8/19/14 LIVE FROM WGN IN CHICAGO!

A serial entrepreneur from the age of 16, Ilya Beyrak took his last startup from $0-$15MM in 1.5 years. With more than 12 years experience in software and business development, he has consulted Best Buy, Macy’s Toy’s R US on improving systems and ecommerce systems. Ilya is a leading expert in Big Data and Cassandra.Salen M. Churi is Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School, where Mr. Churi teaches Entrepreneurship and the Law and supervises law students in the representation of lower- to middle-income entrepreneurs. He previously practiced corporate and transactional law at Sidley Austin and Kirkland & Ellis, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, securities, and technology transactions.