TEDxEvanston - Terry Howerton - Serendipitous Education
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 29/05/2012

Terry Howerton - Chairman, Chicago Tech Academy. Partner, TechNexus - Terry is an entrepreneur and community builder. He is the founding chairman of the Illinois Technology Association and co-founder of TechNexus, a venture collaborative that has been home to more than 140 growing companies and an ecosystem used by 2,500 entrepreneurs, engineers and executives each month. Terry has been a founder, principal or active advisor in more than a dozen startups, his first launched at 15 years old. He cofounded and chairs the Chicago Tech Academy, an innovative charter high school that connects 600 at risk students a year with mentors and an education infused with technology aptitude and entrepreneurial vision.


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