Lauren Zyber

By Lauren Zyber
Top Cincinnati Startups to Watch in 2022
There’s no doubt that 2021 has been a huge year for Midwest startups. In Ohio alone, VC funding surpassed $2B in September 2021 according to PitchBoo[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Top Indianapolis Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022
The startup scene in Indianapolis is one of the fastest growing startup communities in the Midwest and beyond. With top startup builders like High Alp[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Top Milwaukee Startups to Watch in 2022
Milwaukee, the city of champions . . . and startups. The Bucks’ NBA championship may have put Milwaukee on the map this year, but the city also experi[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Top Pittsburgh Startups to Watch in 2022
Pittsburgh is a Midwest city that might be known for its steel, but it’s also becoming known as an innovative tech hub. In fact, Startup Genome ranked[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Top Remote Startups to Watch in 2022
If you’re looking for a job at a remote startup, you’re not alone. Online searches for remote jobs have increased 460% in the last two years. And work[...]

By Lauren Zyber
KLA opens $200M campus in Ann Arbor — here's what it's like to work there.
This month, leading tech company KLA opened its second headquarters on the northside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Two years in the making, this new North A[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Non-technical jobs at top hiring tech companies in the Midwest
You don't have to be technical to work at a tech company. While top startups seem to always have open jobs for engineers, there are tons of great role[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Chicago startup Hallow raises $40M to help people pray, find peace
Hallow, a Chicago-based startup building the world’s largest Catholic prayer app, just raised $40 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Dr[...]

By Lauren Zyber
The New Era of Benefits: Work/Life Balance, Flexibility, and Purpose
A lot is changing about how we live and work as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. The office as we once knew it is going through a seismic shi[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Two Detroit startups raise millions in Series A, seed funding rounds
This week, two Detroit startups announced multi-million funding rounds, showing the strength of the Detroit startup community and its continued growth[...]

By Lauren Zyber
50+ Midwest and remote software engineering jobs
It's no secret that software engineers are in high demand. There are plenty of open software engineering jobs, but if you're looking for a new gig, it[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Columbus is a rapidly growing tech hub. Here's the top startup activity from the last 12 months.
In the Midwest, boomerangs are returning to the region to start companies, live sustainably, and find meaning in their work. Startup and tech companie[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Detroit startup DeepHow raises $9M pre-Series A funding
DeepHow, an AI startup that's bridging the skills gap in manufacturing, service, and construction, announced yesterday the closing of a $9 million pre[...]

By Lauren Zyber
SpotOn Raises $300M, acquires Appetize and ups valuation to $3.15B
SpotOn is one of the fastest-growing software and payment companies with a comprehensive suite of solutions for restaurants and retail businesses. Yes[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Discord community helps tech founders build authentic relationships
In a world that’s so connected, it can often be hard to feel, well, connected. This realization happened for Paul Jones when sitting at a conference, [...]

By Lauren Zyber
How Finite State is shaping a new industry of cybersecurity
Over the past year, some of the biggest cyber attacks have been supply chain compromises, a type of cyber attack that targets software vendors or thir[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Meet Multidots, a WordPress VIP Agency
You might not know what a WordPress VIP agency is, but some of the biggest brands in the world use them. Companies like Oracle, Spotify, and Salesforc[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Detroit startup Inpathy puts human connection back into social media
Social media scrolling can be a daily part of our lives, but that doesn’t mean it’s authentic. There doesn’t seem to be any place for talking with fri[...]

By Lauren Zyber
'Great Resignation' continues: 55% of workers likely to look for new job
There's no doubt that coronavirus pandemic has changed so much of the way we live our lives — and the way we work. It's left many re-evaluating their [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Meet the Airspace Link Dev Team — They’re Hiring!
There are highways. And then there are drone highways. Thanks to the Airspace Link team. Founded in Detroit, Airspace Link is a venture-backed, high-[...]

By Lauren Zyber
3,000 and growing: Dynatrace celebrates its close-knit global team
This month Dynatrace celebrated hiring its 3,000th employee. The team held a small celebration in Austria where the new hire is located. It’s not eve[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Virtual Road Trip Shows Strength of Detroit & Ann Arbor Tech Hubs
This week, the Purpose Jobs crew made our first stops on our virtual road trip, landing in Ann Arbor and Detroit. Cities in the Midwest, like Detroit [...]

