Start-Up & Emerging Businesses

FOR ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ONLY. In this 1.5-hour workshop, small business owners will explore how to leverage AI—especially tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and CoPilot—to boost marketing effectiveness and productivity. You’ll start...

Only for those who completed the R2S Bootcamp. FOR IL RESIDENTS ONLY. Road to Success is a six-session cohort, for which the Bootcamp is a prerequisite. Road to Success cohort...

Have a business idea or a new product or service you’d like to offer through your existing business? Before you invest significant time or money, find out what potential customers...

WBDC’s Digital Bootcamp is a one-week course where business owners learn the basics of digitizing their business processes and adopting a digital mindset. Entrepreneurs will be introduced to helpful digital...