Knapp Entrepreneurship Center   Illinois Institute of Technology

For Entrepreneurs

The Knapp Center was designed to support a swift and significant expansion of entrepreneurial activity at and around IIT. By leveraging the Center’s resources, those seeking assistance from the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center can solidify their business’s structure, develop a sound launch strategy, increase time to value, reduce risk, maximize valuation, protect original founders as the company grows, prepare for and take on smart investment, scale their enterprise, and benefit from the economies of scale and established networks of IIT and the Knapp Entrepreneurship Center.

Come grow with us

The Knapp Center services channel IIT and Chicago resources to fulfill IIT’s commitment to help businesses grow along with the university and the surrounding Bronzeville neighborhood.


We help you mind your own business

The Knapp Center was designed to assist entrepreneurs at every stage of development and growth. The following are some of the services available through the Knapp Center:

Start-up Services

  • Company Formation and Structure
  • Business Plan Development
  • Launch Strategies
  • Real Estate and Lease Negotiations
  • Incubator Business Creation Services
  • Employment and Staffing
  • Strategy Development

Expansion Facilitation

  • Outsourcing Methodology
  • Business Financing Network
  • Loans, venture capital, private equity
  • Strategy Execution 
  • Marketing
  • Alliances and Ventures
  • Build and Scale
  • Exit Strategy—IPO or Sale

Provided through partners at IIT

  • Intellectual Property
  • Legal Advisory Services
  • Tax Advisory Services
  • Accounting Services
  • Technology Management
  • Usability testing
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Chris Gladwin on his business’s home in IIT:
“Working within the IIT campus gives a new dimension to this venture- here, as part of the entrepreneurial community, my company has extra flexibility, creativity, and connectivity..."
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