Event: Chicago Start Up Launch.
It was a normal Wednesday, you would expect a Wednesday to be a boring day; But not here, not in Chicago. There were numerous amounts of people having fun, partying and eating. However, that’s not me, my mission today, is to go to the Start Up event, talk to as many entrepreneurs as possible and get educated. When I got in, I was not disappointed, there were 300 people dressing up and socializing. I had to admit, it was really intimidating. Especially you are wearing a name tag that said “Student”, it makes you feel inexperience. However, after struggling for few minutes, I decided to force myself into sets to talk to people who make more money than me.
There were some socializing, there were some people playing pool. However, when it comes to company presentation, it was dead silent. We listened to roughly 7 entrepreneurs talk about their recent start up. It was socializing right after the talk. None of the company really interest me; However I was even more surprised when majority of the entrepreneurs and investors did not seem interested either. The night ended well, I ended up having 7 business card and talked to roughly 20 entrepreneurs.
It was a normal Wednesday, you would expect a Wednesday to be a boring day; But not here, not in Chicago. There were numerous amounts of people having fun, partying and eating. However, that’s not me, my mission today, is to go to the Start Up event, talk to as many entrepreneurs as possible and get educated. When I got in, I was not disappointed, there were 300 people dressing up and socializing. I had to admit, it was really intimidating. Especially you are wearing a name tag that said “Student”, it makes you feel inexperience. However, after struggling for few minutes, I decided to force myself into sets to talk to people who make more money than me.
There were some socializing, there were some people playing pool. However, when it comes to company presentation, it was dead silent. We listened to roughly 7 entrepreneurs talk about their recent start up. It was socializing right after the talk. None of the company really interest me; However I was even more surprised when majority of the entrepreneurs and investors did not seem interested either. The night ended well, I ended up having 7 business card and talked to roughly 20 entrepreneurs.
How did I find out about the event?
I found out about the event by looking up Eventbrite, which is a mobile program that searches nearby events for you to attend. Programs like Eventbrite and meetup provides platform for people to meet up and socialize. Every month , there are at least 30 events where you can go to, meet people, socialize and learn about business is what Eventbrite is all about.
I found out about the event by looking up Eventbrite, which is a mobile program that searches nearby events for you to attend. Programs like Eventbrite and meetup provides platform for people to meet up and socialize. Every month , there are at least 30 events where you can go to, meet people, socialize and learn about business is what Eventbrite is all about.
There
were only five business people that I was interested. First was Elton Cheung,
from Kellogg school of Management, who I discussed about my business plan with.
Mr. Matthew from Sloggett who operates a company where they design Web base
program and computer language coding. Also Dan Stoy, the founder of Nomadhub.
Where they Help business professionals meet others in and out of their existing
network. He gave me a lot of feedback on my entrepreneurial mindset, also
hooked me up with the coming up “3 days launch” event. Lastly Mr. Chambers,
mobile strategist of Lextech, who had a wonderful conversation with me about the mobile tech
industry.
What I think.
What I think.
I think
this event is great for people who are looking for investor’s advise, feedback
and job opportunities. Networking and connection is always on the top list of
successful business or entrepreneur.
What I will do next time, is to come up with bunch of questions, prior
to the event and ask them like how I will do in
a normal class. Overall, it was great, I would love to meet them again.
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