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- Illinois Secretary of State (SOS)– Business Services
- Illinois Secretary of State – Corporate Formation Publications & Forms
- Illinois Corporate Name Availability Search Engine
- How to determine if your proposed corporate name is
“Distinguishable” enough for the IL Secretary of State - Starting a Business in Illinois Handbook
- Illinois Entrepreneurship Network
- A Primer on Developing an E-Business Strategy
Business Finance
- Financing a Start-up Checklist
- DFPR: Financial Literacy 101
- DCEO: Understanding Commercial Lending
- DCEO – Business Development Loans & Grants
- DCEO – Minority, Women, and Disabled Participation Loan Program
- Small Business Administration – Illinois District Office
- How do I get a SBA loan?
- SBA-SCORE Small Business Lending/Finance Center - Information on business loans, equipment loans, commercial mortgages
Illinois Government
- IL Department of Revenue – Business Taxes & Withholdings Portal
- Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
- DCEO – Bureau of Technology & Industrial Competitiveness
Chicago & Chicagoland
- City of Chicago – A Guide to Starting a Business
- City of Chicago – Business Resource List
- City of Chicago Business License Look-Up
- DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation
- Choose DuPage - DuPage County Economic Development information
- Grundy County Economic Development Council
- Kane County Economic Development Committee
- Kendall County economic development information
- Lake County Partners - Economic Development & Information for Lake County
- McHenry County Economic Development Corporation
- Will County Center for Economic Development
Professional Regulation, Registration, & Licensing
- DFPR: Professional Regulation
- DFPR – Professional License Look-Up
- Business Brokers
- Investment Advisors
- Loan Brokers
Business and Finance
- SCORE Women's Success Blog - Chicago business
- SCOREChicago - Free business counseling & management consulting for Chicago businesses
- Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries Association
- Hoover's - Company Information, business reports and profiles
Technology & Internet
- Chicago Tech Scene - Startups, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, Events, Investors
- Illinois Technology Partnership
- Illinois Technology Association
- Chicago IT Roundtable
- Illinois Innovation Accelerator Fund
- Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center - Cluster Acceleration Program
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Useful Sites/Search Engines
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- Directory World
- FindLaw
- Law Firm Directory and Attorney Search
- URL.biz - Law
- Avvo.com - Avvo rates and profiles lawyers, so you can choose the right attorney
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