My Favorite Links and Sites
What startup and small business resource links are available within the Central Illinois and elsewhere?
There are a number of organizations that offer assistance in various forms to startup ventures and small businesses.
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- Bradley University Heartland Illinois Technology Enterprise Center (HITEC)
The BU HITEC mission is to help entrepreneurs and early phase startup ventures commercialize their respective technologies.
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- Bradley University Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
The BU Turner Center for Entrepreneurship works with local entrepreneurs and potential high growth businesses at all business life-cycle stages by providing business counseling, technical assistance, training, and educational activities for individuals interested in owning their own businesses.
Visit Bradley University Turner Center for Entrepreneurship
The PeoriaNEXT mission is to facilitate ‘Discovery, Innovation and Commercialization of new technologies for economic development’.
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- The Heartland Partnership
The Heartland Partnership mission is to ‘provide strategic leadership, coordinate resources, and bring to life initiatives focused on developing, growing and nurturing the Heartland economy’.
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The NOVUS mission is to ‘foster and facilitate greater entrepreneurial success’.
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- Economic Development Council For Central Illinois
The EDC mission is to ‘foster economic growth within the Central Illinois region’.
Visit EDC of Central Illinois
- Economic Development Council of the Bloomington/Normal Area
The EDC (of Bloomington/Normal) mission is ‘to attract new and retain existing business and industry for McLean County, Ill. and all cities, towns, villages and municipalities contained within its boundaries and to promote the civic, commercial and industrial welfare of McLean County’.
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- Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center (IMEC)
The IMEC mission is to ‘improve the productivity and competitiveness of Illinois' small and mid-sized manufacturing firms’.
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- Illinois Entrepreneurship Network
The IEN ‘partners with well-respected business development organizations and educational institutions that work with clients who have the vision and potential to become a high-growth enterprise’.
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The Workforce Network provides integrated high-quality resources so workers, job seekers and businesses can find the services they need in a one stop environment.
Visit the Workforce Network
- State of Illinois Business Portal
This web site puts all the business information you need in one convenient and accessible place.
Visit the State of Illinois Business Portal
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