Chicago Founders Circle is created to help Founders, CEOs and key executives of the most promising emerging growth companies in the Greater Chicago region build long-term, sustainable companies by creating opportunities and a sense of community, and fostering teamwork in a collegial environment.Chicago Founders Circle is formed and led by a group of prominent executives and business leaders who helped build some of the region's biggest and most successful emerging growth companies.

1. 6 Insights from
Chicago Founders Circle
Cohort 3 Session 3

2. “Get out there with the product and take
the feedback, and be humble enough to
know that maybe that’s not the way to go.”
- Adam Dewitt,
GrubHub

3. “The biggest thing I’ve gotten from the
Chicago Founders Circle is just finding
other people where we can share some
of the challenges we have and some of
the things we’re working through.”
- Dmitriy Rokhfeld,
Machinio

4. “Speed vs. perfection. There’s a
lot of benefit to getting something
out there and testing and refining.”
- Mandy Pekin,
GrubHub

5. “There’s a group of people
that go through the same
issues, and it’s nice to have
them all in the same room.”
- Jayna Cooke,
Eventup

6. “When you’re in an early
stage, you want people who
want to roll their sleeves.”
- Adam Dewitt,
GrubHub

7. “Putting a small group of
founders and aligning them
with the speakers…everyone is
able to network with context.”
- Dan Parsons,
Dryv

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