NextSTARTUP Business Launch Program (Spring 2026)
Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 6:30 pm - Mon, May 4, 2026, 9:00 pm CT
Chicago Urban League
4510 S Michigan Ave
3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60653, United States (US)
About the Event
The nextSTARTUP is a 7-week cohort-based program that guides new entrepreneurs from idea to launch while helping current business owners scale and grow their businesses.
Location
Chicago Urban League
4510 S Michigan Ave
3rd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60653, United States (US)
Date and Time
Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 6:30 pm - Mon, May 4, 2026, 9:00 pm CT
Organizer
Chicago Urban League
The Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation helps Black entrepreneurs launch, grow, and sustain businesses. 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.
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Organizer
Chicago Urban League
The Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation helps Black entrepreneurs launch, grow, and sustain businesses. 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.
