Connect5 is a Chicago based startup that makes professional networking interesting and enjoyable. Connect5 helps you find or create targeted, micro-networking events in different locations throughout Chicago with up to five other professionals.
Connect5 micro-networking events take out the frustration of navigating through large conferences and events. It’s not awkward because there are only five people so conversation will happen and chances are it will be much deeper than “So...what do you do?”
Connect5 micro-events can be tailored for a specific subject matter bringing together professionals of similar interests, skills, and objectives. For professionals, time is a valuable resource. Connect5 professionals spend less time in random networking events and more time establishing real and valuable professional connections.
Through use of the location based social network Foursquare, professionals can create micro-events in any location in Chicago. Discuss business over a cup of coffee at Intelligentsia, engage in discussion over new technology over lunch at Pret A Manger, or chat about the state of the industry over dinner at Quartino's. Any location is a possibility for a micro-event.
At Connect5 our goal is simple - to help professionals Go Out and Network. Professionals know they have to network, so might as well make it more enjoyable and more interesting.
With Connect5:
· Combine your online and offline professional networking
· Serendipitously connect with other like-minded professionals
· Attend micro-networking events where better quality connections are made
· Attend micro-events all over Chicago
· Personalized events
