Tag: startup networking
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Idea Week Chicago: A Founder’s No-Nonsense Playbook
Most advice about Idea Week Chicago is wrong. People tell you to “stay open,” “follow your curiosity,” and “meet as many people as possible.” That's how you spend a full day listening to smart people, eating a stale cookie, and going home with nothing you can use on Monday. I want you to do the…
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Chicago Tech Week: A Founder’s Playbook for 2026
You open the chicago tech week schedule, scroll for a minute, then feel your chest tighten. Too many events. Too many neighborhoods. Too many people who all seem sharper, richer, and farther along than you. You start thinking the only winning move is to sprint from panel to panel and hope something good happens. That’s…
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