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The Chicago Life Sciences Consortium (CLSC) is a business formation, recruitment and acceleration initiative that was designed to grow health care and life sciences companies.  The Consortium focuses on emerging biotech, device, diagnostic and therapeutic companies, as well as healthcare services and IT firms.  

CLSC is organizing a small high level networking event featuring Chicago’s preeminent healthcare and life science senior executives and entrepreneurs. Their hope is to connect around 100 of the current leaders in the industry with 100 of the future leaders in an intimate and high-end social event. We are inviting a select group of students from Feinberg and Kellogg, as well as the Uof C Pritzker School of Medicine and Booth School of Business.

If you have any questions, contact Tyler Wanke at twanke2015@kellogg.northwestern.edu.

The Kellogg Innovation Network invites you to attend Growth for Good: The Entrepreneur, an exciting event featuring world-class entrepreneurs, members of the media, and a variety of organizations to discuss the ways in which innovators are changing the world.  Speakers include Slava Rubin (IndieGogo), Aniq Rahman (Moat), Ali Velshi (Al Jazeera America), Paul Earle (Farmhouse, Leo Burnett), Farid Ismayizalda (Golden Pay), Mauricio Rossi (H-FARM Ventures), Rajesh Sawhney (GSF Superangles & GSF Accelerator), Howard Tullman (1871), David Gale (We Are Mighty, MTV), Sophia Swire (Future Brilliance Limited)

Each year, Cleantech Open fosters entrepreneurs and inventors within its flagship emerging business accelerator. The over 1,000 past participants in the Cleantech Open have gone on to raise over $1 billion dollars of external funding. The accelerator program offers participants world-class training and publicity, and prize packages are awarded to over 20 companies valued at $10,000 regionally to a national grand prize valued at $200,000. Perhaps even more valuable is exclusive access to Cleantech Open’s massive innovation network, which now spans over 30 countries globally. The Midwest Cleantech Open accelerator program is open through June 1. You can visit midwest.cleantechopen.org to get started. The Midwest Cleantech Open team is offering a new feature this year, rolling acceptance, which will allow you hear back on acceptance within 1 week so apply early!

Chicago Creative Space has told stories for some of the world's most well known brands. On June 4, 2015, we celebrate those brands and their commitment to the power of the innovative workplace at our inaugural Chicago Creative Space Awards. Winners will receive $40,000 in office furniture and of course, bragging rights. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and open bar courtesy of Tito's Vodka and Revolution Brewing as you mingle with Chicago's tech and creative leaders before sitting down for the main event, which includes a special performance by Chicago funk band Good God Y'all.

Potentially a good networking opportunity, and a chance to learn about startup companies based in Chicago. Below, please find a promo code for 50% off registration.

Promo code: CCSNU

Marketing intern – create a social media calendar and execute social media campaign with goal of increasing users by 5% per week.  Duties will include sourcing original continent and leveraging industry experts to repost their content.  Based on your experience and time commitment, you can work on our blog, Facebook page, Twitter and Pinterest accounts.  Lastly we’d like assistance looking into different channels to expose the MyMenu brand.

Sales Intern – responsibilities will include sourcing meeting with restaurants, selling the MyMenu private label app to restaurants and getting restaurants to provide their allergy free menu items to input into the MyMenu database.   We’ll need your help developing a sales script and any supplemental information to help support the sales effort.  Additionally we’ll look for help with our user acquisition strategy.  Lastly you’ll be responsible for managing the customer relationship during the on boarding process.

If you're interested in the position, please send your resume to john@mymenudining.com

Leo is a New York-based startup looking for a talented MBA student interested in a 10-12 week summer internship. We are early-stage but have an incredible team and are growing rapidly. There is one full time role still available in marketing. As an intern, you will be a valued team member and contribute directly to building Leo’s MVP. 

TrueFacet.com, a New York City based start-up, is looking for a summer intern that wants in marketing ad business development. You'll work on strategic projects and learn how a start-up operates in the process.

Responsibilities

He/She will focus on key projects working closely with the founders of TrueFacet. 

Experience in business development, partnerships and building programs that scale is critical for this role. 

Zeel, the Massage On Demand® company, is looking for a General Manager for our South Florida office. The General Manager will spend a period of time learning and training in Zeel’s New York City office in an operational role before assuming a post in South Florida. This is a great opportunity to be at the forefront of the “instant gratification” revolution, at a leading tech startup.

Zeel delivers Massage On Demand® — top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy, at the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Booking, scheduling, and payments are made easy with the Zeel app for iPhone and Android.

To apply, email Veronica Bashbush.

One of the project teams at Farmhouse is seeking to engage a Kellogg student on a particular project, pretty much now. The student should have good financial and strategic skills and an interest in innovation, as well as some intuition for popular culture. This person would help with some marketplace intelligence, business analytics, and business model development for a really interesting project to completely reimagine, redesign, and relaunch a well-known media property. The property has been living (more or less) in the analog world and has to become vital and relevant in the emerging digital/content/experiential world. We will pay a fair market fee for this person’s time - we are not looking for a “freebie."  Guessing about 5(ish) hours per week will be required over the next 4-5 weeks or so. 

If interested, please contact Paul Earle directly Paul Earle <paul.earle@leoburnett.com>

RockYou is looking for several world class Product Manager Interns to join its Games team to help in analyzing user behavior data, design game features, oversee their completion, manage project prioritization, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints of some of the fastest growing social games online. The ideal candidate is analytical, innovative, self-motivated, and a team player willing to develop new skills while constantly improving existing abilities. 

To apply please send your resume and cover letter to ali.jamal@rockyou.com

MBA Product Management Intern

Peek is looking for a creative and product minded MBA student to help develop and manage new Peek product initiatives. This position will report to Peek’s Product Manager with direct oversight from the CTO. The individual’s responsibility will include, but will not be limited to, creating product management documents, analyzing engagement metrics, conducting user research, and generating competitive market analysis.

Details here

MBA Marketing Intern

Peek is looking for a creative and operationally minded MBA student to help develop and manage programs to increase the productivity and success of the sales, marketing and customer success teams. This position will report to the CEO with oversight from Director of Sales and Marketing Lead.

Details here

To apply, reach out to Eric Hui at ehui2015@kellogg.northestern.edu or to the Director of Business Development atJosiah@peek.com.

Mira Fitness is a health & fitness technology company devoted to helping real people meet their health and wellness objectives. Our user-centric offerings incorporate a balance of sophistication and approachability coupled with actionable insights that help women make the most out of their fitness routines. Our mission is to inspire individuals to achieve the goals that matter most to them and help support them by doing more good for their fitness and health; we are committed to turning the burden of fitness into a fashionable benefit.  

The team is gearing up for its first product launch with the Mira Fitness Tracker and Bracelet in April 2015. As a result of our findings about our potential customers, the wearable category, and opportunities in this space, refinements to the brand and launch strategy are planned for early this year. We are looking for a highly motivated and creative marketing intern to support these efforts.

The first company is a very early-stage (pre-revenue) agricultural technology business based in Florida.  Looking for someone to step in with the technical founder (a UofF professor) to help prove out the technology and bring it to market.  The ideal candidate has good knowledge of, if not experience in, the agriculture space. 

The second company is a revenue generating industrial services business based in Chicago.  For this one there is an experienced Chairman in place, and they’re looking for a young, hungry executive with industrial experience and hopefully an ops focus to step in and help improve and build out day-to-day execution.