NIU STEM Fest Returns Sept. 19 to DeKalb
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TechRise Returns for Founders Week at UIUC
South Side Small Business Resource Fair
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NIU STEM Fest Returns Sept. 19 to DeKalb
Want to try out a virtual reality simulation built by NIU students? Stop by 71 North during NIU’s 17th annual STEM Fest this Saturday...
Innovation DuPage Emerging Entrepreneurs
Opportunity, Sep 14, 2026All Stories
NIU STEM Fest Returns Sept. 19 to DeKalb
Want to try out a virtual reality simulation built by NIU students? Stop by 71 North during NIU’s 17th annual STEM Fest this Saturday, where the Huskieverse team will be demonstrating...
NIU, Sep 18, 2026
Innovation DuPage Emerging Entrepreneurs
Emerging Entrepreneurs (E2) — Now Enrolling: Offered in partnership with College of DuPage, E2 is a six-week course, taught both in person and online, for high school and college stud...
Opportunity, Sep 14, 2026
Register for Upcoming E-Team Program Info Sessions
The E-Team Program application cycle is well underway, and VentureWell is already looking ahead to the Winter 2027 workshops in sunny Miami, Florida. Before you apply, join one of the...
Opportunity, Sep 11, 2026
DOE Opens $10 Million SBIR/STTR Phase I Funding Opportunity
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Commercialization has opened a new $10 million Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STT...
Opportunity, Sep 10, 2026
TechRise Returns for Founders Week at UIUC
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is throwing open the doors of its entrepreneurship ecosystem for the third year running, and the TechRise Startup Pitch Competition is comi...
Opportunity, Sep 04, 2026
Olvera's Odyssey
Ethan Olvera is a 20-year-old young man who recently transferred from NIU and is now chasing his degree in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2025, he worke...
Spotlight, Studio Member, 71North, Sep 03, 2026
Learn more about the Activate Fellowship!
Join Activate and the Great Lakes I-Corps Hub to learn more about the Activate Fellowship!
Opportunity, Sep 02, 2026South Side Small Business Resource Fair
Join Claretian Associates, Center for Changing Lives, P33, Southeast Side Community Business District (SSA #5) administered by the Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC), and Unite...
Opportunity, Aug 31, 2026
Register for upcoming E-Team Program info sessions
(The E-Team Program)[https://go.venturewell.org/e/388732/e-team-program-/2clyy4m/2172466833/h/52deGnWTYAetM3tf5R83ukyFrq48r2B4lSn5IgEoLfM] application cycle is well underway, and we’r...
Opportunity, Aug 27, 2026
Women in Bio Chicago | 12th Annual Start-Up Challenge
This high-energy pitch competition celebrates the bold ideas and innovative spirit of women entrepreneurs in the life sciences. Finalists will take the stage to showcase their venture...
Opportunity, Aug 26, 2026
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