The document discusses how Chicago has built an ecosystem to become a top technology center. It outlines the size and importance of Chicago's technology industry. It then describes how Chicago lacked connections between different technology players in the past. However, it has now built an ecosystem through connecting different parts of the industry, collaborating on shared goals, communicating opportunities, opening collaboration with universities, influencing government, and finding funding sources. The Illinois Technology Association has played a key role in driving this ecosystem, growing from 100 to 700 members in 5 years.
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