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I’ve written a lot about my Failure Museum, but I don’t often get to share it in real life. Thanks Ben Cohen for the Failure Museum conversation that’s taught me more about failure, success, risk-taking, and resilience. wsj.com/business/entre… Norwest

Beautiful weather for classic “Bike the Drive” day in Chicago with my son.

As if the VC market was not already hard enough, we Hyde Park Venture Partners had a (brief) grease fire this morning after our Monday partnership meeting on the deck at our office. #rememberonlyYOUcanpreventforestfires

How are Chicago elected officials doing on getting the basics covered for our city? Not good, according to this week’s newsletter from Jenny Guzmán Rise Chicago, a group I am glad to be involved and support.

As a Chicagoan, I’m absolutely thrilled that Eileen O’Neill Burke is now officially our next Cook County States Attorney Our city and county will be infinitely safer now with her prosecuting criminals We are here to support you however we can, Eileen 🙏❤️👊 Congrats, my friend!!!

Chicago mayor has some serious leadership challenges, and that is just the tip of the iceberg in how he has struggled running the city. He will be a 1 term mayor. Great run-down by ⁦Jenny Guzmán⁩ ⁦Rise Chicago⁩ chicagotribune.com/2024/12/12/opi…

Not all deep tech wears its innovations on its sleeve—in some environments, simplicity, reliability, and seamlessly scalable solutions are required for truly transformative impact. More from James Hardiman on why we're so excited about Slip Robotics 👇 bit.ly/4gjO1rV

Congrats to the team at Slip Robotics for the exciting $28M Series B led by DCVC - Data Collective. Want to load or unload an entire 53-foot truck in 5 minutes (yes, 5 minutes!), check out how companies like @nissan @johndeere GE Appliances, a Haier company do it. Hyde Park Venture Partners youtube.com/watch?v=HJzQXb…

Back to the office and getting back to shopping! Proud of our team Leap_retail for raising $20M. We are excited to work with Karen Katz Neiman Marcus The RealReal who joined the board. finance.yahoo.com/news/leap-gets…

Chicagoans, regardless of political party, country of origin, or whether you’re a life-long resident or not, are all part of this city. There are those who work quietly when no one is watching, and we all need to jump in where we can. Sitting on the sidelines, whether leading

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Chicago floating $830M in bonds. Here are some thoughts on this bond issuance and the City Council Finance committee from Jenny Guzmán Rise Chicago

If what Donald J. Trump and @ElonMusk are doing is legal (which frankly, feels doubtful to me) then they have essentially created a line item veto that all future presidents can use. It does not matter what laws or programs that congress passes, the president can just ignore it

Our president treats the brutal dictator Putin like a friend and has started doing Putin’s bidding. What will common Americans do as there becomes increasing evidence our president Donald J. Trump appears to have become a Russian asset?

What the Trump administration is now trying to do to Ukraine is beyond cruel. It is shameful and nauseating. Our President Donald J. Trump is siding with a violent dictator (Putin) over the democratic Ukraine. I have NEVER been more ashamed to be an American. nytimes.com/live/2025/03/0…

Congratulations to founder #AdamRoth and CEO #ScottSmith on the exit of @amplifund_ to Euna Solutions, one of the earliest investments made by Hyde Park Venture Partners. Thank you @firstanalysus in helping to lead to this successful outcome. businesswire.com/news/home/2025…

This is horrible, careless, reckless.... putting real American serviceman lives at risk. And, SHOCKING that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth must feel that the Signal is more secure than what our military uses. Or perhaps he just does not trust our own military?

Full house for Rise Chicago’s lunch discussion on Chicago’s fiscal outlook Guest speakers Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza ☮️, The Civic Federation’s Joe Ferguson & fellow Rise co-founders Stuart Loren & ED Jenny Guzmán I’m deeply heartened to see so many good Chicagoans here 🙏❤️👊

How to be a good board member? Add value in ways that matter, look for relevant patterns, be retrained, and pick your moments. Flattered to chat with two of my favorite tech leaders Mike Shannon and Corey Ferengul on their podcast series Momentum Mode. momentummode.substack.com/p/14-what-boar…

In the two years we’ve been building Rise Chicago, we’ve talked to hundreds of people—from different backgrounds, neighborhoods, industries, and political perspectives. Almost everyone agrees: there’s major room for improvement. But how we get there, together, is still a work in