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Inno Approved: Tech Events to Check Out this Week

September 21, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

THURSDAY

PowerPoint Karaoke

WeWork Fulton Market: 220 N Green St. Chicago, IL

6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

On Thursday at WeWork’s Fulton Market office, Chicago Inno is hosting PowerPoint Karaoke, an improv-style pitch meetup where challengers have 2 minutes to deliver a completely unprepared pitch. Competitors will pitch their made up startup, which will be accompanied by a 5-slide PowerPoint that will be pre-made and completely random. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, improviser, or someone just looking for a good time, grab your tickets here.

Connecting Corporations and Startups

1871: 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL

6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Hosted by Hyde Park Angels and located at 1871, this event will teach entrepreneurs how to leverage Chicago’s rich corporate landscape to grow their startups. Panelists from Groupon, CME Group, Molex, and NuCurrent will be on hand to talk about examples of startup/corporate relationships and detail how to secure investment capital from a Fortune 500 company.

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