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Smart Marketing Leveraging: AI for Small Business Marketing

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...

Road to Success Cohort | Fall 2026

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...

Ask AI, Then Ask Your Customer

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...

Digital Bootcamp 2026 | Application Deadline

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...