IMEC - Chicago Region ?

Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center

IMEC was established in 1996 to improve the productivity and competitiveness of Illinois' small and mid-sized manufacturing firms. We link your long-term plans and related goals with on-site implementation services by identifying performance gaps, solving these gaps, and building a culture to support sustained improvements. We help optimize operating capacity, implement advanced product and process innovations, increase sales and enter new markets, and improve profitability. IMEC customizes ever...

1177 S. Dee Road

Park Ridge, IL 6***

Phone：1-888-806-***

Email：info**[ta]**c.org

http://www.**ec.org/

IMEC - Downstate ?

Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center

IMEC was established in 1996 to improve the productivity and competitiveness of Illinois' small and mid-sized manufacturing firms. We link your long-term plans and related goals with on-site implementation services by identifying performance gaps, solving these gaps, and building a culture to support sustained improvements. We help optimize operating capacity, implement advanced product and process innovations, increase sales and enter new markets, and improve profitability. IMEC customizes ever...

1501 W. Bradley Avenue

Peoria, IL 6***

Phone：1-888-806-***

Email：info**[ta]**c.org

http://www.**ec.org/

Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago ?

ICNC advocates for the interest of business on Chicago’s Nearwest Side. ICNC strengthens both start-up & emerging companies by providing business development assistance as well as information and links to public and private resources and services. ICNC, an employer-driven organization develops programs and services in response to the needs of the companies it represents. In addition to the $2.5 million a year in revenue from its incubator (operated by ICNC and its 501 (c)(3) affiliate,...

320 North Damen Avenue

Suite***

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-421-***

http://www.**dustrialcouncil.com/

Innovation and New Ventures Office ?

Northwestern University

The Innovation and New Ventures Office inspires and nurtures a culture of innovation, bridging Northwestern research with its practical use for public benefit. We scout for research that could have commercialization potential and provide guidance on how to maximize the impact of the innovations to society. Business development activities at INVO coordinate with entrepreneurial and innovation initiatives across all schools within Northwestern. Our goal is to enhance the value and impact of the in...

1800 Sherman Ave.

Suite***

Evanston, IL 6***

Phone：847-467-***

Contact：Alicia Loffler

Email：a-loffler**[ta]**thwestern.edu

http://www.**vo.northwestern.edu/

Institute for Food Safety and Health ?

Illinois Institute of Technology

The Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) is a one-of-a-kind applied food research institute that provides stakeholders the opportunity to develop and exchange knowledge, experience, and expertise to address key issues in food safety, food defense, and nutrition. Powered by a singular combination of in-depth expertise and research capabilities, IFSH’s collaborative research model helps stakeholders define and design innovative and practical approaches to solving real-world challenges in...

6502 South Archer Road

Bedford Park, IL 6***

Phone：708-563-***

Contact：Robert E. Brackett

Email：rbrackett**[ta]**.edu

Http://www.**t.edu/ifsh

Institute for Food Safety and Health

ITA Insight Access ?

Illinois Technology Association

Sometimes it’s not enough to be part of a group, you need personalized attention. We call it our ITA Insight Access. ITA staff Works with members daily to provide one-on-one consulting and group scrums that bring to bear strategic advice, counsel, connections and intelligence that help drive the accelerated growth of your company. ITA membership is required to receive the benefit of ITA Insight Access. Membership is fee-based at the company level. ITA does offer access to the General Public on***

200 South Wacker

15th Floor

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-924-***

Contact：Fred Hoch

Email：headquarters**[ta]**inoistech.org

http://www.**linoistech.org/page.aspx/collaborationpoint

Kankakee Valley SCORE ?

U. S. Small Business Administration

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and has been mentoring small business owners for more than forty years. SCORE is a valuable network of 13,000+ volunteers who offer small business entrepreneurs confidential business counseling services at no charge. SCORE volunteers have the knowledge and experience to help any small...

1690 Newtowne Drive

Kankakee, IL 6***

Phone：815-427-***

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

Law Office of Lesley A. Wallerstein, LLC ?

Patent & Trademark Attorney, Idea Counsel

When you’re ready to grow your idea into something bigger, you need a law firm that understands the business of invention. More than just getting you a patent, trademark

copyright, Lesley Wallerstein is your startup’s idea counsel. Educated at MIT and trained at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, I have the technical and legal skills to get the job done right. Flat fees for most services mean no hidden costs and no counting minutes on the clock when you need advice. Free r...

500 Lake Cook Road

Suite***

Deerfield, IL 6***

Phone：847912***

Contact：Lesley Wallerstein

Email：law**[ta]**lerstein-ip.com

Http://www.**llerstein-ip.com

Law Office of Lesley A. Wallerstein, LLC

Maddock Douglas ?

