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Re:$1.6B in funding and $7B in exits: Chicago tech just had ... by rhino369 on Friday January 23, 2015 @06:43PM (#8938094)
Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Northwestern and to a lesser extent Michigan dump tons of engineers into Chicago.
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Re:$1.6B in funding and $7B in exits: Chicago tech just had ... by dmritard96 on Friday January 23, 2015 @08:47PM (#8938489)
Yes although arguably dumps just as many into the valley and NYC
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Re:$1.6B in funding and $7B in exits: Chicago tech just had ... by mathattack on Sunday January 25, 2015 @12:39AM (#8942159)
And outside of that, there's a big loss due to proximity. Northwestern hasn't had nearly the impact on tech as Stanford or Cal, and UIUC's biggest alums are in the valley.
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