Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Chicago, Illinois. (59 characters)

The Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation helps Black entrepreneurs launch, grow, and sustain businesses in Chicago. The Center provides entrepreneurs with the tools necessary to maximize revenues, reduce costs, increase profitability, and drive job creation while encouraging innovation. The Center also helps businesses obtain supplier diversity certifications, respond to bids on public and private contracts, and increase the number and average dollar value of contracts won. Successful entrepreneurs of color are not only important to the Black community, but to the economic development of the entire City of Chicago. To ensure that Black entrepreneurs flourish, our center provides business owners at all stages with one on one coaching in core knowledge areas such as strategy, branding, access to capital, marketing, finance, procurement/supplier diversity and operations. The Chicago Urban League Entrepreneurship Center has a first class faculty of coaches, volunteer subject matter experts, and organizations to provide you with superior counsel for your business. Our training programs include NextSTARTUP, a six-week program that combines classroom training and one on one coaching to help startups develop viable business models; NextDEAL, a twelve-week program designed to develop teams of professional services firms to pursue large prime and second tier contracts; NextDIGITAL, a free eight-week training that helps entrepreneurs master key digital marketing concepts; NextLEVELEXCHANGE, a twelve-month business mentoring program where businesses are paired with industry experts to support their growth and scalability; and NextONE, a nine-month program especially designed to help Black-owned businesses scale and grow. The Chicago Urban League's business coaching program offers personalized guidance and strategic support to aspiring and established entrepreneurs. Our experienced coaches help you navigate the challenges of business ownership, refine your strategies, and accelerate your path to success. Whether you're launching a startup or scaling an existing business, we're here to empower your entrepreneurial journey. Since 2018, the WOKE Entrepreneurship Summit has created a unique event experience for African American entrepreneurs aged 21-45. As an entrepreneurship conference for the culture, we bring together Chicago's top Millennial, Xennial, and seasoned business leaders each year for a day of learning, networking, and celebration.