Import/Export for Small Business

Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center offers a wide variety of supportive services for startup and existing small businesses located in and around Illinois Institute of Technology. The center is committed to helping neighborhood businesses grow and thrive, as well as helping the IIT students, alumni, faculty, and staff bring new ideas and services to life.For 125 years, IIT has been teaching, developing, and coaching the best engineering, legal, architectural science, and business minds to improve the world we live in. The Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center is yet another very important resource that demonstrates IIT’s commitment to improving life for all humankind.To arrange a confidential meeting with a Knapp Center business consultant, please call 312.567.3893 to arrange an appointment. Please access and complete the clientregistration formprior to your first appointment.

Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center

Import/Export for Small business
Learn About: 
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<LI>Export Success Story’s and tips</LI>
<LI>Certified Global Business Professionals-who are they, how they can help and where to find them</LI>
<LI>US Export Assistance Centers</LI>
<LI>Export loans and lenders</LI>
<LI>State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)</LI>
<LI>Illinois International Trade Centers</LI>
<LI>SBA Exporting Staff-small business international trade development</LI>
<LI>Government programs that offer training and financial assistance</LI>
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Speakers- 
Steve Bob, Associate Director, Illinois SBDC at UIC
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<LI>Consults everything from financial projections to process improvement, marketing to funding</LI>
<LI>MBA, International Economic Development</LI>
<LI>More than 20 years of experience with diverse mix of organizations including small business development centers, managing a small credit union, and being part of the management team of a small business incubator.</LI>
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 Shelby Parchman, Director of Programs, Sunshine Enterprises Chicago
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<LI> Thirty-three years as an entrepreneur in diverse industries including food, beverage, specialty chemicals, and real estate</LI>
<LI>Thirteen years of experience importing and exporting specialty chemicals and laboratory supplies.</LI>
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