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Understand the various ways you might finance your business and how to approach friends and family, angel investors, banks and venture capitalists.
Questions? Contact: workshops@scorechicago.com
Do you know of an Illinois-based technology startup looking for funding?
The ILCelerate program provides money, resources and mentoring to Illinois-based technology companies.
If selected, you will receive up to $ 15,000 this summer. Applications must be received by June 20th. Questions: contact ilcelerate@illinoistech.org
Questions? Contact: ilcelerate@illinoistech.org
This workshop covers: setting goals and objectives, preparing marketing and financial plans and defining action steps to attain appropriate goals.
Questions? Contact: workshops@scorechicago.com
We are ChicagoRuby.org, a group of Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen! ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 3pm.
ChicagoRuby.org produces WindyCityRails, the full-day Ruby on Rails conference that starts at 8am on Sat, 9/20/2008 at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Visit http://WindyCityRails.org for registration and details.
Questions? Contact: http://ChicagoRuby.org
This workshop covers: how to understand and manage your business; the basics of taxes and good record keeping; and an introduction to evaluating business risks and insuring against them.
Questions? Contact: workshops@scorechicago.com
Join us for our next meeting, Anatomy of an XML-based Structured Writing System, on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the Carleton Hotel in downtown Oak Park.
Our speaker, Brian Beuhling, will provide an overview of the architecture of a typical XML-based structured writing system. He will analyze the components from document creation and workflow to data storage and distribution.
As more companies develop structured writing strategies, technical communicators will need to understand the common characteristics of successful XML-based publishing systems in order to lead successful implemenations. Vendors may target their products and services at portions of the structured writing architecture such as authoring or web delivery. However, since system priorities vary greatly by company and industry, no turnkey solution exists that can handle the demands of every organization. We face difficult desicions in designing and implementing structured writing systems that will work for our companies.
This presentation considers the interplay among these areas:
About the Speaker
Brian Beuhling is the managing director for Dakota Systems, a consulting firm specializing in publishing technology. Over the course of the past several years, his papers have been presented at XML Europe, AUGI, Web Services One, AIIM and XML.com. He has earned an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Strategy from the University of Chicago and an M.S. in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis.
Our Meeting Sponsor: The Master of Science in Communication Program at Northwestern University\’s School of Communication
Questions? Contact: www.stc-chicago.org
Improve business results by effective use of financial tools for forward planning and analysis. This workshop covers cash flow and break even analysis to help you achieve financial success in your business.
Questions? Contact: workshops@scorechicago.com
Learn how to get started marketing online or to improve your online marketing strategy. Get the inside on keywords, pay per click and more. Get more traffic and increased sales. Find and convert customers.
Questions? Contact: workshops@scorechicago.com
The BNC Entrepreneur Group is for small business owners looking to expand their network for resources, information, and ideas for growing their business.
Barry Moltz has just come out with a new book, Bounce! The Path to True Business Confidence, and will be giving a presentation based on this.
Conventional business wisdom tells us that there is always something to learn from failure. Not true - sometimes it just stinks! Failure that offers no real learning value becomes a big jolt to the basic business belief system. Both success and failure are simply outcomes in the lifecycle of business where repetition is inevitable and overall process matters far more than any single event or outcome.
Barry demonstrates that developing the resiliency to bounce through these cycles determines who ultimately will succeed. Using real life business examples, he shows that with true business confidence, we can face our fears, let go of shame and failures, use all our choices, be better risk-takers, and define our own brand of success.
After the presentation there will be time to meet Barry in person and for informal networking.
On-line registration will close June 9 or when capacity has been reached. To Register click here
Questions? Contact: entrepreneur_group [at] bnchicago [dot] org
Federal IT security spending has grown by 63% in the past five years and is projected to be $ 6.8 billion in 2009.
Agencies are struggling to protect their technology infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. IT security now is nearly 10% of the overall Federal IT budget and Small businesses need to position themselves as solution providers rather than just presenting themselves as generic IT Systems Integrators or Network Engineering firms.
fedXccel is hosting a Free webinar on June 11th, 2008 at 12 PM (Eastern) on Cybersecurity contract opportunities for Small businesses. Visit http://www.federalwebinars.com to register.
Questions? Contact: Gaurav Pal, gpal@netxccel.com, (301) 217 0023
