Why You Should Attend The Big Night Showcase
Experience some of Chicago’s best, and emerging talent through unfiltered 10 minute talks, intimate live performances, non-salesy networking, and a silent disco party with DJs spinning hip hop, funk, house, and electronic music at Moonlight Studios. Beer provided by MillerCoors for the festival’s signature event, and advance tickets only. Glappitnova is building a global community of entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers to diversify the world. Our publication provides a voice for mixing culture with knowledge, and our festival unites some of the brightest and craziest through eclectic events. Check out our recap video below.
“Some call our festival a mixture of South By Southwest and TED Talks with a Coachella vibe.”
On July 9th, 2015 occurring in multiple rooms, there will be people from a variety of industries having the stage for 10 minutes. Their topic can be on anything. Some have used their time to talk about making the Olympic team before actually earning a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, some have performed before you saw them on Christina Aguilera’s team for NBC’s The Voice, and others talked about that time when they raised 2 million dollars for their startup. Purchase your ticket now.
Glappitnova has over 25 Big Night participants here are a few:
- Harper Reed (Former CTO Obama’s 2012 Re-election campaign, CEO Modest Inc.)
- Afrobella (Award winning beauty blogger, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100, Founder of Afrobella)
- Emerson Spartz (World expert on internet virality, INCs 30 Under 30, CEO Spartz Media)
- Spikeball & LuminAID founders (ABC’s Shark Tank alumni)
- Cameka Smith (Founder of The Boss Network, Jet Magazine 40 under 40 Entrepreneur)
- Seth Kravtiz (CEO of Technori, which is the third largest business pitch stage in America)
- Anna Hovet (Fashion Designer, TEDx Speaker, So You Wanna Be A Designer contestant)
- Anna Russett (Influential Mixed Media millennial artist with over 300k following)
- Christian Picciolini (Emmy-nominated, former violent extremist turned peace advocate)
- WTF Founders (Women Tech Founders)
- Gina Venier (Winner of Bar1 Big Break Singing Competition, American Idol Participant)
- Tanner Woodford (Co-Founder of Chicago Design Museum, #2 Newcity’s Annual Design 50)
- Micae Brown (Urban Business Roundtable for WVON Radio Talk Show Host)
- Corbett Drummey (CEO of Popular Pays, Y Combinator accelerator alumni)
- Aaron Frazin (CEO of Charlie, Kauffman Global Scholar)
- Daniel Novaes (CEO of MobileXLabs top 30 startups to watch by Entrepreneur Magazine)
