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Angel Investing - Value Added Capital
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Presenter: Jeffrey Carter West Loop Ventures and MRun.us and a Co-founder and current Director of Hyde Park Angels
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12/15/14 |
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The Chicago Innovation Exchange |
Presenter: John Flavin, Executive Director, Chicago Innovation Exchange
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11/14/14 |
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Growing STEM Enterprises with IL Roots |
Presenters:
John Banta, Executive Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture
Mark Harris, President/CEO Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
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10/20/14 |
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How Executives Successfully Partner With Private Equity
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Presenter: Jeff Gonyo, Managing Director at Geneva Glen Capital |
9/15/14 |
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Making Creativity Work - Artistry In Business
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Presenters:
George Berlin, Illustrator Extraordinaire & Filmmaker
Gail Zelitzky, Serial Entrepreneur & Personal Business Coach
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8/18/14 |
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Midyear Economic Review by the Chicago Fed
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Presenter: Scott Brave, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
7/21/14 |
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How to Buy or Sell a Business |
Larry Jones, First State Bank, and Senior Consultant, Property Management, SOURCE Management - Banker
Ralph Dieckmann, of Integré Partners - Buyers' Broker
Linda Purcell, of Purcell & Associatesv - Sellers' Broker
William A. Price, of Growthlaw.com - Lawyer
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6/16/14 |
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Beyond the Horizon - Taking Growth to the Next Level and Financial Valuation of a Business |
Presenters:
John Bintz, Managing Director, Valuation Research Corporation
Dan Weinfurter, Managing Partner, Chicago Growth Consultants
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5/19/14 |
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The Science of Salesmanship - Leveraging the Key Intangibles |
Ryan Kubacki, President, Holden International |
4/21/14 |
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Global Market & Economic Outlook |
John Calamos, Sr., Chairman and Chief Investment Office, Calamos Investments |
4/21/14 |
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Female Entrepreneurship - Distinction with a Difference |
Waverly Deutsch, Chicago Booth Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship
Michele M. Honomichl, Founder, Executive Chairman, and Chief Strategy Officer, Celergo
Gail Zelitzky, Serial Entrepreneur and founder of “You’re in Business…I’m Your Coach” |
3/17/14 |
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Innovation - Recipe for the Secret Sauce |
Praveen Gupta, Prysm, Inc
Greg Topel, CEO, Tangible Haptics
Nic Zito,Business Services Director at Choose DuPage
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1/20/14 |
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Staffing - How I Found My Acres of Diamonds |
Chuck Porcelli, CEO and Co-Owner of ASG Staffing and Azimuth, LLC |
12/16/13 |
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Capturing Innovation - Intellectual Property Management For Entrepreneurs |
Jeff Klug, Director, Ocean Toma. LLC |
11/18/13 |
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Franchising - Selecting, Financing, and Managing Legal Issues |
Marcelo Alvarez, Franchise Coach/Broker, The Entrepreneur’s Source
David Enquist, President, Business Lending Solutions, Inc
William A. Price, Attorney at Law
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10/21/13 |
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Global Market and Economic Update, Oct.,13 |
John P. Calamos, Sr. - CEO and Chief Investment Office at Calamos Investments. |
10/21/13 |
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Family Business - Finding a Sustainable Mix |
Rattan Khosa, Founder, President and CEO of Amsysco
Drew Mendoza, Managing Principal of the Family Business Consulting Group
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9/16/13 |
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Entrepreneurs Of Excellence – Russell Shields And Information-Driven Innovation |
Russ Shields, Chairman, Ygomi LLC and Serial Entrepreneur. |
8/19/13 |
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Entrepreneurship In Illinois – Open For Business? |
Linda Darragh, Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative (KIEI)
Mike Moyer, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth
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7/15/13 |
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John P. Calamos, Sr. – Entrepreneur and Investment Strategist
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John P. Calamos, Sr., Chief Executive Officer and Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, has pioneered Calamos Investments’ strategies and techniques to help manage risk for major institutional and individual investors over the course of more than 35 years. He also leads the Investment Committee alongside Gary D. Black.
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6/17/13 |
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U.S. Economic Outlook |
William A. Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
5/20/13 |
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Healthcare Issues For Entrepreneurs |
Panel:
Alex Morozov, Director - Global Healthcare Equity Research at Morningstar
Daniel Yunker, CEO, Land of Lincoln Heath, Inc.
