The Barter Room is designed to help small business owners come together and network. We will share ideas, barter on services and serve as a think tank to help each of our businesses thrive and grow. We will meet at least once a month for think tank sessions and once a month for bartering sessions at various locations throughout the city and suburbs.

New group! Are you starting a small business in Chicago? Working hard on your own? With a business partner? Getting into the grind of finding clients and building your business relationships? Come relax, chill, and hang-out over dinner. The purpose of this group is to make room for you while you make room for your business in the world.  If you're maxed out from your cold calls and want nothing more than to have your dinner served up to you without lifting a finger - come!  If you've just snagge …

Meet with people who are starting, or would like to start, entrepreneurial ventures online. Bringing together small eBusiness owners from all over Chicagoland. Network with other local Chicago e-commerce, e-businesses or online business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals. Share industry insights and valuable experiences. Form partnerships with other web businesses. Come learn, share, and collaborate to make a living online! We'll cover topics such as: • How to start • eCommerce • SEO - Se …

BMA Chicago is the Business Marketing Association’s single largest chapter, serving over 520 business-marketing professionals through professional development, networking events and programs. BMA Chicago enhances critical thinking, communication and managerial skills by bringing our members face to face with the nation’s top b-to-b marketing thinkers and practitioners. Our board is proud to offer a powerful lineup of world-class marketers to you through our Marketing Innovators Luncheon series a …

This group is to be a resource for events, training, and meetings that help you GROW YOUR BUSINESS. Our mission to provide you with the contacts, information, and support that you need to meet more prospects, convert more sales, improve your organization, and grow your business. We have a wide variety of events. When you join this group, you're committing towards building your own reputable and ethical business and helping promote the success of the other members by actively sharing referrals an …

GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS! The goal of this group is to give Gay & Lesbian and Gay-Friendly Business Professionals the opportunity to build relationships with Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses and other like–minded Professionals to collaborate, share ideas and help each other Grow their Businesses and build their Referral Network. In our Community we have hundreds of Business Owners, Sales professionals, Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups, ready to network and engage in business with others. We are …

The Chicago Business Development Forum brings together small businesses, entrepreneurs and start-ups to help each other with business development by sharing unique expertise, experience, and encouragement in an inspiring and collaborative environment: Business strategizing - using your valuable time wisely Networking - Growing win-win relationships Marketing - Getting the word out about your value in a big way Sales - Establish value to people in such a way that they want to hire you immediatel …

We are starting this group because we believe that good business depends on good advice. We are all advise businesses in one way or another to help them make more money with more peace of mind. Through this group, we will network with each other and teach each other how to get more clients and serve our existing clients better. Expect workshops, seminars, and symposiums. If you have an idea for an event, suggest it!

The Kingdom Business Consortium is a division of Gail King Ministries that is open to all. KBC is a fun monthly workshop and networking event for business, ministry and creative start-ups. KBC is designed to help you stay focused on building your dream! Meetings feature guest and group speakers, success stories, industry professionals and trainers, personal advice, networking and refreshments. Currently, we meet one Saturday each month in Chicago. Registration is free but required. There's free …

This Meetup is for women business owners who want to connect with other women like themselves, and get some pointers for how to run their businesses more effectively.

Networking that works for you and your little ones! You remember the day, don’t you? They handed you your little bundle of joy and you knew your world would never be the same. A couple of months later you are taking a look at what used to be your reality and then it hits you – how on earth am I going to network like I used to? The answer… you never will. Oaklee’s Family Guide is proud to present Parent to Parent Business Networking! Professional structured networking with you and your ‘new norma …

LeTip Union Station is a Chicago Loop chapter of LeTip International. A national organization where non-competing business professionals meet weekly to learn about our businesses and work to pass qualified leads. We're looking for you! If you're looking to gain more clients and grow your business, our chapter currently seeking to fill select open categories to pass leads. To learn more about how our business networking chapter works, visit letiploop.com and contact Scott Winterroth for more info …

The Chicago Business Catalyst User Group has been formed by Chicago Digital to educate, support and inspire local area business owners, website developers, and students of web design. The group is meant to be an open discussion amongst members and a forum from which all parties can learn from each other. While this group will have a focus on building and promoting online businesses with the Adobe Business Catalyst Platform, we will also discuss best practices in design, development and online ma …

LOOKING TO GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS?The Chicago Business Referral Network and Leads Group is a local community of non-competing  business owners and professionals whose members actively work to refer and generate business leads for one another.Through regular meetings and referral activities our members help you find new clients and grow your business.WHAT IS A LEADS GROUP? HOW DOES IT WORK?A leads group usually have anywhere from 15-40 committed members that represent non-competing …