By Lauren Zyber
New Ann Arbor Ecosystem Report Reveals Record-Breaking Year of Growth
Ann Arbor as a tech ecosystem has grown leaps and bounds over the last few years with major acquisitions of Duo Security and Llamasoft and the rise of[...]

By Lauren Zyber
A Day in the Life of a Customer Advocate at Clearcover
Headquartered in Chicago, Clearcover is a top insurtech startup in the Midwest — and in the country. Clearcover is disrupting a $200 billion industry[...]

By Lauren Zyber
People Collective helps HR community navigate the new normal of work
When companies around the world were forced to go remote because of COVID-19, HR and people operations folks felt an enormous amount of pressure and w[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Living, working & finding purpose in the Midwest as a Boomerang: Brooke James
This is the third blog in a three-part series on startup leaders finding success living and working in the Midwest. If you left your busy city for you[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Hiking, beaches, islands, rooftop bars... Michigan summers have it all
Okay, we know it’s true: Midwest winters are cold. If you’re not into living in a winter wonderland, it’s understandable, though Michigan winters can [...]

By Lauren Zyber
13 Purpose-Driven Companies Hiring Remote Startup Jobs
People are rethinking where they live, how they work, and what they do with their time. The New York Times calls it the new YOLO Economy. Perhaps the [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Living, working & finding purpose in the Midwest as a Boomerang: Lindsey Kilbride
This is the second blog in a three-part series on startup leaders finding success living and working in the Midwest. If you left your busy city for yo[...]

By Lauren Zyber
First but not only: Pride Fund 1 empowers LGBTQ+ community beyond Columbus
Despite expectations and the odds, 2020 VC activity was at a record high — for some founders. For women founders, VC funding shrank to 2.2%, and of t[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Apple & MSU launch first U.S. Developer Academy to empower Detroiters
Last month, MSU opened student applications for its new Apple Developer Academy. The program is the first and only to be launched in the U.S. and will[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Living, working & finding purpose in the Midwest as a Boomerang: Mykolas Rambus
This is the first blog in a three-part series on startup leaders finding success living and working in the Midwest. If you left your busy city for you[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Rise of the Rest celebrates growth in emerging tech hubs as people rethink where they live & work
There’s no doubt that the way we work and live has changed over the last year. The pandemic launched the country into a widespread remote-work experim[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Augmented Reality Art Festival Celebrates Detroit's Murals & Tech
Detroit may be known as the Motor City, but anyone who lives here knows that the city has some of the best murals in the world. From Diego Rivera’s De[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Building resilience plus more mental well-being strategies for work
As we know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While this topic has always been important, the past year has only worsened the mental health crisis[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Meet Qodex: A New Healthcare Tech Startup Empowering People
Qodex is one of the newest startups in the Detroit startup ecosystem. Founded in 2020, Qodex uses AI and digital solutions to help healthcare workers [...]

By Lauren Zyber
Now Hiring: Finite State, a Leader in Supply Chain Security
Supply chain security has become an increasingly important topic in the tech industry, and Finite State is at the forefront of it. Founded in Columbu[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Sustainable Furniture Brand Floyd Raises $15M Series B
Based in Detroit, Floyd is a sustainable furniture startup founded by Alex O'Dell and Kyle Hoff. On Wednesday, April 21, the company announced they ra[...]

By Lauren Zyber
47 Top Startups & Tech Companies Hiring at the Virtual Career Fair
On April 13th, we hosted the Midwest Startup & Tech Virtual Career Fair: Best Places To Work. We had tons of companies join and hundreds of jobs s[...]

By Lauren Zyber
26 Fast-Growing Midwest Tech Companies Now Hiring Software Engineers
There’s no doubt that the Midwest is a great place to be for tech jobs. And if you still have doubts, just check out some of the best startups and tec[...]

By Lauren Zyber
Detroit fintech startup Autobooks raises $25 million in Series B
Headquartered in Detroit, Autobooks is a top fintech startup in the Midwest that's making small business banking easy. Today they announced they raise[...]

By Lauren Zyber
20 Women Leaders In Technology You Should Know
Women have been making ground-breaking technological innovations for centuries. Since the dawn of the computer, women have been blazing trails, making[...]