I just got off the phone with David Carman, and he told me the Breakfast Network Club is now Business Network Chicago, and has relaunched its Web site. The name change is a good one, especially as they don’t hold too many morning meetings anymore, and the new name is better focused on their goals and intent.

BNC has many special interest groups, including venture capital, healthcare and IT, which focus on these particular industries, as well as larger networking events. Their newsletter is a good source for job positions and leads. I have made many great contacts through the BNC, and have been proud to sponsor their meeting nametags.

BNC is kicking off its new branding and the fall with Fall n-Counter, to be held on Wednesday, September 19 at the W Chicago City Center hotel on Adams in the Loop. More information and registration is available on their Web site. This will surely bring out a large attendance at such a great venue.

Good luck to David, the president of the BNC, and all of its SIG chairs on the rebranding and ongoing work to bring the Chicago business community together.

Comments

I don’t see a reason for joy in this announcement.

The BNC was once one of the most useful and humble networking associations aimed at helping job seekers and entrepreneurs in all of Chicagoland. Every event was simple and free and anyone was welcomed regardless of their means.

It now looks like every other run of the mill networking event with increasingly prohibitive and unnecessary entry fees and associations which make it much more like existing events and that special uniqueness has been lost.

A good way to start to change that would be to have a directory of blogs instead of just a list stodgy resources. Another would be true to the original core mission of the BNC.

Comment by David
on 08/10/07 at 11:23 PM
 

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