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Go to There: CCC's Human Asset Strategy Workshop
HR is such a fascinating topic because it governs everything about your company's culture. How it works. What the ramifications are for ignoring the rules. How big of a heart your company has, and how... Read »
Who to Watch at Chicago Ideas Week 2012: Tom Szaky
There's a lot to wrap your mind around with the approaching Chicago Ideas Week, the weeklong invasion of super-smart and super-influential folks taking place at venues all over town from Oct. 8 to 14. We're... Read »
Go to There: Google Apps for Business Executive Presentation
If you’ve never been to Google’s Chicago headquarters – or seen our virtual tour of it – well, Tuesday gives you a great excuse to pop on by: From 9 a.m. ‘til 1 p.m., Google and cloud-solution partner... Read »
Go to There: Public Hearing For Retailers on Deducting Costs from Gross Receipts
Okay, so this is perhaps going to sound a little dry and maybe even a little technical and boring, but it's important: On August 21, the department of revenue will be holding a public hearing on the proposed... Read »
Go to There: Promoting Privacy and Free Speech Seminar
In a few short weeks, Stelios Valavanis, the founder and president of OnShore Networks, a self-described "leading provider or computer network integration services to the Chicago area" will be holding a two-hour... Read »
Go to There: How to Write a Business Plan Event
It's short notice, but on Wednesday, the city treasurer's office and Constant Contact are holding a free event at the Duman Entrepreneurship Center at JVS on 216 W. Jackson Blvd. to help people learn how to... Read »
Go to There: Managers' Constructive Confrontation Workshop
Say what you will about Michael Scott's management "techniques," but one problem he has that many supervisors likely also have is struggling with sharing bad news. Well, if that's your affliction, the... Read »
Go to There: Tech Cocktail's Mixer at TechWeek
Tech Cocktail, a Virgina-based new media and events company aimed at better connecting the startup technology community in scads of cities, hosts mixers frequently in Chicago, but if there's one to go to it's... Read »
Go to There: Protecting Your IP Rights Seminar
If you don't know what intellectual properties are, two quick things: 1) Wikipedia describes it as "a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of rights are... Read »
Go to There: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Workshop
The Putting America Back to Work Movement will be holding a June 16 workshop at the South Michigan Hilton from 12 p.m. ‘til 8 p.m. covering many, many aspects of starting a small business and securing funding... Read »
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CEO Spotlight: Enova's David Fisher
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Spotlight: Redbox Instant's Amy Gibby
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Ask an Owner: Work on Business, Not in Business
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Ask an Owner: Keep an Eye on the Money
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Ask an Owner: Have a Clear Branding, Marketing Strategy
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Ask an Owner: Why You Need to Delegate Tasks
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Just One Drink: Chef Stephanie Izard
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Spotlight: Baird Capital Venture Partners
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Spotlight: Discover Card's Mike Boush
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CEO Spotlight: Threadless Founder Jake Nickell
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CEO Spotlight: kCura's Andrew Sieja
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Spotlight: Sertifi's John and Nick Stojka
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