Reinventing Invention

 
 

Our
Ambition

Our
Ambition

Transform Chicago into a tier one technology and innovation hub and promote inclusive economic growth
© Lance Anderson
 
We’re building off a great foundation
#1
most connected airport in the U.S.
35
Fortune 500 companies
34%
women-owned start-ups
100+
incubators and accelerators
#1
most connected airport in the U.S.
35
Fortune 500 companies
34%
women-owned start-ups
100+
incubators and accelerators
 
 

What We
Do

What We
Do

We work collaboratively with Chicago communities to solve our most pressing challenges.
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© Jovin Joseph
 
  • Let me tell you something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.
    Barack Obama
  • Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
    Frank Lloyd Wright
  • My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
    Oprah Winfrey
  • I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.
    Sarah Bernhardt
  • Here was a city which had no tradition but was making them, and this was the very thing that everyone seemed to understand and rejoice in. Chicago was like no other city in the world, so said they all.
    Guide to the Columbian World’s Fair (1892)
  • Nothing that either man or nature can do, apparently, can check the growth of this city that has spread back from the lake like a prairie fire…Young as she is, Chicago has become the pace-maker of the world.
    Munsey’s Magazine (April 1907)
  • In the midst of a calamity without parallel in the world’s history, looking upon the ashes of thirty years’ of accumulations, the people of this once beautiful city have resolved that CHICAGO SHALL RISE AGAIN!
    Chicago Tribune (9 October 1871, the day after the Great Fire)
  • We Are a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Racial, Multi-Language City and That is Not a source To Negate But Really A Source of Pride, Because It Adds Stability and Strenth To A Metropolitan City as Large as Ours.
    Harold Washington
  • Chicago almost defies interpretation. In many ways Chicago is like a snake that sheds its skin every thirty years or so and puts on a new coat to conform to a new reality.
    Dominic Pacyga
© Bos Alvertos

Who We
Are

Who We
Are

The people who helped us get here represent a team of thinkers and doers.
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© Benjamin Suter
1
of 4 cities with 3 tier-one research universities
#2
city in the U.S. for immigrant friendly policies

What You
Can Do

What You
Can Do

Your involvement is integral to this initiative becoming part of the very fabric of the city.
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© Ashley Lane
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We are devoted to supporting our tech community and doing our part to ensure Chicagoland emerges from this crisis stronger and more connected than ever.

This is an unprecedented time for our city, for our nation and for our world. But amidst the disruption and challenges we face, we also witness an incredible sense of unity as a region. Our enterprise companies, our startup community and our leaders across healthcare, analytics, workforce and more have deployed resources and solutions to fight this pandemic. Now, more than ever, we are seeing Chicagoland work across the lines of industry, sector and geography to succeed together.

This gives me hope. Hope not only that our city will rise from this moment stronger than ever, but also, that when we rise it will be as an innovation leader. Over the past few weeks, the P33 team has been working tirelessly to apply the core of what we do to the Covid-19 crisis – focusing diverse institutions and communities around an urgent challenge. We are collaborating with leaders across our region to explore several priorities at the intersection of P33’s strategy and the Covid-19 crisis.

While this is a moment of great disruption in our personal and professional lives, if history teaches us anything it’s that disruption breeds innovation. This is also a moment of great solidarity, as we come together as a community to fight this crisis as one united Chicagoland.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all the members of our tech community who have so generously given their time, resources and knowledge to fight this crisis and to our first responders and hospital workers.

Stay healthy. Stay well.

Sincerely,
Brad

Brad Henderson, CEO P33