Make City
Make City provides growing companies in a wide variety of industries affordable space, business assistance, and an entrepreneurial community that they can both benefit from and contribute to.
About
The Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago’s Make City incubator is one of the largest and oldest incubators in the country. Built in the 1890s, at 416,000 square feet, the incubator is unique in its manufacturing focus. ICNC provides growing companies in a wide variety of industries affordable space, business assistance, and an entrepreneurial community that they can both benefit from and contribute to.Services Provided
Develop ideas
- Establish goals
- Define products
- Price products
- Create business plan (Specialty)
- Create forecast
Formalize structures
- Register legally
- Secure licenses
- Buy insurance
- Buy or rent space (Specialty)
- Certify as MBE/WBE
Increase sales
- Update forecast
- Improve marketing
- Establish online
- Develop partners
- Update business plan
- Join accelerator
Optimize operations
- Measure operations
- Write handbook
- Prep for wholesale
Hire / retain staff
- Write job specs
- Draft staff manual (Specialty)
- Implement payroll
Capture wealth
- Update pitch deck
- Meet investors
- Seek legal counsel (Specialty)
- Plan for succession
- Sell your business
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