Highlights
Videos, Awards and Articles from around the web, that highlight Brad’s accomplishments.
VIDEO.
Taking Risks, Building Businesses and Carving Your Own Path
Michigan Ross Commencement 2022 Guest Speaker: Brad Keywell
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
University of Michigan Ross Talks w. Scott DeRue
CIW: Fashion: Elle MacPherson
Brad Keywell & Eric Lefkofsky: Powerful Potential
Bing Gordon
Brad Keywell, "Vision and Disruption: the Entrepreneurial Journey"
Martine Rothblatt How to Live a Curious, Questioning, Loving, Practical Life
Brad Keywell & Doug Oberhelman: Collaborative Disruption in Action
Why robots won't replace humans
Technology is a factor to make the world a better place: Uptake CEO
Bloomberg Cornell Tech Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Creating power partnerships
Bryan Cranston discusses "the unknown"
Rahm and Ari Emanuel Reflect on Their Family, Careers
Don Thompson on Building a Business
Brad Keywell C2 Montreal 2017
Next Big Hit? | Chicago Business Today
Brad Keywell's Graduation Speech
Kara Swisher on "Weaponized" Social Media
Tennis Coach Kamau Murray on the Solution for Success
CEOs Try to Predict the Future in 10 Years
What It Feels Like to Be in a Plane Crash with Ric Elias
How Brian Grazer Unlocks Genius Through Curiosity
mHUB Industry Disruptors talk series: Brad Keywell of Uptake
John Mackey: A World With(out)
International Women's Day: Tech Trailblazers for Social Good
Eighty-Eighth Commencement Exercises
Fourth Revolution Champion Award: Brad Keywell
Brad Keywell Sits Down with Jimmy Chin
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn”
ENT 101: How to kill an idea
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply ChainNOT
David Lynch
EY Strategic Growth Forum - Brad Keywelll Interview with Kelly Grier
Brad Keywell speaks to Reuters at WEF 2020
Bringing Data to the Forefront
A Fireside Chat with Brad Keywell and Andrew Forrest
HFS Webinar: Shaping the Modern Workplace - Now is the right time!
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply Chain
CEO Webcast: Finding Opportunities in a Downturn
CBI Insights
New Normal: Conversation with Brad Keywell of Uptake
CMO Forum Impact Series: Brad Keywell
8.12.2020 - Digital Divide WebinarNOT
Distinguished Speaker Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
The Unstoppables
YPO: Virtual Lunch 2021NOT
WEF 20 | Panel Discussion: New Skills for the New Collar Worker
Chicago Startup Week Fireside Chat
RossTalks 2021: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Integr8 2020: The Industry 4.0 Conference
Taking Risks, Building Businesses and Carving Your Own Path
Michigan Ross Commencement 2022 Guest Speaker: Brad Keywell
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
University of Michigan Ross Talks w. Scott DeRue
CIW: Fashion: Elle MacPherson
Brad Keywell & Eric Lefkofsky: Powerful Potential
Bing Gordon
Brad Keywell, "Vision and Disruption: the Entrepreneurial Journey"
Martine Rothblatt How to Live a Curious, Questioning, Loving, Practical Life
Brad Keywell & Doug Oberhelman: Collaborative Disruption in Action
Why robots won't replace humans
Technology is a factor to make the world a better place: Uptake CEO
Bloomberg Cornell Tech Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Creating power partnerships
Bryan Cranston discusses "the unknown"
Rahm and Ari Emanuel Reflect on Their Family, Careers
Don Thompson on Building a Business
Brad Keywell C2 Montreal 2017
Next Big Hit? | Chicago Business Today
Brad Keywell's Graduation Speech
Kara Swisher on "Weaponized" Social Media
Tennis Coach Kamau Murray on the Solution for Success
CEOs Try to Predict the Future in 10 Years
What It Feels Like to Be in a Plane Crash with Ric Elias
How Brian Grazer Unlocks Genius Through Curiosity
mHUB Industry Disruptors talk series: Brad Keywell of Uptake
John Mackey: A World With(out)
International Women's Day: Tech Trailblazers for Social Good
Eighty-Eighth Commencement Exercises
Fourth Revolution Champion Award: Brad Keywell
Brad Keywell Sits Down with Jimmy Chin
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn”
ENT 101: How to kill an idea
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply ChainNOT
David Lynch
EY Strategic Growth Forum - Brad Keywelll Interview with Kelly Grier
Brad Keywell speaks to Reuters at WEF 2020
Bringing Data to the Forefront
A Fireside Chat with Brad Keywell and Andrew Forrest
HFS Webinar: Shaping the Modern Workplace - Now is the right time!
