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Owning a business is fun - and can be
challenging too. That's why over 600
business owners a year access
CenterPoint's
resources and consulting services to help
them achieve their business goals.
CenterPoint
was designed around the needs of business
owners so you can use it as your primary
resource for business success, with the
area's best business services under one
roof, provided to you free of charge.
CenterPoint
helps businesses at all different stages of
growth and development - pre-start; early
stage; rapid growth; growth; maturity and
exit. We help to find financing, help with
developing plans, creating strategy,
expanding your markets internationally or
with sales to government - we provide:
- FREE expert consulting and business
assistance at one of our specialist
centers - the Entrepreneurial Center,
the Global Trade Center or the Small
Business Development Center. Confused
about what is best for you? Get started
by completing the
needs assessment form.
- FREE help in obtaining small
business financing using partners such
as local and national banks; venture
capital corporations; CenterPoint 504;
Southland Community Development
Corporation. For more information access
the financing information from the
sidebar.
- FREE access to valuable information
and market research data from local
national and international sources.
- RELEVANT low-cost seminars and
training programs on hot topics
presented by experts in the field the
people who do it. To check our current
program and reserve your seat hit
seminars on the sidebar or sign up for
our
newsletter.
Many of the area's most well-known and
profitable businesses worked with us to help
get their plans off the ground.
CenterPoint's
clients include:
We are a unique
collaboration between Governors State
University, the Illinois Department of
Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO), the
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA),
and Service Corp. of Retired Executives
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