Laura Minzer, Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
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4/15/13 |
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Financing Your Deals |
Panel: Joseph R. Katcha,Principal, High Street Capital –Private Equity; Ron Kirschner,M.D., MBA, President, Heartland Angels –Venture Capital; Mark Gross,SeniorAdvisor, Wincreek Financial –Commercial Real Estate Bridge Loans; Robert McMillan, Jr., President, Freeman Funding Solutions –Factoring, |
3/18/13 |
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How to Buy or Sell a Business: Panel presents information about key considerations. |
Panel: Pat Grandle, Broker; Colleen Ryan, Banker; Ellen Huxtable, Biz Consultant; John Swanson, Private Equity. |
2/18/13 |
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Defending Your Brand: How Smart Companies Use Defensive Strategy to Deal with Competitive Attacks
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Kellogg professor Tim Calkins |
1/21/13 |
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Business Success through Social Networking: The Foiled Cupcakes Story |
Serial entrepreneur Mari Luangrath |
12/17/12 |
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Roasting Coffee & Employing Ex-Cons: The Story of Second Chance Coffee |
Pete Leonard, President and Co-Founder |
11/19/12 |
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Learn From Founder of Successful Federally-Funded Research Company |
Don Yuhas, Owner, Industrial Measurement Systems Inc |
10/15/12 |
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The Pampered Chef Story: From Home Basement to Berkshire Hathaway
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Doris Christopher, Founder of Pampered Chef |
9/17/12 |
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What I Learned From Starting Three Businesses and Teaching Entrepreneurs |
Jim Vahle, Serial Entrepreneur and Instructor of Entrepreneurship and Management at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management |
8/20/12 |
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A Capitalism For The People: Recapturing The Lost Genius Of American Prosperity
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Professor Luigi Zingales of the Chicago Booth School of Business |
7/16/12 |
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Discovering Your Memory Power: Training Your Memory and Mind |
Tom Weber, Vice President of Sales & Consulting, Freedom Personal Development |
6/18/12 |
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Bank Financing Today -- What's New and What Has Not Changed |
Presentation by banking panelists. |
5/21/12 |
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Restaurant.com -- The Challenges of Daily Deal Couponing in Dining |
Christopher Krohn, President and Chief Marketing Officer, Restaurant.com |
4/16/12 |
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What Every Business Owner and Manager Should Know About Employment Law |
Brian LaFratta, an experienced employment attorney and litigator with Huck Bouma, Wheaton, Illinois. |
3/19/12 |
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Using Social Media to Promote Yourself and Your Business |
Bruce Bixler teaches courses on LinkedIn and social media at community colleges and conducts workshops on LinkedIn and Twitter. |
2/20/12 |
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Get a Grip on Your Business |
Dan Wallace, Tailwind Discovery Group |
1/17/12 |
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The Stories of Radio Flyer and Eddie Z's Blinds & Draper |
Bob Pasin and Jimmy Zakoor - two entrepreneurial businesses owners. |
12/19/11 |
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It's Almost Like Using "The Force": Motivating Customer Behavior |
Bill Burnett -a partner at Tailwind Discovery Group |
11/21/11 |
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From Lab to Market: Secrets of Making Money from Tech Transfer |
Neil Kane |
10/17/11 |
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Cloud Computing: Transforming the Way Business Works |
Rick Kostopoulos, Founder and President of NewGen Business Solutions |
9/19/11 |
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Preparing Your Business For Sale: How to Get Top Dollar |
Karin O'Connor, President, Perimeter Advisors |
8/15/11 |
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To Understand Entrepreneurs, You Need to Understand Their DNA |
Joe Abraham, Author and Founder of BOSI |
7/18/11 |
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Top Small Business Workplaces |
Featuring two Chicago area finalists in Inc. magazines's Top Small Company Workplaces competition |
6/20/11 |
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Starting and Building a
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John Swanson (Chicago Booth '98), co-founder of Source Tech Medical |
5/16/11 |
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How Do I Get a Business Loan Today? |
David Enquist, President of Business Lending Solutions; Mick O'Rourke, CEO of Signature Bank; and Thomas Stamborski, President of Liquid Capital of Illinois |
4/18/11 |
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The Marriage of Marketing and Profits: How to Make It Work |
Jim Kendall, business columnist, Daily Herald newspaper |
3/21/11 |
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Understanding the Mystery of Innovation |
Praveen Gupta |
2/21/11 |
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Why We "Choke" Under Pressure - and How to Avoid It |
Sian Beilock, author of "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have to |
1/17/11 |
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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Leveraging Stakeholders |
Hamid (Hank) Noorani |
12/20/10 |
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Venture Capital and Angel Investor Funding |
Frank D. Ballantine of Reed Smith law firm and a panel of experienced
Venture Capital representatives: Sam Guren, Managing Director, Hyde Park Angels;
Scott Button, Managing Director, Venture Investors LLC; Laura Pearl, Ceres Ventures;
James Pavlik, Principal, Baird Venture Partners |
11/15/10 |
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The Key to Hiring and Promoting the Best |
John Marquart |
10/18/10 |
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Reading the Hidden Communications Around You |
Anne Beall |
9/27/10 |
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The Art and Science of Selling Through Relationships |
Richard Abraham |
9/20/10 |
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Finding the Inner Resources to Achieve Success Through Meditation |
Michael Ribet, Managing Director of Focus Capital Advisors, who has
practiced meditation for 40 years and taught meditation techniques worldwide. |
8/16/10 |
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Secrets to Generating Revenue from Your Website |
Thom Disch, Founder & CEO of Internet-Engine. |
7/19/10 |
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Top Small Company Workplaces 2010 |
Inc Magazine, Tasty Catering, Portion Pac Chemical |
6/21/10 |
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