We exist to help our clients bring industry-changing products, services and business models from mind to market. A typical engagement has three key steps：1. Finding the need and developing clear insights. It involves doing all the “homework” required to identify the most significant economic areas of opportunity

2. Generating and testing ideas to meet those needs. This results in a robust pipeline of new products, services and/or business models that are tested, prioritized and t...

111 Adell Place

Elmhurst, IL 6***

Phone：630-563-***

Contact：McRae Williams

Email：mcrae.w**[ta]**dockdouglas.com

http://www.**ddockdouglas.com/

MeetAdvisors ?

MeetAdvisors.com offers online entrepreneurial networking opportunities by introducing professionals with expertise (Advisors) to those seeking business advice (Entrepreneurs). The process is simple. Just request advice and, if granted, leave a review on how effective you found the Advisor's input.

http://www.**etadvisors.com/

Mountain Stream Group, Inc.

Mountain Stream Group is a multi-discipline communications consultancy. We engineer our clients’ success by blending visual, verbal, nonverbal and sensory communication into a multidimensional, behavior-affecting message stream that creates a physical, rational and emotional connection between our clients' stakeholders and their brand, products

services; causes action; and results in problems being answered - on an individual application

a holistic organizational basis. We&rsq...

376 E Jefferson, POB***

Hampshire, IL 60140-***

Phone：847-453-8895 ***

Contact：Jeff Klingberg

Email：jklingberg**[ta]**ntainstreamgroup.com

Http://www.**untainstreamgroup.com

Mountain Stream Group, Inc.

National Center for Food Safety and Technology ?

Illinois Institute of Technology

Founded in 1988, the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) is a unique research consortium among the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA CFSAN), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the food industry. Under the cooperative agreement, NCFST was established by IIT to bring together the food safety and technology expertise of academia, industry and FDA with the common goal of enhancing and improving the safety of food for US...

6502 South Archer Road

Bedford Park, IL 6***

Phone：708-563-***

Contact：Armand Paradis

Email：aparadi2**[ta]**.edu

http://www.**t.edu/ifsh/research_centers/ncfst/

National Center for Food Safety and Technology

Ninth Street Advisors ?

From later stage companies down to concept stage ventures, we can provide either hands-on manpower

confidential advice to drive revenue, efficiency and valuation. We know how to raise money, whether through institutions, angels

private placements -- equity

debt -- and we have deep relationships with those sources. High growth companies are our specialty, but we know how to get turnarounds and liquidations done when things haven't worked out.

Phone：312-970-***

Contact：Mark Glennon

http://www.**nthstreetadvisors.com/

Northern Illinois SCORE ?

EIGERlab

U. S. Small Business Administration

Northern IL SCORE provides FREE small business mentoring on a regular schedule. Our mentors are experienced in many areas of industry with diverse backgrounds. Many are small business owners

managers themselves. View our mentor's business backgrounds, and request a mentor that matches his/her background to your area of business interest. Then contact us by phone

online to schedule your business mentoring session in person

online. Serving the counties of Boone, Winnebago, Stephenson, Jo...

EIGERlab

605 Fulton Avenue

Rockford, IL 6***

Phone：815-962-***

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

Ocean Tomo, LLC ?

Established in 2003, Ocean Tomo, LLC, is the Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc? firm providing an industry leading array of financial products and services related to intangible assets. Ocean Tomo offerings include expert testimony, valuation, strategy, research, ratings, investments, risk management and transactions. Ocean Tomo assists clients - corporations, law firms, governments and institutional investors - in realizing Intellectual Capital Equity? value broadly defin***

200 W. Madison

37th Floor

Chicago, IL 6***

http://www.**eantomo.com/

Ocean Tomo, LLC

Otherwise, Inc.

Located in Chicago, Otherwise Incorporated is an Integrated Branding and Marketing Services Agency specializing in online and offline visual communications. Founded in 1981 as a pioneer in design-intensive marketing and consulting, our firm has continued to thrive by understanding our continuously changing culture and the diverse world of commerce. At Otherwise, we've been working side by side, and cost-efficiently, with early stage companies for nearly two decades, helping give form and substan...

1144 West Randolph Street

Chicago, IL 6***

Phone：312-226-***

http://www.**herwiseinc.com/

Peoria NEXT Innovation Center ?

Bradley University

The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center is a $13 million technology incubator that fosters discovery, innovation, and commercialization for the life sciences, engineering, and information technology. Minutes from the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Bradley University, Caterpillar, and the Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation, the Innovation Center Works directly with Bradley University to coordinate funding and operations within the facility. Peoria, recognized by...

801 West Main Street

Peoria, IL 6***

Phone：309-677-***

Contact：Chad Stamper

Email：cstamper**[ta]**dley.edu

http://www.**adley.edu/sites/pnic/