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply Chain
CEO Webcast: Finding Opportunities in a Downturn
CBI Insights
New Normal: Conversation with Brad Keywell of Uptake
CMO Forum Impact Series: Brad Keywell
8.12.2020 - Digital Divide WebinarNOT
Distinguished Speaker Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
The Unstoppables
YPO: Virtual Lunch 2021NOT
WEF 20 | Panel Discussion: New Skills for the New Collar Worker
Chicago Startup Week Fireside Chat
RossTalks 2021: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Integr8 2020: The Industry 4.0 Conference
Taking Risks, Building Businesses and Carving Your Own Path
Michigan Ross Commencement 2022 Guest Speaker: Brad Keywell
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
University of Michigan Ross Talks w. Scott DeRue
CIW: Fashion: Elle MacPherson
Brad Keywell & Eric Lefkofsky: Powerful Potential
Bing Gordon
Brad Keywell, "Vision and Disruption: the Entrepreneurial Journey"
Martine Rothblatt How to Live a Curious, Questioning, Loving, Practical Life
Brad Keywell & Doug Oberhelman: Collaborative Disruption in Action
Why robots won't replace humans
Technology is a factor to make the world a better place: Uptake CEO
Bloomberg Cornell Tech Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Creating power partnerships
Bryan Cranston discusses "the unknown"
Rahm and Ari Emanuel Reflect on Their Family, Careers
Don Thompson on Building a Business
Brad Keywell C2 Montreal 2017
Next Big Hit? | Chicago Business Today
Brad Keywell's Graduation Speech
Kara Swisher on "Weaponized" Social Media
Tennis Coach Kamau Murray on the Solution for Success
CEOs Try to Predict the Future in 10 Years
What It Feels Like to Be in a Plane Crash with Ric Elias
How Brian Grazer Unlocks Genius Through Curiosity
mHUB Industry Disruptors talk series: Brad Keywell of Uptake
John Mackey: A World With(out)
International Women's Day: Tech Trailblazers for Social Good
Eighty-Eighth Commencement Exercises
Fourth Revolution Champion Award: Brad Keywell
Brad Keywell Sits Down with Jimmy Chin
WEOY 2019 Brad Keywell
Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn”
ENT 101: How to kill an idea
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply ChainNOT
David Lynch
EY Strategic Growth Forum - Brad Keywelll Interview with Kelly Grier
Brad Keywell speaks to Reuters at WEF 2020
Bringing Data to the Forefront
A Fireside Chat with Brad Keywell and Andrew Forrest
HFS Webinar: Shaping the Modern Workplace - Now is the right time!
5.13.2020 - Future of Production & Supply Chain
CEO Webcast: Finding Opportunities in a Downturn
CBI Insights
New Normal: Conversation with Brad Keywell of Uptake
CMO Forum Impact Series: Brad Keywell
8.12.2020 - Digital Divide WebinarNOT
Distinguished Speaker Series: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
The Unstoppables
YPO: Virtual Lunch 2021NOT
WEF 20 | Panel Discussion: New Skills for the New Collar Worker
Chicago Startup Week Fireside Chat
RossTalks 2021: A Conversation with Brad Keywell
Integr8 2020: The Industry 4.0 Conference
ARTICLES.
Doing an IPO ‘can be fun’ but doesn’t always lead to the best result
July 04, 2019
Most tech entrepreneurs might dream of ending up with their companies listing on the Nasdaq, but Brad Keywell isn't sure it's always the right call to make.
Uptake CEO Brad Keywell Wins World Entrepreneur Award
June 10, 2019
Chicago tech veteran Brad Keywell just became the third U.S. founder to win the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year award.
AI software founder wins world entrepreneur award
June 08, 2019
Brad Keywell has been named the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year for 2019, marking a record third win for the US in the competition’s 19-year history.The serial entrepreneur, also known for co-founding voucher website Groupon, was recognised for building Uptake Technologies, a maker of AI software for industrial companies.
