Is Amazon (Chica) Go the Future of Grocery Shopping?
On March 7, 2019 I went to an Amazon Go store for the first time. Outside of Seattle, Chicago is one of the first cities to serve Amazon Go, so I figured this would be a really cool opportunity to experience the growing chain of cashier-less stores first hand. For reference, this is the one on Clark Street in Chicago’s Loop.
Read MoreUnder the Hood of the New Website
Midway Ventures’ new website is built with the Squarespace Developer Platform. The Squarespace Developer Platform is a relatively new technology compared to more longstanding solutions like Wordpress. This post offers a tour of the site and the tech behind it.
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Interview with Rho Kook Song,
CEO & Co-Founder of Freenters
Zac Gunther, co-founder and deal lead here at Midway Ventures, sat down for an interview with Rho Kook Song, the CEO and Co-Founder of Freenters, one of Midway Ventures’ early clients. Freenters has since evolved its core business model.
Read MoreWhat We Do at Midway Ventures
To help those curious about Midway Ventures get a better idea of what we do on a day-to-day basis, we caught up with associates Archita and Elissa, who worked this quarter with a biotechnology startup focusing on revolutionizing clinical trials.
Read MoreShanghai: My Experience in China's Startup Underbelly
Anybody who has flown internationally knows that between the airplane door and the gangway is a small gap, exposing you to your first whopping whiff of ‘fresh’ air since you boarded. This miasma is common, and its putridity does a good job of summing up my experience in Shanghai.
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Meet Midway:
Agnay Mohindra
In the latter portion of Spring Quarter, a few members of Midway Ventures were interviewed to help our clients, as well as the undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, gain a better understanding of what students involved in Midway Ventures are like.
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