Tech In Motion VII
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Hopefully everyone is enjoying the beginning of what looks to be another beautiful Chicago summer. Concurrent with the burgeoning of our city's most coveted season, we are ready to kick-off another installment of everyone's favorite technology meet-up--Tech In Motion VII.
Last time we saw everyone we explored Soulseekr (http://www.soulseekr.com/), a platform developed by Steve Znavor (http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveznavor) with a focus on paring online singles with potential matches via their social tendencies and interest. For a more detailed write-up kindly crafted by Ryan Thorpe of Robotoaster / Jobspring click here (http://robotoaster.co/post/24092417679/mays-techinmotion-recap).
At Seyfarth Shaw on June 27th we will be featuring ZipFit.me (http://www.zipfit.me/). A buzz worthy and innovative idea concocted by Liz Kammel (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/liz-kammel/8/24/b01), she's a recent MBA grad from the University of Chicago and finalist in Booth School of Business' New Venture Challenge.
Zipfit.me (http://zipfit.me) aims to remove the pains and hassle of retail shopping and the uncertainty from online shopping. In short, their platform makes "finding jeans that fit that much easier."
Some of Chicago's most influential business and technology people will be vetting Zipfit's business model in an attempt to maximize the products potential:
Sarah Gray (http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahggray): Founder of Mercury App (https://www.mercuryapp.com/), Developer of the “Should I Break Up With My Boyfriend?” App for the iPhone, Mentor @ Code Academy (http://codeacademy.org/) & Excelerate Labs (http://exceleratelabs.com/) and one of Chicago's most highly revered Ruby on Rails Developers (github (https://github.com/sarah)).
Sarah Wilcox (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Sarah/Wilcox): President and CEO of My Health and Money (http://www.myhealthandmoney.com), former CMO at Carepages, EVP at DraftFCB and holder of an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
Suzanne Saxman (http://www.linkedin.com/in/suziesaxman): Head's up Seyfarth Shaw (http://www.seyfarth.com)'s corporate practice primarily involves representation of entrepreneurs as well as privately held companies, she also heads up Seyfath's M&A practice group on a national level and on the Board of the Association for Corporate Growth and an investor of 3 early stage companies.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR 1 MORE PANELIST, SPONSORS, IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE MODEL AND ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING....UPDATES TO COME.
