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The Venture Center unites hands-on programs and
instructional series to grow and harvest INNOVATION within business and
industry. Please use our website to learn how you can get on the innovation
on-ramp to tomorrow.
Starting a business
 - the Entrepreneur's partner
Thinking
of taking that big step and starting your own business, but some of the risks
might be too great? The Venture
Center offers the highly
successful E-seed program that shows entrepreneurs how to take their dream into
reality. More than 200 graduates are in business today thanks to this innovative
and results-oriented program. (click to the E-seed program and related stuff
for entrepreneurs)
Entrepreneurs Click Here
Improving your business
 - sharpen
your tools with the Venture
Center
If
you're already working in a small business, maybe some of your tools aren't as
sharp as they once were. The Venture
Center's seminars,
workshops and classes link you to the experts who can help you develop and grow
your existing business to the next level. (link to the program/services for
existing businesses)
Existing Businesses Click Here
Corporate innovation
 - Where did
all the good ideas go?
Sound
like a discussion item on your department agenda? If so, join some of the
nation's top brand-names who have already partnered with the Venture Center
to integrate the passion, risk-taking and creative thinking characteristic of
entrepreneurs into their companies. We call it "intrapreneurship," but you
might call it your strategic success. (link
to a page of program/services for Intrapreneurship)
Click Here for Corporate Innovation
Attention Inventors!
- Visit the Midwest's premiere FAB LAB
Imagine
if you had the tools and technology you need to quickly create a product
prototype without spending tens of thousands of dollars. Imagine if that
"workshop of the future" was connected to inventors across the globe and
supported by experts in engineering, product development and marketing. The FAB
LAB at the Venture Center is the region's only product fabrication
laboratory and it's available to you through the Venture Center.
Click Here for The Fab Lab
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