Chicago?s Impact Engine Accelerator Is Looking For Environmentally & Socially Minded Startups

Impact Engine is a newly launched venture accelerator in Chicago designed to attract both environmentally and socially-minded businesses that want to - well, you know -- make an impact on today's world. The belief is that you don't have to be a non-profit business to make this happen, but that it's possible to create self-sustaining businesses that are working to improve the human condition. The program is being run by OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton, who will work with the participating startups out of Chicago's 1871 entrepreneurial hub - that's the same place where Chicago-based?Excelerate Labs?has its class of '12 startups working, in fact.

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