Howard A. Tullman

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Howard A. Tullman
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Born (1945-06-27) June 27, 1945 (age 78)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)G2T3V, LLC, Managing Partner; Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, Managing Partner; former Executive Director, Kaplan Institute at Illinois Tech, 1871, former CEO

Howard A. Tullman is an American serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector. He is the former executive director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship at Illinois Tech in Chicago and the first University Professor appointed at IIT. He is the former CEO of 1871, the current General Managing Partner of G2T3V, LLC, and the current General Managing Partner of Chicago High Tech Investment Partners LLC, both early stage venture capital funds based in Chicago.

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Early life

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1945, Tullman was raised in a family of eight. [1] He is the son of an apparel salesman and a stay-at-home mother (who later ran for public office in New Jersey) [1] and the eldest of six siblings. [2]

By age 10, Tullman started a candy business and a magic performance business in his free time. Tullman and his family moved to Highland Park, Illinois in 1961. [2] Tullman graduated from Highland Park High School in 1963.

Education

Tullman attended Northwestern University for his undergraduate degree, graduating cum laude in 1967 with a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics. [2] He went on to receive his J.D. from Northwestern's School of Law where he graduated with Honors in 1970. During his time at Northwestern, Tullman was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the Chairman of the Editors of the Law Review. [2] He was selected as a Ford Foundation Fellow and developed, along with James R. Thompson, former Governor of Illinois, a national Ford Foundation program for the study of criminal law.[ citation needed ] Tullman practiced law from the time he was admitted to the Bar in 1970 until 1980, specializing in large-scale class action cases and Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization cases. [2] In 1974, he was admitted on special petition to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. [1] He retired from law to found CCC Information Services. [2]

Entrepreneurial career

As of May 2011, Tullman has started 12 companies, including Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, CCC Information Services, Tunes.com, the Rolling Stone Network, Imagination Pilots, Experiencia, and others. [1] Tullman has held senior executive positions at Coin Inc., Worldwide Xceed and Kendall College, where he helped save the school from going into bankruptcy in 2003 and moved it from Evanston to a new high-tech state-of-the-art facility on Goose Island in Chicago. [1]

Positions held

1871 Chicago

In January 2014, Tullman became CEO of 1871, a non-profit startup hub located in The Merchandise Mart in Chicago and of its parent, the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC). [4] 1871 was founded in May 2012 and is home to over 495 digital startups. [4]

Tullman helped establish The Bunker, [5] a veteran-run startup incubator.

Written works

Tullman has written, lectured and been interviewed on a number of legal and career issues. He has contributed chapters to several books, including Life After Law and Innovating Chicago Style. He wrote the preface for You Need to be a Little Crazy by Barry Moltz, and his business ventures are included in Robert Jordan's book How They Did It.

Tullman has written over 450 weekly columns which have appeared for 8 years on Inc. Magazine's website, Inc.com. [6] The 450 plus articles published on Inc.com served as the foundation for Tullman's 24-book series, The Perspiration Principles as well as his two later books entitled "You Can't Win a Race with Your Mouth" and "Words of Wisdom". He is the author of HindSight, a newsletter on current topics of interest to entrepreneurs and managers.

Howard A. and Judith Tullman art collection

The Howard A. and Judith Tullman art collection is among the largest and most diverse collections of contemporary realist art in America. [7] The collection contains upwards of 1,300 pieces, more than 250 of which previously lined the halls of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy and are now displayed in Tullman private gallery and studio in Chicago. [1]

In addition to being an active collector, Tullman has lent and donated art from the Tullman Collection to museums [8] including:

Tullman has worked closely with various artists and created a limited edition work of art in collaboration with the internationally known artist, Christo, which was used as a fundraising project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, where he previously served as a Trustee. The Tullman Collection has been featured in numerous catalogs including a major publication Creative Imaginings of 61 paintings from the Collection by the Mobile Museum of Art. See https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Imaginings-Howard-Tullman-Collection/dp/1893174093/ref=sr_1_33?qid=1645138585&refinements=p_27%3AHoward+A+Tullman&s=books&sr=1-33.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Black, Johnathan (May 2011). "Howard Tullman's Flashpoint Academy: A Digital-Arts Alternative to the Four-Year College Degree". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kravitz, Seth. "The Magic Man: How Howard Tullman has Produced the Ultimate Innovators' Playpen". Technori. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ "CCC Begins Next Phase of Innovation with Advent International". 28 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Howard Tullman takes over 1871". 22 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "1871 goes into the Bunker for veteran-led startups". 26 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Tullman, Howard. "The Perspiration Principles". Inc.com. Inc. Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ "The Things Make the Art". American Art Collector (77): 56–61. April 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Rose, Joshua; Terri Dodd (October 2006). "The Tullman Collector". American Art Collector (12): 72–81.
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