Friday, December 7, 2007

Ignite Chicago

Last night, my law firm, Fitzgerald & Hewes, co-sponsored the first Ignite event in Chicago. Ignite events are happening across the country. Thanks to the efforts of Sean Harper and Jesper Andersen the Chicago entrepreneurial community showed up to the party in their party dress.

If you're not familiar with the Ignite events, here's brief description:

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.


Last night's event was a cross between a tech event (with free drinks thanks to us sponsors) and a poetry slam. Very cool. You could feel the brainwaves and creativity in the air. My husband, Markus Giolas, founder and president of Real Talent, hopped right on the shadow sculpting contest. We'll see if he won.

Ignite Chicago - don't miss the next one.