Wine & Win: Hear Your Market, Grow Your Revenue, & Protect Your Business
Stop Marketing. Start Listening
Human-centered engagement is the proven method for what provides REAL customer insights and accelerates business growth for scaling brands.
Join fellow founders, operators, and industry experts for meaningful conversations around customer listening, business development, finance, legal strategy, and intellectual property. You’ll leave with practical insights to better understand your market, strengthen your revenue strategy, and put the right protections around your business.
Come for the wine, stay for the connections, and leave with momentum!
We are joined by our wonderful expert speakers to bring this program to life.
Michelle Padula, SBE Media Consulting & Joe Natal, Grow Exponential: Customer Listening & Communication for Successful Business Development
Brian Robertson, Inflection Point Consulting - Business performance & Financial strategies for business sustainability and growth
Cooley LLP - Legal, IP Protection & Compliance
What to expect
Expert-led conversations on listening tools, business development, finance, legal protection, and IP
Curated founder-to-founder matchmaking and networking
A welcoming space to meet potential partners, collaborators, customers, and advisors
High-value evening for Chicago’s business community
Our Schedule
Doors Open & Early Networking: 5 PM to 6 PM
Main Program: 6 PM to 7:30 PM
Networking & Closeout: 7:30 PM - 8:15 PM
Our Sponsors
Wine and Win is brought to you by Medellin & Associates (https://medellinassociates.com/) - a boutique diversity search and consulting firm, focusing in the recruitment of: African-American, Asian, Hispanic and Female professionals for Major Corporations, Non-Profit Organizations and Professional Service Firms.
Parking
SpotHero - There are several parking spaces on SpotHero near the venue (http://spothero.com/) - in addition to public paid and street parking.
747 Lofts Lot
1135 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 60642 https://parkmobile.io/parking/locations/il/chicago-parking/parking-lot/747-lofts-lot
Public Transportation
Near CTA Blue Line - Chicago stop
CTA Milwaukee Bus #56
Event Date: September 24th, 2026
Event Time: 5PM-8PM CST
Location: GT Studio | 833 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago