ArtistData mentioned in BusinessWeek as promising Chicago tech startup
Big thanks to Fred for mentioning ArtistData in an article about the growing Chicago tech scene!
Can Tech Rescue America's Big Cities?
Posted by: Michael Arndt on August 19, 2009
Many times being big and diverse with business is a good thing for a city. It buffers the local economy from industry-specific slowdowns, and it gives people more options for careers. Fred Hoch lives and works in big and diverse Chicago, but sometimes he wonders if the city would be better off if it were more like San Diego or Austin—smaller places defined by a growth industry like biotech or semiconductors.
(This isn’t just about Chicago, btw. Commodity cities across the U.S. might find a lesson here.)
