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March 15, 2024
Dedun Sonaike first savored a meat pie in Nigeria, where her father was the head of the catering department for the University community. Spicy beef pies and sausage rolls were staples in her home but creamy chicken pies were her favorite, instilling a lifelong love of the savory pie. Read More
March 14, 2024
It’s hard to imagine traveling anywhere without encountering the trucking industry. According to the U.S. government, transportation services accounted for nine percent of our gross domestic product in 2022, with seventy-two percent of those goods being shipped by truck. Read More
March 14, 2024
Sensitive skin is defined by the International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) as, “a syndrome defined by the occurrence of unpleasant sensations (stinging, burning, pain, pruritus, and tingling sensations) in response to stimuli that normally should not provoke such sensations”--in plain English, misery. Read More
March 14, 2024
Imagine being overcharged for supplies by $25,000 in just one month! All businesses need to monitor their expenses, but the construction industry has sky-high challenges. Dealing with an ever-changing number of vendors and a myriad of contracted and fluctuating prices means having to check every line of every invoice for accuracy. Read More
December 14, 2022
Pablo Picasso once said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Artist and entrepreneur Caryn Mitchell creates art that not only awakens souls, it makes them sing. She believes that art should inspire and spark joy as well as transform a space. In addition to creating stunning custom works, Caryn has begun to expand her palette by offering retail pieces. She also brings her artistic passion to identity design, designing branding in harmony with her clients’ corporate culture and goals. Read More
December 14, 2022
Approximately 50 billion water bottles per year are sold in the U.S., yet many people are unable to open them due to manual dexterity issues. Andrew Ziccardi realized this on a sweltering day in 2010, when an elderly woman asked him to open a water bottle for her. The realization sparked a quest to invent a product that would empower people to easily twist off the small lids. In 2015, Andrew launched Ergonomic Bottle Caps, LLC, with its flagship consumer product, ErgoOpenerTM, available on Amazon as well as in stores in Illinois, Arizona and Ohio. Read More
December 14, 2022
Hearing loss currently affects an estimated 48 million people in the United States alone. The World Health Organization projects that by 2050, 2.5 billion people in the world will have some degree of hearing loss. At least 700 million people—that’s one in ten of us—will require hearing rehabilitation. Debbie Lawrence, founder of Easy Signing, knows these statistics all too well. In fact, for a while, she was one of those statistics. At the age of twenty-seven, Debbie was temporarily blind and deaf from the results of viral encephalitis and meningitis. This gave her a unique perspective of living without sight and sound, fueling her passion to create innovative ways of developing communication without barriers. Read More
December 14, 2022
To say that COVID-19 was a global game-changer would be the understatement of a lifetime. Businesses of all types have faced unprecedented operational challenges and economic losses; particularly those in the service industry. JPMorgan Chase, in its article, “Small Business Finances in Illinois during the COVID-19 Pandemic” cited personal service firms as having been the hardest hit, with a negative revenue growth rate worse than that of the restaurant industry. Now, imagine the impact on a business that literally provides face-to-face service. Beauty professionals found themselves in a worst-case-scenario, with their industry all but shut down due to the pandemic. Confronted by this dire challenge, veteran freelance makeup artist Juliette Molina Bundhund launched Beauty By Juliette, a new business that would not only survive, but thrive. Read More
