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EFactor Presents: Got Funding? - 9/25

Below are details of an event that I have co-organized:

EFactor Presents: Got Funding

As an entrepreneur you know that funding is critical. It helps to have some money to your business off the ground or expand it when a great opportunity comes up.  Traditional sources are tough in this economy, but all if takes is a little imagination and some expert advice about some of the great new channels for funding now available.

If you are looking for funding, then you have come to the right place and it's time to register! This event will educate entrepreneurs about various funding options for start-ups and small business owners. From angel investing and debt financing, to bootstrapping and small business loans, this not-to-be-missed event will feature experts from each funding niche.

Speakers Include

• George Deeb, Managing Partner, Red Rocker Venture Partners (bootstrapping)
• Joe Dwyer, Venture Partner, OCA Ventures (equity funding)
• Corliss Garner, VP Commercial Banking, BMO Harris Bank (debt funding)

Event Details

• Date: 9/25/12
• Time: 6-9pm
• Location: Catapult Chicago, 321 N. Clark St., Suite 2250, Chicago
• Price: $10 early bird, $15 regular, $20 at door
• Sponsors: EFactor, Catapult Chicago, Money Physicians

For more details and to register, go to http://www.efactor.com/gotfundingchicago

EFactor Presents: Mobile App Development - Chicago Event - Next Week!

EFactor Presents: Mobile App Development

The new buzz word around town is mobile app. In 2010, mobile applications brought in $2.2 billion. The mobile app industry is exploding right before our eyes!

In this day and age of instant gratification, it's no longer a questions of whether your business should have a mobile app or not. Businesses across the planet are creating mobile applications for consumers. Add to the fact that there are more people in the world who own cell phones than credit cards! If you don't have one, you may be leaving money on the table!

This is an event for business owners as well as for developers. In addition to learning from CEO's and industry leaders from the mobile app industry, you'll also get the chance to meet potential partners to help get your idea off the ground!

Speakers Include:

• Chris Cain, Partner, Foley & Lardner
• Jonathan Ozeran, VP Product & Mobile, RECSOLU
• Kilton Hopkins, CTO, 5Degrees
• Dan Parsons, Partner, ORA Interactive

Event Detail

6/28/12

6:30-9:30pm

Catapult Chicago, 321 N. Clark St, Suite 2250, Chicago

$15 regular, $20 at door

Sponsors: Catapult Chicago, Leavitt Siegal

For more details and to register, go to www.efactor.com.

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EFactor Presents: Mobile App Development - Chicago Event

The new buzz word around town is mobile app. In 2010 mobile applications brought in $2.2 billion. That’s right…billion! Even more impressive is the fact that figure is up 160 percent from 2009! The mobile app industry is exploding right before our eyes! 

In this day and age of instant gratification it’s no longer a question of whether your business should have a mobile app or not. Businesses across the planet are creating mobile applications for consumers.  Add to that the fact that there are more people in the world who own cell phones than credit cards! If you don’t have one you may be leaving money on the table! 

Don’t get left behind! This is an event for business owners as well as for developers. In addition to learning from CEO’s and industry leaders from the mobile app industry, you’ll also get the chance to meet potential partners to help get your idea off the ground! 

Speakers Include

• Chris Cain, Partner, Foley & Lardner
• Jonathan Ozeran, VP Product & Mobile, RECSOLU
• Kilton Hopkins, CTO, 5Degrees
• Dan Parsons, Partner, Ora Interactive

Event Details

Date: 6/28/12 
Time: 6:30-9:30pm 
Location: Catapult Chicago, 321 N. Clark St., Suite 2250, Chicago
Price: $10 Early Bird, $15 regular, $20 at door 

For more details and to register, go to EFactor.com

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Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza - Next Week!

The annual Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza is the premier business networking event in Chicagoland, bringing together the business community for an incredible evening of relationship-building opportunities.  The 11th one in 2012 will feature the anticipated informative, interactive presentations by Lillian Bjorseth and Jason Jacobsohn, two of Chicago’s preeminent relationship-building experts plus a panel of experts who leverage and live the networking process to grow their businesses. Real-world examples you can emulate in your business/career! 

