Some of the companies I’m advising or investing in. If you’re interested in talking to any of them, let me know.

Internet
	Sittercity.com, America’s first and largest site for connecting parents with babysitters, nannies and other household help.
	Itrios, creators of the Itduzzit platform which makes it easy to create alerts, widgets, mini apps, and enterprise mashups. You can leverage content from popular web sites and services, configure intelligent apps, and push cloud content to any web site, platform, social media, email, SMS, and phone.
	Tweetlytics, a social media monitoring & analytics platform for Twitter & Facebook.
	The Lawyer Market, a reverse auction for legal services using sophisticated matching technology.
	Bettr.at, informal instruction and training in any subject in an online social environment.
Nanotechnology
	NanoSphere (NasdaqGM: NSPH), creators of the Verigene® platform for advanced diagnostics and sensing.
	NanoInk, creators of Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®), a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology used in in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life science and semiconductor industries.
	Polyera, a leader in printed electronics.
Non Profit
	Open Books, Chicago’s “most beautiful used book store” and literacy center.
	Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago leading new music ensemble.
Entrepreneurship
	Knapp Entrepreneurship Center at IIT Chicago’s leading professional support services center for IIT-related entrepreneurs.
	Excelerate Labs, a 13-week intensive program that connects talented founding teams with the mentors, customers, and investors they need to build the great companies of tomorrow.