This week, we’ve rounded up some of the coolest events for Chicago tech lovers to mark on their calendars. From healthtech pitch events and day-long hackathons to Built In Chicago’s next installment of Built In Brews, there’s an event this week for just about everyone. Here are five that caught our eye, but feel free to peruse our events calendar for even more opportunities.
SBAC Healthcare Venture Pitch, November 10 at 4 p.m.
Along with an exciting entrepreneurial keynote speaker, Jason Montrie of Land of Lincoln Health, this event will feature three startups from Matter's HealthCare Incubator. The companies will be sharing their stories to a large audience (in the 1,000-seat theater at Drury Lane) as well as five high-profile judges in the healthcare space. Join us as Bridget Sweeney from Crain's moderates this exciting event that caps off our all-day Healthcare Summit and Business event.
Build, Maintain, Grow - Product Management Panel, November 10 at 6 p.m.
Build, Maintain, Grow, sponsored by Enova International in partnership with Braintree and Sprout Social, is an informative event series for tech and business professionals looking to discover technology-driven solutions they can apply to their own projects. The theme for the night will be product management — how tech and business teams go from concept to delivering great products. Additionally, each company will discuss innovation and how to spur new ideas in their respective organizations.
Built In Brews: iLoan, November 12 at 5:30 p.m.
We're throwing it back on Thursday, November 12—70s, 80s, or 90s style. Join us for a Throwback Thursday themed Built In Brews at iLoan with sponsor Managed by Q. complete with beer, wine, and your most treasured looks, outfits, accessories, games, and childhood food favorites. Get ready for a blast from your past!
Hyde Park Angels & 1871 Entrepreneurial Education Series: How to Work with your Advisors, Board Members, and Investors, November 12 at 6 p.m.
Hyde Park Angels is bringing together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach you everything you need to know about early-stage investment. In the fourth installment of this series, you’ll learn how effectively working with your advisors, board members, and investors can make or break your business and hear from entrepreneurs and investors with valuable experience managing these complex relationships. Panelists include Corey Ferengul, Bruce Barron, Mark Tebbe, Constance Freedman, and Jason Kunesh.
Hackathon for Wildlife at Solstice Mobile, November 14 at 9 a.m.
Calling all Developers, Designers, UX Experts, Game Designers, Entrepreneurs and Wildlife Conservationists: Solstice Mobile is teaming up with their friends, the Internet of Elephants, for this special hackathon event. Join them this Saturday to explore and develop innovative ways to engage worldwide audiences with wild animals through a combination of technologies that include GPS hardware, data, games, and social media. You will be able to self-form teams and there will be prizes (including a 7 day trip to Kaziranga NP in India) and some fun perks as well.
Have an amazing week Chicago and make sure to check out our events calendar for all the other tech events happening around town.
