Wintrust Business Lunch 1/27/25: Nasdaq dip, hazard insurance, AI startup funding

Wintrust Business Lunch

Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media and Best Money Moves, joins John Williams to talk about the number of immigrants in the building trades, why she’s not panicking about today’s market dip, the impact of AI on the market, the latest on existing home sales, and what is going to happen to hazard insurance after the recent wildfires in California.

Segment 2: Jim Dallke, Director of Communications, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, tells John about AI leading the way in US venture funding last year, an AI insurance startup raising new seed funding, and a handful of Chicago startups heading to pitch their companies at SXSW in Austin.

Segment 3: Mac Stevenson, GLASA (Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association) Senior Program Manager, tells John Williams everything you should know about this weekend’s annual “Sleds Are Coming” exhibition sled hockey event at the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse & Ice Rink at Lake Forest College.

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