Panelists

• Brent Novoselsky, Vice President, GCG Financial (moderator)
• Elliot Richardson, President, Small Business Advocacy Council
• Sherrin Ross Ingram, CEO, International Center for Strategic Planning
• Corliss Garner, Vice President, Commercial Banking, BMO Harris Bank

Event Details

May 23, 20125:30-8:45pm

The Metropolitan Club, 233 S. Wacker, 67th Floor, Oak Room, Chicago

Sponsors:

The Metropolitan Club, Small Business Advocacy Council, Taylor Group Insurance Agency, Precision Payroll of America, Meyer Law Group, Leavitt Siegal LLC.

For more details about the event and sponsoship, go to Greater Chicago Networking.

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Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza - Two Weeks Away!

The annual Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza is the premier business networking event in Chicagoland, bringing together the business community for an incredible evening of relationship-building opportunities.  The 11th one in 2012 will feature the anticipated informative, interactive presentations by Lillian and Jason, two of Chicago’s preeminent relationship-building experts plus a panel of experts who leverage and live the networking process to grow their businesses. Real-world examples you can emulate in your business/career! 

Panelist

1. Brent Novoselsky, Vice President, GCG Financial (moderator)
2. Elliot Richardson, President, Small Business Advocacy Council
3. Sherrin Ross Ingram, CEO, International Center for Strategic Planning
4. Corliss Garner, Vice President, Commercial Banking, BMO Harris Bank

Event Details

May 23, 2012
5:30-8:45pm
The Metropolitan Club, 233 S. Wacker, 67th Floor, Oak Room, Chicago

Sponsors include: The Metropolitan Club, Small Business Advocacy Council, Taylor Group Insurance Agency, Precision Payroll of America, Meyer Law Group, Leavitt Siegal LLC.

For more details about the event and sponsoship, go to Greater Chicago Networking.

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Chicago Startup Ideation Bootcamp - Less Than 2 Weeks Away!

Chicago Startup Ideation Bootcamp

When: May 1, 2012 

Time: 5:30-9:00pm 

Location: Bank of America, 135 S. LaSalle Street, 43rd Floor, Dining Room, Chicago 

The Startup Ideation Bootcamp provides expert advice with real-world practice. The evening begins with talks by leading startup Founders designed to teach you the components of good and bad startup ideas. Then, attendees can share their ideas with both experts and peers to receive constructive feedback. The evening format is based on the best practices of the Founder Institute, the largest pre-seed incubator in the world. This hands-on, intensive workshop will be led by Joe Dwyer, Venture Partner of OCA Ventures and Irv Shapiro, CEO/CTO of Ifbyphone. Bank of America is the venue sponsor. 

Space is extremely limited so register today at http://chicagoideationbootcampmay2012.eventbrite.com

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Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs - Chicago Event - Next Week!

EFactor Presents: Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs 

You may have a brilliant product, but do you know how to market it? Without a cutting edge marketing strategy event the most amazing products can fail.

Founders are not always the best marketers and often their product suffers as the result. An exciting new social media campaign can easily bring recognition, new customers, and ensure the success of your business.

Don’t let your company suffer! Join EFactor for an information packed event that will bring social media and marketing professionals to teach you everything you need to know about startup marketing. Learn from a panel of leading experts how to develop and implement an exciting new social media marketing strategy. Network with fellow entrepreneurs and meet marketing professionals to ensure your company’s success!

Join us to discuss:

• What are the newest cutting edge Social Media Marketing trends?
• How to create the right marketing strategy for your startup?
• How to build the right marketing team for your company?
• How to avoid common marketing and social media mistakes?

Speakers Include:

• Charles Gardner, Special Counsel, Much Shelist (social media attorney)
• Mana Lonescu, Lightspan Digital (social media expert)
• JD Gershebein, Owlish Communications (LinkedIn expert)
• Steve Robinson, Constant Contact (email marketing expert)

Event Details

Date: 4/18/12

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

Location: Much Shelist, 191 N. Wacker, 18th Floor, Chicago

Price: $10 Early Bird, $15 regular, $20 at door

For more details and to register, go to EFactor.com

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Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza - Coming in May!

