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Midwest 2003 Venture Capital Forum

About Midwest: 2003
Springboard Enterprises and the Women's Business Development Center of Chicago presented Springboard: Mid-West 2003, which took place on April 22-23, 2003. The forum was held on the Downtown Chicago campus of the Northwestern University. Springboard: Mid-West 2003 built upon the overwhelming success of the 2001 venture forum at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management's Allen Center and showcased 15 women-led companies in high-growth industries to the area's leading investors.
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Venture-catalyst Springboard Enterprises is the platform where entrepreneurs, investors, corporate officials, sector experts and service providers meet to build great women-led businesses together. Springboard sources, qualifies, coaches, showcases and supports high growth potential companies seeking equity capital for product development and expansion.
Women's Business Development Center
The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) is the oldest, largest, most comprehensive, and successful women’s business assistance center in the United States. They are nationally and internationally recognized for our responsive, innovative, and effective programs and advocacy efforts. WBDC delivers business services and financial assistance to empower women towards entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency. Over the years, they've assisted more than 55,000 women in the greater Chicago area, helped establish 14 additional women’s business assistance centers in six states in the U.S., and continue to be credited for programs and policies that impact women’s economic development across the nation and globally.
Partner Sponsor
Supporter Sponsors
- LaSalle Bank
- Kellogg School of Management
- McKinsey & Company
- Piper Rudnick LLP
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Ross & Hardies
- Telecommunications Development Fund
Contributor Sponsors
- Blair Hull
- Bowne Business Solutions
- Foley & Lardner
- Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz LTD
- Gordon & Glickson LLC
- KPMG LLP
- Norman Design
- The Northern Trust Company
- Reese McMahon LLC
- RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
- University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- William Blair & Company
- Chicago Community Ventures
- Duchossois TECnology Partners
- Frontenac Company
- Gazelle TechVentures
- Illinois Coalition
- INROADS Capital Partners
- Isabella Capital
- LFE Capital
- MK Capital
- Prairie Angels
- SB Partners
- St. Paul Venture Capital
- Sterling Venture Partners
- Svoboda, Collins LLC
- Smith Whiley & Company
- Tribune
- William Blair Capital Partners
- William Blair New World Ventures
- Black Data Processors Association
- Big Frontier
- Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
- Chicago Software Association
- Chicago Technology Park
- Chicago Urban League
- ChicWIT
- Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization (iBio)
- Illinois Technology Enterprise Corporation
- Illinois Venture Capital Association
- IT Empowerment for Women & Girls Initiative
- Midwest Entrepreneurs Forum
- MN Entrepreneurs Inc.
- Runner’s Club
- Women Advancing Bioscience
- Women & Hi Tech
- Women In Technology International





