… We engage public and private leaders from enterprising nonprofits, social-purpose businesses, and capital providers who incorporate market-based strategies to advance social change.

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 …

… Join Chicago International Crowd Funding Meetup Group and find out how you can get donations, sponsorship and now, equity capital to make your dream project, event or business a reality in 2012! EVENTS & PUBLICATIONS We will host a monthly FREE Crowd Funding Meetup to build our base of members. Then we will launch a 1-Day Crowd Funding Workshop, a 2-Day Crowd Funding Expo, a periodic Crowd Funding Newspaper (in print) and ultimately the first annual Chicago International Crowd Funding Awards c …

… 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, …

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 …

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 …

Chicago Business Connection (CBC) is a professional-level business networking group Of Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Real Estate Investors. We plan to host semi-private networking events monthly. Our focus is towards successful Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Investors who seek to advance their business networks along with the net worth of their real estate investment portfolios. Our events will be designed to do just that by being organized to facilitate professional-level exchange on relat …

This group is for people involved with a startup using technology as the vehicle. From ecommerce, to social good, to mobile apps, etc.

We are dedicated to identifying, learning about and discussing various alternative investments. These are defined as "investments other than stocks and bonds, such as hedge funds, leverage buy-outs (LBOs), derivatives, private equity, arbitrage, event driven, and other hedging strategies. Term sometimes refers to real estate and venture capital investments." Some Examples: Non-Traded REITS Oil & Gas Limited Partnerships Equipment Leasing  Raw land LPs  

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

Welcome to Chi-Town  (Chicago's Hottest Innovators)  Sophisticates Home Page!   Let's create synergy over cocktails and appetizers! Most business ventures begin in an informal setting! (Lunch, happy hour, dinner, golfing, etc.)   This group is for Innovators  with a creative approach to life, business and networking. Our mission is to seek innovative ways to impact our community and each other. Wouldn't it be nice to support someone else's dreams as they are encouraging you to fulfill yours? Wha …