The annual Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza is the premier business networking event in Chicagoland, bringing together the business community for an incredible evening of relationship-building opportunities.  The 11th one in 2012 will feature the anticipated informative, interactive presentations by Lillian and Jason, two of Chicago’s preeminent relationship-building experts plus a panel of experts who leverage and live the networking process to grow their businesses. Real-world examples you can emulate in your business/career! 

Panelist Include:

• Brent Novoselsky, Vice President, GCG Financial
• Elliot Richardson, President, Small Business Advocacy Council
• Sherrin Ross Ingram, CEO, International Center for Strategic Planning

Event Details

May 23, 2012

5:30-8:45pm

The Metropolitan Club, 233 S. Wacker, 67th Floor, Oak Room, Chicago

Sponsors include: The Metropolitan Club, Small Business Advocacy Council, Taylor Group Insurance Agency

For more details about the event and sponsoship, go to Greater Chicago Networking.

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EFactor Presents: Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs - Chicago Event

Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs 

You may have a brilliant product, but do you know how to market it? Without a cutting edge marketing strategy event the most amazing products can fail.

Founders are not always the best marketers and often their product suffers as the result. An exciting new social media campaign can easily bring recognition, new customers, and ensure the success of your business.

Don’t let your company suffer! Join EFactor for an information packed event that will bring social media and marketing professionals to teach you everything you need to know about startup marketing. Learn from a panel of leading experts how to develop and implement an exciting new social media marketing strategy. Network with fellow entrepreneurs and meet marketing professionals to ensure your company’s success!

Join us to discuss:

• What are the newest cutting edge Social Media Marketing trends?
• How to create the right marketing strategy for your startup?
• How to build the right marketing team for your company?-How to avoid common marketing and social media mistakes?

Speakers Include:

• Charles Gardner, Special Counsel, Much Shelist (social media attorney)
• Mana Lonescu, Lightspan Digital (social media expert)
• JD Gershebein, Owlish Communications (LinkedIn expert)

Event Details

Date: 4/18/12

Time: 6:30-9:30pm

Location: Much Shelist, 191 N. Wacker, 18th Floor, Chicago

Price: $10 Early Bird, $15 regular, $20 at door

For more details and to register, go to EFactor.com

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Founder Institute Chicago - Ideation Bootcamp & Spring Semester

Below is information about an event that I have organized for the Founder Institute:

Chicago Startup Ideation Bootcamp

Date: April 3, 2012

Time: 6-9pm

Location: True Partners Consulting LLC, 225 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1600, Chicago

The Startup Ideation Bootcamp provides expert advice with real-world practice. The evening begins with talks by leading startup Founders designed to teach you the components of good and bad startup ideas. Then, attendees can share their ideas with both experts and peers to receive constructive feedback. The evening format is based on the best practices of the Founder Institute, the largest pre-seed incubator in the world.  This hands-on, intensive workshop will be led by David Culver, Co-Founder of Forward Momentum and George Deeb, Managing Partner of Red Rocket Venture Partners. Light snacks and drinks will also be provided by our venue sponsor True Partners Consulting LLC.

Space is extremely limited so register today at Ideation Bootcamp.

Spring 2012 Chicago - Now Accepting Applications!

The Founder Institute is the World's Largest Idea-Stage Incubator. In fact, over 500 technology founders across five continents have already launched companies with the help of our company-building curriculum, expert feedback, and peer support. Are you next?

Who should apply?

Anybody who is passionate about building a technology company is welcome to apply: idea or no idea, full-time job or unemployed, young or old, male or female, experienced in business or straight out of school. We also support a wide range of technology industries: including digital media, software, biotech, cleantech, ecommerce, advertising, consumer electronics, and more.

For more details and to apply, go to New Founder Application. The Early Bird Application ends on April 15.

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