Home-grown capitalists
find like minds.
Building unites firms,
investors.
By Rob Kaiser
Tribune staff reporter
Published November 18, 2002
Even as venture capitalists flew around the country to close deal after deal
in the late 1990s, they wanted their investments to move within driving distance.
Chicago-area entrepreneurs, for example, often got backing from Silicon Valley
investors only after agreeing to go west. Today, early-stage investors want
their companies even closer to home.
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Center remodels shared space concept
by Ruth Solomon staff writer
February 16, 2008
Marie Platowski, general manager of Edens Tower Plaza's Business Network Center, stands near some of the high end artwork on display in the office building. As a low-cost way of providing high quality wall decor in the lobby hallway, Platowski features local North Shore artists' paintings for sale. Most recently, the venture capitalist Wally Cornett of Northbrook has been showing his works.
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