Decatur SCORE ?

U. S. Small Business Administration

SCORE Chapter #296 provides free and confidential business advice and counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives. SCORE Chapter 296 also offers workshops, for a modest fee, for both start-up and in-business entrepreneurs.

1184 W. Main Street

Milliken University

Decatur, IL 6***

Phone：217-424-***

http://www.**catur.score.org/

Designer-in-Residence ?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Office of the Vice President for Research at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign has engaged Dr. Deana McDonagh, Chair of the Industrial Design Program in the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois and Beckman Institute, as a new Designer-in-Residence. In this role, she will be assisting University of Illinois inventors and entrepreneurs to incorporate product design in their technology development to help improve user experiences and performance of products to meet cust...

60 Hazelwood Drive

Champaign, IL 6***

Phone：217-333-***

Contact：Laura Frerichs

Email：lfrerich**[ta]**inois.edu

http://www.**searchpark.illinois.edu/resources/designer-residence

Designer-in-Residence

East Central Illinois University Center ?

The East Central Illinois University Center is a partnership among local educational institutions and business development resources to promote and foster entrepreneurship in the region. The program's mission is to create a growing pipeline of long-term innovative and vibrant business activity within the region through entrepreneur education, startup assistance, incubation and growth support and investment. In addition to these direct efforts, a regional study of the entrepreneurship ecosystem w...

http://www.**searchpark.illinois.edu/resources/east-central-illinois-university-center

ECI SCORE ?

U. S. Small Business Administration

ECI SCORE mentors, serving East Central Illinois, are experienced and have access to numerous resources from which to gather business information necessary to help you make good business decisions.

303 W. Kirby Avenue

Champaign, IL 6***

Phone：217-359-***

http://www.**i.score.org/

Ensemble ?

Ensemble offers entrepreneurs a one-stop, All-Star powered "digital services suite" to plan, execute and benchmark their efforts from ideation through success. All at 20-40% savings. By Entrepreneurs! For Entrepreneurs! The “Digital Services Suite” is designed to materially increase an entrepreneur’s stand-alone odds of success, as we have “been there and done that” with scores of client case studies detailing current best practices in the industry to u...

Chicago, IL

Phone：312-600-***

http://www.**semblehq.com/

Enterprise Works Chicago ?

University of Illinois

Enterprise Works Chicago is a new initiative of the Univeristy of Ilinois system to provide access to resources and support to inventors and entrepreneurs commercializing technology through company formation. With a public launch in April 2013 for applicant intake, EWC will be fully operational in early summer 2013. Programming will include commercialization roadmapping assistance, cost shared access to professional services, SBIR/STTR grant writing assistance, dedicated and shared office and wet...

2201 West Campbell Park Drive

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-829-***

Contact：Kapila Viges

Email：viges**[ta]**linois.edu

http://www.**terpriseworkschicago.com/

Enterprise Works Incubator ?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

East Central Illinois University Center

Enterprise Works is the Research Park’s 43,000-square-foot business incubator for early-stage tech firms. It is operated by the University of Illinois to help launch successful startup companies. The 30-plus startups that occupy the office suites and labs at Enterprise Works showcase the potential of innovation in our community. Most, but not all, have a connection to the University. Some have been founded by staff, students,faculty, while others have licensed technology from the UI. Ow...

60 Hazelwood Drive

Champaign, IL 6***

Phone：217-333-***

Contact：Laura Frerichs

Email：lfrerich**[ta]**inois.edu

http://www.**searchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence ?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Enterprise Works Incubator

The Research Park created an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program that hires local experienced technology entrepreneurs to provide monthly consulting to new startup ventures and prospective technology entrepreneurs. By sourcing this talent from the local region, the program selects peers that have faced similar challenges in commercializing research/early stage technology and are able to provide advice on their own path to successfully attracting investment, revenue, and industrial clients. T...

60 Hazelwood Drive

Champaign, IL 6***

Phone：217-333-***

Contact：Laura Frerichs

Email：lfrerich**[ta]**inois.edu

http://www.**searchpark.illinois.edu/resources/entrepreneur-residence-program

Environmental Leverage Inc.

With all the concerns today about environmental liability, some of the key issues that manufacturers face include：Globalization, Impact of new Science and Engineering technology, Information systems and e-Commerce, Supply chain management, Changes in production processes and manufacturing, Sustainability, Significant impact on Energy savings and Environmental performance. At Environmental Leverage all of these issues are important concerns. Delivering you innovative and technical expertise and...

