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January 2011

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Happy Holidays! We’re wrapping up December and getting ready for 2011. What better way to begin a new business year, than focusing on Innovation. That will be front and center at the BMA luncheon on January 13th. 

We are honored to host a panel of award winning companies that have been recognized for their innovation. Each year, the Chicago Innovation Awards recognizes ten Chicago-based companies for being leaders in innovation. In 2009, one of these companies was a small start up few of us had ever even heard of: Groupon. Today, Groupon is a household name. Who’s next on that list? 
 
Join us on January 13th when BMA will feature four of the award winning companies from 2010. Some are major companies with a rich history in Chicago. Others are recent start-ups. But all of them represent the entrepreneurial and innovative culture in Chicago.   The discussion will be led by Tom Kuczmarski and focused on the intersection of marketing and innovation.
 
The team at the Chicago Innovation Awards has done a fabulous job bringing business leaders to support and celebrate innovation developed here in Chicago. For a sneak preview of what’s to come, click here to see what some of Chicago’s business leaders sharing their perspective on this topic. I’ll leave you with the same question posed to these business leaders: What does innovation mean to you?

All the best,

 
Linda Meenan
President, BMA Chicago