebacked.com/1918037/120722
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Our statement on the devastating events in Monterey Park. #StopAAPIHate
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The Monterey Park shooting is so painful and tragic for the Asian American community, not just because it’s Lunar New Year, but because the city has special significance.
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"If we can use molecular data to better diagnose heart disease, we have to make it available to patients" @CardioDiag CEO Meesha Dogan
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Wanna see what pure love looks like?
finally meets his hero. #BullsNation 's hero.
Joakim. ❤️
#CHGOinParis
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"Hang it in The Louvre"
@AyoDos_11 reflects on his biggest #Bulls moments of the season so far:
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. ➡️ board member 🏆
#Paris ➡️ #Chicago sister city, since 1996 🇫🇷
Paris Game = TODAY (2 PM central), Chicago Bulls VS Detroit Pistons 🏀
Learn more about today’s #NBA Global Game here ➡️ nba.com/news/everythin
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What grade do you give Kevin Warren’s first press conference as president of the Bears?
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I love this so much ⬇️
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After coaching a lot of very successful people, here's an unsexy truth:
A lot of success is learning to grind when it's boring.
Staying engaged, working, and seeing it through when it's "boring" is a skill. If you expect all building to be exciting, you'll never make it.
It’s official.
Gen Z is in the (Illinois) House.
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Chicago’s January arts offerings is 2nd to none. Enjoy a gallery, walk and see some great public art, or check out a theatre show in one of the iconic 77 neighborhoods…it’s magical 
and the people are fire 
and the people are fire 
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We’re seeing continued growth & momentum with #Chicagoland’s #growthcapital ecosystem, & I’m especially excited for our newest local #VC fund: @OffCenterVC! Great to see they are supported by @WorldBizChicago board member Jon Shulkin/Valor Siren Ventures bizjournals.com/chicago/inno/s
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Welcome, @JennaBike 
We're happy you're now a Red Star 
We're happy you're now a Red Star 2
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“For us, I don’t want to be a cookie cutter. I want to be a little bit off center and I want the founders to stand out,” - ❤️
LFG ! 🚀
2023 = #JordanYear
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