Get INSPIRED!!! Join the BABC Chicago (a non-profit, business-forward, international organization) at our monthly event, The Speaker's Series. Each event features a fascinating speaker from all corners of the business world. You are bound to be inspired and motivated by their stories. A personal Q & A session allows you to pick the minds of some of today’s great business leaders! We have been graced by the presence of great minds such as, Laurence Geller of Strategic Hotels, Martin Radvan, Presi …

Welcome! This group is for leaders eager to create solutions that will define their business future today with a view to leaving our city greater than when we found it. Together we will explore practices, ideas, and thinking that will move business forward while improving our city. We will meet monthly to connect and share ideas and discuss what's new in business today.

This group is for anyone interested in business intelligence, mobility and data warehousing. All skill levels are welcome. TDWI sponsors Chapters in regions throughout the world to foster education and networking at the local level among business intelligence, mobility and data warehousing professionals. Chapter meetings are open to any BI/DW professional. TDWI provides you with a powerful, comprehensive, and constantly growing selection of industry research, networking, news, online content, an …

Since 1919, The Illinois Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW) has been empowering working women to achieve their full potential through advocacy, education, and information. We are an all-volunteer, membership-based organization, comprised of professional women of all ages and professions with the goal of promoting equity for all women in the workplace. Meeting topics are focused on networking opportunities and addressing issues impacting working women including legislative …

This is a group for entrepreneurs, start ups or small business owners to have a face-to-face/one-on-one meeting, discussion with senior IT Architect and Programmer over a coffee.Founders of this group are senior IT architect, Experienced mobile developer, senior java/C# developer, senior Ruby on Rails developer and Business Analyst.Founders of this group will help you to design and plan software/system for your idea or for your business. NO Consultancy FEE.

The Founder Forge is a series of events giving founders of small, growing businesses the knowledge they need to build long-term, self-sustaining companies. Created by the founders of We Are Mammoth and The Starter League, we hold a quarterly workshop in Chicago complemented by casual monthly meet-ups and office hours. Learn more at www.thefounderforge.com

Inbound Marketing University is where you to go to learn why content is king and the business blog is still king of social media. You also learn from real-world case studies how to do inbound, aka content, marketing from professionals who have 'been there done that' again and again and .... Weekly training is offered up WEBINAR style until we reach critical mass. At which time, professional blogger Bill Belew, MBA marketing professor, published author and international in-demand speaker will com …

Web Connect Chicago is a group of self-starters, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, business owners, bloggers and creatives who are interested in learning more about building a better website. Whether you’re new to the Web, or have already started your online presence, this group is here to offer advice, tips and tricks for optimizing your website. Our Web instructors are experienced in helping people of all skill levels build awesome websites, and they want to do the same for you! We know what makes a w …

CEO Space is the world's oldest, largest & most successful network for CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Visionary Investors. We are an entrepreneurial training and world class business networking organization, providing MBA level ~ training, development and an immersion experience of cooperation that result in income acceleration through exponential business growth. Come experience our “Community of Cooperation” and extend this special invitation also to your partners, associates and other entrepreneurs …

The TTG Learn - Pitch - Network groups is intended for those individuals that are interested in keeping current with technology, social/new media and new ventures in the Chicagoland area. Once a month, we have lunches where we discuss a topic related to technology, social media, mobile, small business issues and/or marketing. Starting in October of 2012, we also have monthly lunches where companies that are seeking funding can practice their pitch and get feedback which will help them improve th …

The SHEpreneur Circle is a leads networking group for female business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and community leaders. This group focus is to empower women and help one another's business grow.

This group is opened to anyone interested in learning how to grow their business. We started this group because there are many business owners who are just starting and need support.

VentureSHOT Entrepreneur Collaboration Community brings together extraordinary entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses and enhance their levels of success. This community was launched and is run BY Entrepreneurs...FOR Entrepreneurs. We REALLY know the issues entrepreneurs face in growing their businesses and our vision is to help hundreds of entrepreneurs achieve greater success through collaboration with their peers, mentors and unique, powerful collaboration sessions. Click Here For P …

Entrepreneurial moms meet and network with each other. Anyone who owns a business, wants to own one, is working on a creative venture, or wants to be around other business women in Chicago, Oak Park/River Forest and surrounding suburbs can be a part of this meetup. You do not have to be a business owner yet. This Exchange is about networking, helping each other through trials and tribulations, questions, problems, educating, and empowering each other. We will invite special speakers and some of …