812 Dogwood Drive Suite A

North Aurora, IL 6***

Phone：630-906-***

Contact：Tracy Finnegan

Email：elfenvironmental**[ta]**.com

Http://www.**vironmentalleverage.com

Environmental Leverage Inc.

Ernst & Young ?

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services. Our 167,000 people are united by our shared values, which inspire our people worldwide and guide them to do the right thing, and our commitment to quality, which is embedded in who we are and everything we do. Ernst & Young is committed to doing its part in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

155 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 6***

http://www.**.com

Fox Valley SCORE ?

U. S. Small Business Administration

Starting a business in Chicago's western suburbs?

growing one with worldwide reach? SCORE's eight convenient locations in the counties of DuPage, Kane, Will, DeKalb, Kendall and McHenry are well positioned to help you succeed. Tap into the business savvy of our more than 90 volunteers. Don't go it alone.1444 N. Farnsworth Avenue

Aurora, IL 6***

Phone：630-375-***

http://www.**xvalley.score.org

Funnl.ME ?

Illinois Technology Association

DePaul University, Illinois Math & Science Academy

Funnl.ME is a place to learn about entrepreneurship. We know how hard it is to start a business. We’ve launched a few ourselves. We empower you with tools to save time and increase your chance of success. Our first product helps aspiring entrepreneurs improve their one-minute pitch. We help entrepreneurs package and present their business idea in the best way possible.

http://www.**nnl.me/

Glines Associates ?

Retained executive search firm devoted to acquiring the best talent for the Medical Device and Life Sciences industry. Devoted to serving the Medical Device and Life Sciences industry for over twenty five years, we provide solutions to our clients' talent needs. Larry Glines, who has been engaged in executive search and selection, solely for the Healthcare and Life Sciences industry, since 1984, established the firm in 1994. INDUSTRY EXPERTISE As experts with over twenty five years devoted to...

39 S. LaSalle Street

Suite***

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-580-***

Contact：Larry Glines

Email：larry**[ta]**nesassociates.com

http://www.**inesassociates.com/

Grid Connect ?

Grid Connect specializes in networking technology and helps businesses big and small create custom and off the shelf solutions for solving problems. In addition to distributing and manufacturing hardware we also have a full staff of engineers who work with our customers to meet their networking and technology needs.

1630 W. Diehl Rd.

Naperville, IL 6***

Phone：630-245-***

Contact：Adam Justice

Email：adamj**[ta]**dconnect.com

Http://www.**idconnect.com

Grid Connect

IDEO ?

IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”) is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow. We identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs, behaviors, and desires. We envision new companies and brands, and we design the products, services, spaces, and interactive experiences that bring them to life. We help organizations build creative culture and the intern...

626 West Jackson Blvd

7th Floor

Chicago, IL 6***

http://www.**eo.com/locations/chicago/

Illinois Applied Research Institute ?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Illinois Applied Research Institute is the state's leader in performing translational R&D for commercial and government mission-driven organizations. Launched in late 2013, it is a joint initiative of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering and the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research that harnesses the considerable depth of creativity and scientific ability on the Illinois campus. The ARI provides the University of Illinois with a formalized conduit fo...

2100 South Oak Street

Suite***

Champaign, IL 6***

Phone：217-300-***

Contact：Jeff Binder

Email：appliedresearch**[ta]**inois.edu

http://www.**pliedresearch.illinois.edu/

Illinois Applied Research Institute

Illinois Partners ?

Helping Entrepreneurs. Helping Investors. Illinois Partners is dedicated to commercializing promising technologies and helping outstanding principal investigators and entrepreneurs build world-class companies. We do this in a variety of ways that include evaluating technology, sourcing capital and providing interim management. We’re business people, but we have a high technical aptitude. We are almost always involved in technologies and nascent businesses before a business plan is written....

1212 S. Naper Blvd.

Suite 119***

Naperville, IL 6***

Phone：312-404-***

Contact：Neil Kane

Email：neil**[ta]**inoispartners.com

http://www.**linoispartners.com/

IllinoisVENTURES ?

University of Illinois

IllinoisVENTURES is a premier seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences, life sciences and clean technology. We start and build globally-competitive businesses based on work conducted at Midwest Universities and federal laboratories. We bring together leading researchers and entrepreneurs to mold concepts, vision, intellectual property, sweat and passion into breakthrough, high-growth companies. Conceived***

20 N. Wacker Drive

Suite ***

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-251-***

Contact：Nancy Sullivan

Email：nansulli**[ta]**.edu

http://www.**linoisventures.com/