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Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

The IL SBDC at ICNC engages with both start-up and existing domestic businesses by providing valuable assistance tailored to each company’s unique needs. Schedule a 15-minute introductory meeting to get started with the SBDC!

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Entrepreneurial Podcasts
How I Built This with Guy Raz
NPR’s Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the best known companies in the world, weaving a narrative about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists — and the movements they built. Episodes released Mondays and Thursdays.
The Tim Ferriss Show
Best-selling author and self-experimenter Tim Ferriss deconstructs world-class performers from all trades to dig deep and find the tools, tactics, and tricks listeners can utilize. 
The GaryVee Audio Experience
Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk provides listeners with a mix of his favorite #AskGaryVee show episodes, keynote speeches on marketing and business, and segments from his WeeklyVee video series. Episodes released everyday.
HBR IdeaCast
Harvard Business Review senior editors Alison Beard and Curt Nickisch host this weekly podcast, which features the leading thinkers in business and management. Recent episodes explore topics like on-demand work for skilled workers and managing working parents during the pandemic. Episodes released Tuesdays
The Ed Mylett Show
Ed Mylett interviews guests in almost every industry, showcasing the greatest peak-performers and sharing their journeys, knowledge, and leadership with listeners. He aims to provide listeners with motivation, inspiration, and practical tips for self-improvement. Episodes released Tuesdays.
The Goal Digger
Jenna Kutcher provides productivity tips, social media strategies, business hacks, and inspirational stories to help listeners design their dream careers. Episodes released Mondays and Wednesdays.
Masters of Scale
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, provides startup advice by showing how companies grow “from zero to a gazillion.” Hoffman tests his theories with legendary leaders and iconic CEOs, including from Nike, Netflix, Starbucks, and Slack. Episodes released Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Ted Business
Host Modupe Akinola of Columbia Business School presents the most powerful and surprising ideas that illuminate the business world, most of which are focused on universal conundrums like how to land a promotion, set smart goals, or undo injustice at work. After the talk, Akinola gives listeners a mini-lesson on how to apply the ideas to their own lives. Episodes released Mondays.
Video On-Demand Webinars
International Payment Terms with Associated Bank
This presentation by Associated Bank's Paul Eversman, Vice President of Capital Markets & Foreign Exchange, aims to provide you a basic understanding of the payment methods used in international transactions to reduce risk.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center are funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, and the Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago (ICNC). Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact the center at (312)433-2373 or (312)433-7656. ​​