Business Network Chicago (BNC) is a network for professionals offering extensive offline and online networking opportunities to the Chicago business community. Our mission is to bring professionals together, facilitate the development of mutually beneficial "win-win" relationships, educate, and promote the growth of business in Chicago. We support members in all phases of their career whether looking for clients, talent, a job, capital, or strategic alliances. BNC Groups – Each month BNC ho …

(Real Estate, Commodity, Private Equity, Partnerships, Etc.) This meet up is for investors who have an interest in learning about or any have any experience in private investments. Our goal is to educate each other so that, as individuals, we have access to investment options that are similar to large institutions and create wealth. We plan on discussing a variety of topics ranging from real estate, private/early stage companies, private placements, private equity/venture capital funds, Limited …

Wanna practice your pitching techniques BEFORE you get in front of investors? Let's beat each other up before we get in front of the bare-knuckle guys. If you're read Oren Klaff's book "Pitch Anything" or are a sales professional sale or a fund-raiser. This group may be for you.

… We host exclusive networking events with hundreds of finance professionals that work in one of the following finance industries: - Audit, Accounting, Controlling - Asset Management - Banking - Hedge Funds - Insurance - Investment Banking - Venture Capital & Private Equity

… Therefore only “risk capital” should be used. Futures, options, cash currencies and other leveraged transaction products are not suitable investments for everyone. The valuation of futures, options, cash currencies and other leveraged transaction products may fluctuate and as a result clients may lose more than the amount originally invested and may also have to pay more later. Consider your financial condition before deciding to invest or online trade. CFTC RULE 4.41Hypothetical or simulated p …

The goal of The Chicago Human Resources Meetup Group is to create an environment where HR professionals can discuss best practices and industry trends, network, learn from industry pros, and develop professionally. Our aim is to help HR professionals broaden their business networks, increase their awareness of the newest trends, strategies and best practices in Human Capital Management and contribute to the development of the field. Requirements: This meetup is reserved for Chicago HR pro …

… Powerteam International is a high profile venture capital business consulting group. It is called upon by companies and organizations that require professional and knowledgeable experts to grow exponentially. PTI offers the most innovative approach in venture funding and business growth consulting. Powerteam International is headed by venture capitalist and business coach Bill Walsh. The management team consists of a seasoned group of professionals from several different industries. Our coaches, …

Welcome! This group is for leaders eager to create solutions that will define their business future today with a view to leaving our city greater than when we found it. Together we will explore practices, ideas, and thinking that will move business forward while improving our city. We will meet monthly to connect and share ideas and discuss what's new in business today.  

This group will meet to learn about the new crowd funding laws passed in the recent JOBS act and help prepare small businesses and entrepreneurs for raising capital through selling equity in their businesses using approved intermediaries. A couple of great articles to learn more about crowd funding, the JOBS act and more can be read here http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223290 http://www.fridayfirm.com/news/449-alert040612

The Money Club of Chicago is a club that's about building capital. If you are serious about creating capital and you want to be apart of The Money Club, this is the club for you. We, as a group, invest transparently and we use leverage to create capital. No member does more than any other member and there's two simple requirements you must meet to be apart of the club.

… Here are some highlights from the Windy City Dragons competitive team 2011 dragon boat racing season:   June 2011 - Capital Lakes Dragon Fest - Madison, WI - Gold Medalists August 2011 - International Dragon Boat Federation World Championship – Tampa, FL TEAM USA wins Nations Cup and 9 members of the Windy City Dragons brings gold, silver and bronze in 200m, 500m, 1000m and 2000m distance races. August 2011- Windy City Dragons defends the U.S. National Dragon Boat Champion title for the second …

… This group is for the sophisticated professionals that like to capitalize on each and every opportunity in front of them! This is for people that make things happen and not wait for them to happen. An innovator is "a person who makes changes, introduces new methods, or ideas." How do YOU innovate??? This group will be responsible for hosting three community events per year (Spring, Summer and for the Christmas Holidays).   Let's synergize in a grown and sexy way by sharing knowledge, enouragemen …

We bring together entrepreneurs, developers, investors, corporations and media by organizing conferences, workshops and meetups. Current conferences include: the Data 2.0 Conference in San Francisco and TechWeek Chicago. Techweek conferences have featured speakers from Google, Microsoft, Groupon, ChaCha, and crowdSPRING.  We've help launch new features from over 10 startups and companies including Twilio, Hipmunk and Windows Phone. Our mission is to connect the Midwest startup and technology sce …

Get an insider's view on what it takes to develop a successful career from local Chicago experts. Each meeting will focus on a specific career and detail the job responsibilities, capabilities, intrinsic value and work environment of the expert's career focus. The meetings are offered as part of AltaStaff's CareerFocus program, a training program offered by this local, woman-owned boutique staffing agency to educate its associates on career and capability development.

This group will consist of BI professionals, data consumers, data evangelists, Sharepoint developers, data & enterprise architects, and business stakeholders  looking to leverage corporate assets through the information lifecycle and capitalize on advancing technologies. During our meetings we will discuss the following topics: Data strategies and roadmaps ERP and data rationalization Master Data Management Data Governance Operational assessments  Enterprise Data Management  Design Functional & …

VentureSHOT Entrepreneur Collaboration Community brings together extraordinary entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses and enhance their levels of success.  This community was launched and is run BY Entrepreneurs...FOR Entrepreneurs.  We REALLY know the issues entrepreneurs face in growing their businesses and our vision is to help hundreds of entrepreneurs achieve greater success through collaboration with their peers, mentors and unique, powerful collaboration sessions. Click Here For …