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Tammy Xu

Updated on April 09, 2025

Technical expertise is important, but it’s not enough.

Built In Staff

Updated on April 09, 2025

In order to gain insight into the sales skills they deem essential for success, Built In Chicago checked in with Pasek and two more local leaders — Selena Sacchetti, a senior sales executive at Grubhub, and Matt Williams, a senior sales manager at Mothership. Along with active listening, they shared how working with an empathetic approach as well as being able to independently problem solve are critical skills for sales reps to hone.  

Olivia McClure

Updated on April 09, 2025

Learn how KPA and Scaled Agile empower their people to give back to their communities — and build more meaningful connections with each other.

Stephen Gossett

Updated on April 09, 2025

This model is hunting for systemic patterns and biases. Paywalls be damned.

Hal Koss

Updated on April 09, 2025

Chicago Tech Academy wants to build a pipeline to the city’s booming tech sector.

In order to get a pulse of how they’re keeping company culture alive even in a remote environment, Built In Chicago caught up with four local companies. We asked them to describe the most notable change they’ve seen since transitioning to remote, a culture-building ritual they’ve kept alive and any advice they have for other companies looking for new ways to build and maintain culture. Here’s what they said. 

Nona Tepper

Updated on April 09, 2025

To fight burnout, Basecamp abolished project deadlines. Then they brought them back — with much better results.