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mHUB Selects Nine Startups from Around the World to Participate in Inaugural Cohort of Accelerator for Smart Manufacturing Hardtech Innovation

Unparalleled resources and regional manufacturing ecosystem make Chicago-based mHUB a top destination for physical product startups.

Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Three Major Trends Impacting IIoT Startups

Here are the top three trends that Sunny Trinh of Avnet and David Weksel of Panduit are seeing more and more of each day and how they impact IIoT startups.

Posted: Monday, April 26, 2021

mHUB Announces Appointment of Kevin Willer, from Chicago Ventures, as Vice Chairman of the Board

mHUB today announced the appointment of Kevin Willer as vice chairman of its board of directors. Willer has been an active member of the mHUB executive board since its founding in 2017.

Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2021

mHUB Hardtech Development Services Have Provided $2M of Income to Members

By early 2021, mHUB Hardtech Development services surpassed $2 million dollars of income for members who participate as contractors on research and development projects for product innovation.

Posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Patent Pressure: Intellectual Property for Startups and Hardtech Entrepreneurs

NuCurrent's EVP of Intellectual Property, Jay Knobloch, captures some of the business aspects of IP that entrepreneurs in the hardtech industry should consider.

Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2021

As Laystrom Manufacturing celebrates its 70th birthday this year, we sat down with Laystrom's President Colin Cosgrove to discuss the past, present, and future of this third generation metal fabrication company.

Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

2020 mHUB Annual Report: The Future of Innovation is Collaborative

Read on as we highlight collaboration and what is possible when we come together.

Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Cast21 Reimagines a Timeworn Orthopedic Device: The Cast

As an mHUB member, Cast21 has been rapidly growing in order to change the way the world heals, starting with broken bones. The medical device company is committed to developing safe, effective products for orthopedic applications.

Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Top Industrial IoT Applications for Industry 4.0

Where are Industrial IoT startups focusing in the realm of Industry 4.0? Here's a list of the top Industrial IoT applications based on hundreds of conversations with hardtech startups.

Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2021

Over the last few months, 12 startup teams from the Italian Trade Agency and 3 startup teams from Canada have been welcomed into the mHUB community virtually.

Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Global connectivity is a problem that CEO and Founder Danny Gardner and the Mesh++ team set out to solve 5 years ago. What began as an engineering exercise is now a network solution bringing internet reliability and accessibility to what have historically been hard to reach locations.

Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2021

Business Model Canvas: Business Modeling for Entrepreneurs

This workshop, taught by Jarrod Lowery of Do Tank, helped attendees understand the difference between user, buyer, and financer and how to craft a compelling story about how your solution addresses each of their goals.

Posted: Friday, January 29, 2021

mHUB Names Shannon McGhee to New Role of Director of Community Impact and Engagement

Appointment announced as organization deepens commitment to creating more equitable access to its community and resources for underrepresented entrepreneurs

Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2021

Industrial IoT - Pilot and Deploy for Impact

In the digital transformation realm of manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is the number one technology. As so often happens, IIoT has too often been seen as a great technology innovation that is looking for a problem. Now that we’re starting to have a better perspective, we see how IIoT can solve real business problems and understand how money can be made.

Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2021

IIoT Innovation: pilot for impact, and scale for profit

IIoT offers value across the whole organization: it improves the efficiency of operations, provides insights to the supply chain, tracks assets in inventory, and brings new business models with an increased service component to the marketplace.

Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

IIoT Innovation: it’s not just about devices, it’s an end-to-end solution

Industrial IoT (IIoT) is built on the intersection of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) that enables you to connect physical assets to the digital world.

Posted: Monday, January 4, 2021

IIoT Innovation: new business models beyond efficiency improvements

If you think that Industrial IoT (IIoT) is like consumer IoT but in an industrial setting, you might have to think again.

Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020

NuCurrent is Changing Wireless Power as We Know It

Founded as an entrepreneurial project out of Northwestern University in 2009, NuCurrent is actively changing the way that the world sees wireless power.

Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020

mHUB and the Associate Board announce finalists of the Pre-Seed Venture Challenge

Six finalists will pitch for a chance at $25,000 of cash and in-kind prizes

Posted: Friday, December 18, 2020

As part of our series “Five Questions with,” Sunny Trinh, VP of Demand Creation and Cool Stuff at Avnet, discusses biggest IIoT trends and how the mHUB Accelerator aligns with Avnet's mission as an organization.

Posted: Friday, December 18, 2020

Learnings from Incubating Hardtech Businesses

Thierry Van Landegem, mHUB Accelerator IIoT cohort Executive Director, is an expert on incubating hardtech businesses. He's put together a helpful list of tips & tricks that any hardtech startup can benefit from.

Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020

As part of our series “Five Questions with,” David Weksel, Director of Strategic Growth at Panduit, discusses the types of technologies he is most interested in and how mHUB Accelerated Incubation & Panduit go hand in hand.

Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Rapids Air Quality is Improving the Air We Breathe

Many studies have shown that COVID-19 death rate is higher in places with poor air quality. The unfortunate reality of health disparities in overlooked neighborhoods across the country is what inspired Darren Riley and his team to start Rapids Air Quality this year.

Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Sotaog is Optimizing Operations and Growing Revenue

Sarah Tamilarasan's first few experiences with industrial analytics were no walk in the park: expensive & clunky optimization tools that didn't provide full access to data at hand. In 2017, Sarah took it upon herself to spearhead digitalization and Sotaog was born.

Posted: Monday, December 14, 2020

In this networking focused class, Anna Maria Viti-Welch pushed attendees to expand their reaches and bolster their rate of success in networking irrespective of all the limiting factors that engaging virtually or otherwise can help eliminate.

Posted: Monday, December 14, 2020

mHUB Selects Nine Startups from Around the World to Participate in Inaugural Cohort of Accelerator for Smart Manufacturing Hardtech Innovation

Three Major Trends Impacting IIoT Startups

mHUB Announces Appointment of Kevin Willer, from Chicago Ventures, as Vice Chairman of the Board

mHUB Hardtech Development Services Have Provided $2M of Income to Members

Patent Pressure: Intellectual Property for Startups and Hardtech Entrepreneurs

SME Spotlight: Laystrom Manufacturing

2020 mHUB Annual Report: The Future of Innovation is Collaborative

Cast21 Reimagines a Timeworn Orthopedic Device: The Cast

Top Industrial IoT Applications for Industry 4.0

mHUB Welcomes Global Startup Teams

Mesh ++ is Bringing WiFi Anywhere

Business Model Canvas: Business Modeling for Entrepreneurs

mHUB Names Shannon McGhee to New Role of Director of Community Impact and Engagement

Industrial IoT - Pilot and Deploy for Impact

IIoT Innovation: pilot for impact, and scale for profit

IIoT Innovation: it’s not just about devices, it’s an end-to-end solution

IIoT Innovation: new business models beyond efficiency improvements

NuCurrent is Changing Wireless Power as We Know It

mHUB and the Associate Board announce finalists of the Pre-Seed Venture Challenge

Five Questions with Sunny Trinh

Learnings from Incubating Hardtech Businesses

Five Questions with David Weksel

Rapids Air Quality is Improving the Air We Breathe

Sotaog is Optimizing Operations and Growing Revenue

Networking in a New World