Chicago is at the center of a nation dedicated to innovation, “but something has been missing,” says Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell, in a report in the New York Times. Determined to fill the void, Mr. Keywell and his business partner Eric Lefkofsky founded a not-for-profit conference to be what Keywell calls “a platform for world-class ideas,” similar to the annual TED conference in California or the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
However, unlike those two high-priced, high-minded gatherings, Mr. Keywell’s get-together, Chicago Ideas Week, is designed to be accessible to anyone with the time to attend—and at least $15 to spare. The second annual conference, a weeklong event, started Monday.
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