October 9, 2008
In this issue
- InNUvation Chapter Kickoffs
- ZabHub Speaker Event
- Apply to join InNUvation
- "Becoming your own Boss" by Larry Levy
Upcoming Events
- 10/9 (Today) - Evanston Campus Kickoff Event
- 10/13 - Chicago Campus Kickoff Event
- 10/15 - ZabHub Speaker Event
- 10/17 - InNUvation Officer Application DUE
- 11/11 - Becoming your own Boss
What's New with InNUvation
1. InNUvation Chapter Kickoffs
Please join InNUvation with our Kickoff events for your school. Learn more about InNUvation, Entrepreneur Idol, Start-up consulting, Student entreprenuers, Keynote speakers, Field trips, and much more. The following dates have been set for Chapter Kickoffs.
Evanston Kckoff: Thursday, October 9, 2008 (TODAY!) 5:45PM at LR5, Technological Institute - FOOD SERVED
Chicago Kickoff: Monday, October 13, 2008 12PM at McGaw 1-401 (PEX room) - FOOD SERVED
2. ZabHub Speaker Event
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5PM at M345 at Technological Institute
Joel R. Petersen- Founder and President of ZazHub.com
ZazHub.com is an enhanced social networking site that connects owners, enthusiasts and service providers of vehicles to engage in community based activities and transactions. ZazHub.com offers members the ability to create a true community around their asset by showcasing their vehicle, sharing information about it, posting photos, creating groups around common interests, uploading or linking to videos, holding discussions in forums, organizing events, tracking work done to their vehicle, finding and recommending service providers and assisting in the sale of their vehicle.
ZazHub.com Automobile Enthusiasts Website Launched at TechCrunch 50
ZazHub was selected as a semi-finalist and participated as a featured company in the TechCrunch 50 DemoPit, at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse, 635 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA. The TechCrunch 50 Conference is a three day event featuring start-ups, VCs, corporations, entrepreneurs and press. ZazHub was featured on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 in the DemoPit at table 73. For more information on TechCrunch 50 visit: http://www.techcrunch50.com
3. Apply to join InNUvation
Deadline: Friday, October 17, 2008 5PM via email to b-zhao@northwestern.edu
Become an officer with InNUvation! Interface with other students from all over campus, administrators, entrepreneurs, and VC's. Positions wanted: Events Director and Marketing Directors. Click here for details and an application.
4. "Becoming your own Boss" by Larry Levy
Event: Tuesday, November 11th 6:30PM - 8:30PM at Wieboldt Hall, Ray Connelley Lounge
Register: First come, First serve. Click here to register.
Want to learn tips for how to succeed as an entrepreneur? Want to meet other students and alumni interested in entrepreneurship?
Come hear NU alum Larry Levy discuss: "Becoming Your Own Boss: Entrepreneurship in the Current Economic Climate"
This event is designed to offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs in today's day and age. Mr. Levy will share his own experience of starting and running a highly successful business and then field questions from the audience. A networking reception will follow.
Event Details:
When: Tuesday, November 11th
6:30-7:30pm: Discussion hosted by Larry Levy
7:30-8:30pm: Networking Reception (Includes Limited Bar and Beverages, Appetizers and Dessert)
Registration: Space is limited, Click here to register!
Where: Northwestern University Chicago Campus, Wieboldt Hall, Ray Connelly Lounge
339 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60611
Take the free bus: http://www.univsvcs.northwestern.edu/shuttles/pdf/intercampus08.pdf. The map doesn't show the Chicago campus but the bus route ends at the Montgomery Ward building at 303 E. Chicago Ave. This is just down the street from Wieboldt Hall.
Price: Alumni: $25, Students: $5
Dress code: Business Casual
Sponsored by: NU Club of Chicago and InNuvation
Questions? Contact Matt Znameroski at mznameroski2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
About Larry Levy
Larry Levy (UB '66, KSM '67) is the other hidden object games list
Chairman of buy a spongebob games
Levy Restaurants and Chairman and CEO of The Levy Organization, his real estate development company. Since its founding in 1978, Mr. Levy has built Levy Restaurants into a dynamic culinary and hospitality business known nationwide as the innovator and market leader of sports and entertainment dining. From its base of award-winning restaurants, including Spiaggia and Bistro 110 in Chicago, and Fulton's Crab House and Portobello Yacht Club at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, the company has grown to 66 locations including convention facilities, music/performance venues, and stadiums and arenas for all major sports leagues in 39 markets worldwide.
About the Levy Institute
In 2003, Larry and his wife Carol founded the Levy Institute of Entrepreneurial Practice at Kellogg Graduate School of Management. The institute is responsible for shaping and managing the entrepreneurship curriculum at Kellogg.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/levyinstitute/
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