Event description: Our popular monthly workshop offers attendees a snapshot of the entrepreneurial process. Attendees discover what characteristics successful entrepreneurs have in common, learn how to identify a viable business opportunity, and learn about the process of writing a business plan. If you are exploring the idea of starting your own business, this workshop helps you plan your next steps and puts your feet firmly on the path to success.

• Group: Depaul University Coleman Entrepeneurship Center
• Location: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson, Room 8012
• Cost: free
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• Young Professionals of Chicago
• University of Chicago Gleacher
• Address: 450 N City Front, Rm TBD, Chicago
• Fee: $ 15 for Members & GSB Students, $ 20 for non-YPC members (prepay and save $5)

After founder Jimmy John Liautaud graduated second-to-last in his high school class, his options were joining the Army, college, or starting a business. Because Liautaud was always interested in the restaurant business, he chose the latter.

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• Group description: Meet others interested in all aspects of Web Technology. Gather to discuss Development, Standards, Networks, Marketing, New Web Technology, Graphic Design, Databases, Corporate Web, Webmasters, Contract Development, Promotion and Business. Open to anyone interested in learning more about web technology!
• 1585 N Milwaukee Ave
  Chicago, IL 60647
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Group description: Meet fellow web designers near you! Come to a Web Design Meetup to compare tools, languages, and templates; trade advice on careers, rates, and freelancing; and share cool websites. Make valuable contacts as you mingle with new friends!

• Location: Goose Island Brewery
• Cost: free.
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Join us on Tuesday, February 13th for our monthly CEO Breakfast Series to hear John E. Rooney share the vision, values and behaviors of his business model Dynamic Organization as well as leadership development.

• Group: Young Professionals of Chicago
• Location: Mid-Day Club, 21 S. Clark St., 56th Floor
• Cost: Free to members, $20 non-members, $10 US Cellular employees
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Receiving a term sheet from an investor can be an exciting time for an entrepreneur; but receiving the term sheet is only the first step. While the focus may be on “pre-money value” and ownership percentages, those issues are only the tip of the iceberg. Having a better grasp of the terms, and even a preliminary playbook on how to react to likely proposals, can help a business owner cut a better deal, while even forging a stronger relationship with his or her investors.

From the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.

• Cost: $20 Members; $30 Non-Members
• Location: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, 200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 2200
• Sponsors: Microsoft, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, DCEO, SBA and the City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development
• Contact: Event Hotline, 312-494-6709
• Presenter: Michael Rosenthal, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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Alene Korby is Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Kraft Foods Inc. Korby is responsible for the company’s information systems worldwide and for managing key outsourced and shared services.

• Group: Young Executives Club
• Location: Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604, Heritage Room. (Professional dress required.)
• Cost: $20 per member ($10 walk-in fee) / $40 per non-member ($10 walk-in fee)
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• Group description: If you are a fan of make magazine, if you like to blaze your own trail, and if you would like to be a part of something truly new this is the place to start.
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In the 2007 Entrepreneur Magazine and PriceWaterhouseCoopers “Entrepreneurial Challenges Survey” entrepreneurs indicated the following issues as critical to business success:

• Developing new products and services: 32%
• Expanding to new markets inside the US: 26%
• Acquiring another company: 12%

Which of these would be the best way to GROW your business? At this seminar, we will explore these strategies in more depth. Experts will present and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each strategy, and provide guidance on what will work best for your company.

• Group: Depaul University Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
• Location: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson, Room 8012
• Cost: $35 Depaul, $45 non-Depaul

• Group description: “This is a networking group to help each other get our new or existing businesses functioning at a higher level.”
• Location: Digital Bootcamp
  1400 West Hubbard Street
  Chicago, IL 60622
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