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Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center Executive Director Donna Rockin is featured in 1871’s The Scoop newsletter for its Mentor Spotlight.

November 21, 2016
Donna Rockin began mentoring 1871 individuals and businesses in the summer of 2014, but she had been mentoring small business startups since early 2003 at her former employer before she joined the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center at Illinois Tech in April 2014.
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Illinois Tech is mentioned as one of the participating universities in the Campus 1871 Hackathon in an article in ChicagoInno.

January 5, 2016
Read the article in ChicagoInno here.…
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Illinois Tech is mentioned in several media outlets as one of the universities affiliated with 1871, ranked as the top university-affiliated business incubator in the U.S.

November 5, 2015
Read the article in ChicagoInno here. Read the article in Chicagoist here.…
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Illinois Tech is mentioned in several national media reports as one of the partner universities in the “Step It Up” tech training program for minority women at 1871.

October 23, 2015
Read the article in Yahoo! Finance here. Read the article in Digital Journal here.…
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Campus 1871 Winners Announced

April 7, 2014
Campus 1871 announced the winners of this year's three day startup weekend event which took place on April 4-6, 2014 at 1871's Merchandise Mart headquarters.
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Register Today For Campus 1871 Tech Start Up Student Event

March 9, 2014
1871, Chicago's hub for tech startups located in the Merchandise Mart, is hosting Campus 1871 for students attending Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Global Entrepreneurship Week Comes to IIT

November 15, 2013
The Entrepreneurship Academy will host the largest ever Global Entrepreneurship Week at IIT from November 18 - 22, 2013.
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IIT Computer Science will start offering classes in iOS development at 1871, Chicago’s startup incubator at the Merchandise Mart at which IIT also maintains office space, Techli reports.

October 10, 2012
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A Huffington Post article by Wakefield co-founder Chris Johnson called “Startup City: Chicago,” details efforts to build a “startup ecosystem” in the city, including 1871, the startup workspace at Merchandise Mart where IIT and other universities have set up shop.

September 10, 2012
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1871 Archive

Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center Executive Director Donna Rockin is featured in 1871’s The Scoop newsletter for its Mentor Spotlight.

Illinois Tech is mentioned as one of the participating universities in the Campus 1871 Hackathon in an article in ChicagoInno.

Illinois Tech is mentioned in several media outlets as one of the universities affiliated with 1871, ranked as the top university-affiliated business incubator in the U.S.

Illinois Tech is mentioned in several national media reports as one of the partner universities in the “Step It Up” tech training program for minority women at 1871.

Campus 1871 Winners Announced

Register Today For Campus 1871 Tech Start Up Student Event

Global Entrepreneurship Week Comes to IIT

IIT Computer Science will start offering classes in iOS development at 1871, Chicago’s startup incubator at the Merchandise Mart at which IIT also maintains office space, Techli reports.

A Huffington Post article by Wakefield co-founder Chris Johnson called “Startup City: Chicago,” details efforts to build a “startup ecosystem” in the city, including 1871, the startup workspace at Merchandise Mart where IIT and other universities have set up shop.

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