This successful CEO says his Sunday ritual keeps his employees more in tune and makes his week more productive
May 19, 2019
Brad Keywell is cofounder and CEO of Uptake, an industrial AI startup that achieved unicorn status in its latest funding round. In a recent video interview with LinkedIn managing editor Chip Cutter, Keywell revealed that there's a very specific ritual he partakes in every Sunday night — one that makes a big difference to his employees and also his family.
Uptake named CNBC Disruptor 50 company
May 15, 2019
Uptake's mission: to create a world that always works. That's a pretty big ambition, but this Chicago-based SaaS start-up believes that AI and machine learning are the answer. Uptake takes voluminous amounts of data produced in industries like energy and transportation and uses AI to unlock all the ways a particular process or machine could potentially fail.
Life after Groupon: Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell
August 24, 2018
When you're one of three founders of Groupon, the company that energized Chicago's tech scene, what do you do with the rest of your life? If you're Andrew Mason, you head for the West Coast. If you're Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, you stay in Chicago and start more companies, fund others with a VC firm, and get involved in Chicago's civic and philanthropic community.
10 startups outside Silicon Valley to watch in 2018
January 02, 2018
Earlier this week, I wrote that the two questions I get most frequently from people who are interested in learning about Heartland Tech are about what cities they should be watching and what startups should be on their radar. I wrote about cities to watch here, and now I’d like to talk about startups to keep an eye on in 2018.
Giving Your Genius: A New Approach to Corporate Philanthropy
July 14, 2017
When we think about corporate philanthropy—the allocation of company resources for public benefit—we often limit our definition of resources to employee time, money, and product. But how valuable are these resources, actually, to social sector organizations?
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about empowering people, not the rise of the machines
June 14, 2017
The world is changing. There’s no way around this fact. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now. And, whether you know it or not, it will affect you. Billions of people and countless machines are connected to each other. Through groundbreaking technology, unprecedented processing power and speed, and massive storage capacity, data is being collected and harnessed like never before.
Why Warren Buffett is betting on this software start-up
May 16, 2017
Brad Keywell is enjoying a repeat act. In the short period of time since he co-founded Chicago-based Uptake Technologies in July 2014, Keywell has seen his start-up reach a $2 billion valuation on the back of $146 million in funding, including $40 million from Revolution Growth, the venture firm of AOL co-founder Steve Case.
Men Of The Year
May 10, 2017
Given there are only 24 hours in a day, it doesn’t seem possible to do everything Brad Keywell does. For starters, the Detroit-area native co-founded Groupon. But there’s more: He’s created multiple other companies that have had a profound influence on Chicago, including Tempus, a technology company working to battle cancer; Lightbank, a venture fund investing in technology businesses; and MediaOcean, a technology platform for the media-buying industry.
Brad Keywell: The Ultimate Entrepreneur
April 20, 2017
Brad Keywell is the co-founder of Uptake Technologies, Lightbank, and Groupon, and has launched over a dozen companies. But don't call him a Silicon Valley darling -- he's committed to seeing Chicago rise as a tech hub. Produced by Haley Draznin, CNN.
Exclusive: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Inks Deal With Data Crunching Startup
March 02, 2017
It’s been nearly two years since Fortune profiled entrepreneur Brad Keywell’s startup, Uptake Technologies, which slices and dices data from sensors on industrial machinery and other sources. Since then, the Chicago-based company has done some growing up.
The most important thing you can do with your brilliant idea is to try to kill it
December 02, 2016
Every successful business begins its life as an idea. The exhilarating journey from idea to reality is the essence of the entrepreneurial endeavor--and yet, most ideas never complete this journey. For every idea that triumphs, there are a thousand that fall by the wayside. As someone who believes that human innovation and entrepreneurial action is among our highest callings, I constantly ask myself: How do I know if an idea will succeed?
Uptake CEO Brad Keywell: “We are disrupting the blind spots”
January 21, 2016
Uptake differs from other of Keywell’s co-founded start-ups in that he employs collaborative disruption: “We are disrupting the blind spots,” Keywell says. In other words, “We are choosing to be disruptive with a partner who has a strong edge, rather than what we’ve traditionally done – which is be disruptive from the outside.”
Caterpillar, Brad Keywell take on the Internet of Things with Uptake
March 05, 2015
Caterpillar, the sixth-largest public company in the Chicago region, and Brad Keywell, one of the city's wealthiest venture capitalists, are teaming up on a new startup, called Uptake, the equipment-maker announced Thursday.