Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others’ Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious …

Our group is created to bring together the best minds using social networking sites and social media tools and share what is working today in building their brand and business. Please help to spread the word. NOTE: I will appreciate every business owner, partner, entrepreneur, and all interested in getting started and planning to attend to register here with the group and RSVP to each meetup event, as a courtesy to the hosts. I look forward to getting to know each of you! - Eddie Soto (847) 833- …

Are you looking for an ELITE GROUP of Entrepreneurs to create an Alliance with to Network, Mastermind, Partner, Learn and Grow with? If you said YES...then you MUST Join... The YES Mastermind Forum Chapter of Naperville We are a group of entrepreneurs, who are young and young at heart, who would like to help each other succeed in the field of entrepreneurship. Our Mission is to empower people to take ownership of their financial futures and turn their passions and hobbies into a self-perpetuatin …

Startup Bootcamp is a Chicago-based community dedicated to facilitating the initial phases associated with technology-related startups. In particular, it is a community of startups that can support each other throughout the so-called "Valley of Death" period. Startup Bootcamp is entirely free, barring the cost of any meeting facilities or other logistical costs (which are split up amongst the attendees). The goal of the community is to provide each other with support in order to facilitate the …

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 P …

To learn about what local franchise owners are doing to successfully grow their businesses.

Coworking MEETUP GROUP Once in a while is fun to share a cup of coffee, the occasional joke and break while you are at work. right? If you work from home, are a freelancer, location-independent workers or entrepreneur who wants to work alongside one another or take a break from the office and work at a coffee shop this group is for you. The focus is not on networking, but on building healthy relationships, sharing knowledge, and having some good fun while we're at it. See you soon! Come hang ou …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Chicago Meetup group! Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Chicago serves as an in-person matchmaking service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who complements you. …

At Idea Lemon, we understand that there is potential in everything that life doles out. Be it lemons, limes, or lychees, with a little effort you can turn these singular items into something great & we aim to be the juicer that gets you there. Idea Lemon is more than just networking, it's KNOWLEDGEWORKING. Our goal is to not only bring people together, but to bring together their brainpower as well. Providing a forum to share perspectives and explore your passions in a powerful, thought-provokin …

Weekly meeting for Entrepreneurs, Online Marketers, Small Business Professionals, Professional Sales People, anyone thinking about Starting a Business. This is about sharing and learning from other Entrepreneurs...We are unique.

This is a semi-social group meaning, a club of people that can meetup at various coffee shops to study. Ever have to pee really bad while you're studying and have your $2,000 laptop sitting on the table? Nobody to watch your stuff? This can seriously cramp your study style. :-) Plus it gets really boring. So this social group is to mostly share a table and study. Maybe talk a little to break up the monotony.

Let's get together to share referral's over breakfast every two weeks in beautiful downtown Naperville. Looking for Professionals and small-business owners to network and share experiences, referrals, and advertise your business.

This group is for anyone with a fear of public speaking, is an independant sales rep, has a home based, MLM business or would like to start their own business. I retired after 33 years in direct sales. I'm a Speaker, Author and Sales Trainer. I started this group because I have so much information to share. I will present a topic; motivaion, elevator speech, overcoming fear, prospecting, cold calling, how to answer objections, sales close etc, etc. Don't forget to bring business cards to each of …

Join this group to stay informed of all of the awesome entrepreneurship and tech events, classes, arts and innovation and workshops that are happening at Cíbola incubator in Pilsen!

This group was created to bring together a diverse group of business professionals with a goal of helping each member to improve critical business and networking skills. As a basic outline for our meetings, the intent is to provide regular attending members with the following.. 1) Professional advice and speaking engagements from experts in their field (e.g. - Sales, Networking, Leadership, Presentations, LinkedIn and many more). Each month a new speaker will help us to further refine the skil …

A curated set of events that we encourage everyone to attend!

This is a group for anyone interested in networking, brainstorming and getting together for meetings to compare and exchange ideas for women who own boutiiques.

Chicago needs a hardware meetup, so we are making it happen! Join us and bring anyone interested in startups and building businesses based on the manufacture of physical products: from company boards to organic soap. Chicago has a wealth of production-based companies and capabilities, hackers, makers, makerspaces and our goal is to promote a stronger hardware startup community around it by bringing these people and pieces together with experts in production, academics, engineers, and successful …

This is a group for entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to create even more success through joint venture opportunities. We will meet once a month at Powerteam International Success Center and discuss new ways to make even more money and grow your business. When you attend this event you will meet great new local entrepreneurs and leave with great new contacts and potential new marketing partners.

The goal of "Illini Startups" is to connect Illini alums (and students) with a common interest in the startup movement to share ideas and serve as a mutual resource to the growing community of Illini entrepreneurs. We will achieve our goal by hosting monthly meetups for casual networking over coffee or lunch. Among these meetings we will devote one per quarter to hosting an expert guest speaker, and another to discussion of a relevant book or article chosen by the group.

Inspire Startups gives Chicago's top early-stage startups the opportunity to showcase their solutions to 50+ techies and investors. This event combines the best of tech expos and networking in an intimate setting topped off with a pitch competition. Don't miss the opportunity to mingle with Chicago's elite startup community.

digitalundivided GROW Chicago is a monthly meet up of digital companies founded/co-founded by black women working together to GROW their tech-based companies from Idea to MVP to Growth and then Exit. Sponsored by digitalundivided, a company that builds forward thinking initiatives that change the digital space.

OBJECTIVE This group is designed for exclusive group of women that is focused on learning about different areas/professions today women entrepreneurs have been progressing in with full confidence and achieving new highs every day. The group facilitates building, encouraging, motivating and inspiring women to go after their dreams and to pursue whatever passions they may have. We pride ourselves on Faith, Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Structure, Excellence, Loyalty and Teamwork. We call …

This group is designed to enlist inspired, experienced, highly motivated, entrepreneurial and concerned individuals in a community to identify their hidden talents, passion and desire to put to work and start a business addressing community needs. This is a startup initiative for launching businesses by residents for community and supported by a community network for success of its residents. It is a program to launch a group of startups with initial education using special methods and mentors f …

Founder Sensei is a voluntary mentorship program for founders who want to improve themselves and the businesses they create. Mentors act as facilitators with small groups of founding teams to help them through their journey to startup success. By combining the Art of Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Engineering together with fellowship and mentor support, entrepreneurs can discover what is missing in their startups and how they can take their businesses to the next level.

This is a group for startups, freelancers, developers, entrepreneurs, remote worker, work-from-home professionals (and everyone in between) living on the north side of Chicago, who want to work and network in a coworking environment that will stimulate, inspire and support. If you don't want to schlep downtown to a coworking space and are looking for a community of like-mined, supportive folks in the Wicker Park, Bucktown, Ukranian Village, Lakeview, Logan Square (and elsewhere!), then please jo …

Calling all McHenry county small business owners who want to network and build their business by building relationships with other business owners. This group will meet on the 2nd and 4 Thursday of each month. Our goal is to provide Education, Information, Inspiration and Fun with networking.  All levels of net-workers are welcome, bring plenty of business cards a great attitude and a desire to Have Fun, Make Money and Make a Difference.

This is a group for anyone interested in learning and/or exchanging ideas directed to intellectual property (IP) issues common to Startups and strategies to implement best practices for IP rights protection and leverage the valve of the IP for the benefit of the Startup. All skills levels are welcome. The group was started in order to meet people interested in exploring IP issues common to Startups. Looking forward to exploring strategies and best practices with anyone interested.