Brian Barnes is founder and CEO of M1 Finance, a personal finance platform designed to improve how you invest and manage your money. Brian grew up in a family that taught financial literacy from a young age and after being unable to find the pe
Corbett Drummey is founder and CEO of Popular Pays, a platform designed to help brands connect with content creators to execute social media marketing campaigns. The idea for Popular Pays started while Corbett was working in a "real job" at an
Natalie Shmulik is CEO of The Hatchery. A food incubator born out of a partnership between Accion and the Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago. Their 67,000 square food facility will offer shared and private kitchen space, coworking space, pr
Sterling Douglass quit a promising actuarial career in 2014 to start a company. His first venture, a software solution allowing bar-goers to close out their tab via app, failed, but that experience lead to the idea for Chowly. Chowly helps rest