Monday
Dev Bootcamp Chicago is hosting an event on the Secrets to Crushing Your Interview. Attendees will hear from the Dev Bootcamp team about the skills needed to navigate the interview process, and people will learn about the tools and techniques to best prepare for an interview. More info here.
Tuesday
Startup Grind is hosting a conversation at 1871 with Ross Petersen, co-founder and CEO of Blitsy, a Chicago startup that has built an online marketplace for people to buy and sell craft supplies and produces videos designed to educate artists. Petersen will discuss his experience running the VC-backed startup. More info here.
General Assembly is hosting a meetup Tuesday on Demystifying Adtech. The event will explore the ways the advertising industry is impacted by emerging technologies and data, and it will include a panel with Fabian Elliott, Founder and CEO of Black Tech Mecca; Eric Whobrey, a Senior Project Manager at Centro and the President of Chicago Interactive Marketing Association; Lelia Rickling Manager of Consumer Marketing at Cars.com; and Jason DaWayne Smith, Sr. Partner and Managing Director of Digital Investment at Mindshare. More info here.
Wednesday
Chicago VC firm Hyde Park Angels is hosting an event that brings together entrepreneurs and investors to teach you everything you need to know about early-stage investment. Attendees will learn things like how to build corporate relationships and how to secure investment capital from a Fortune 500 company. Panelists include Steve Garrou, Executive Vice President of Westcon; Marc Grabowski, CEO of Persio; Reese Schroeder, Managing Director at Motorola Solutions Venture Capital; Jai Shekawat, Founder of Fieldglass; and Lily Yeung, Director of Corporate Development at Molex. More info here.
Illinois Alumni in Entrepreneurship is hosting an event on attracting and retaining your talent, featuring alumnus Gentzy Franz, Uptake’s Director of People. Franz will talk about recruiting at a startup and how to set up your employees for success. More info here.
Appy Hour, a thought leadership series and mixer in Chicago, will hold a talk with Corey Mays, an ex-NFL player and founder of A-Maysing Enterprises. The event will be moderated by Chicago Inno's own Karis Hustad. More info here.
TechNexus is hosting a panel on tech talent in Chicago that will discuss what it’s like for talent in the tech scene of Chicago and what employees should be expecting as they move along in their careers. More info here.
Big Data Week Chicago takes place Wednesday at TechNexus for a one-day conference where data professionals and developers will share their experience and innovative projects. Speakers include Lucas Roh of BigStep, Chris Gladwin of Ocient, Chetan Ghai of Narrative Science and Don DeLoach of Infobright. More info here.
Thursday
Microsoft is hosting a talk on legal innovation and tech. Speakers include Dennis C. Garcia, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft; Will Horsby, Staff Counsel at American Bar Association; and Kevin O'Keefe, CEO & Founder of LexBlog. More info here.
In this inaugural Chicago AI meetup, Defining AI and its Role in Chicago, speakers in the artificial intelligence space will focus on the definition of artificial intelligence and will cover the current landscape of AI in Chicago. More info here.
Saturday
Hosted at the Illinois Technology Association, The Hackathon to End Hunger is designed for professionals and students passionate about coding, software, mobile apps, web apps, hacking big data or hacking hardware solutions. The all-day hackathon will address hunger in Cook County. More info here.
