A Community Of Innovators

Located within a collegiate setting on the fast-developing Near South Side of Chicago, the Knapp Entrepreneurship Center offers programs that bring together Chicago’s diverse and robust financial, business, and technology communities. Those working through IIT gain a significant networking advantage from its partnerships and relations in these communities.

The Knapp Center has situated itself on South State Street, right across from the US Cellular Field, down the street from Chinatown, and within 3 minutes of either the red or green ‘El’ lines. With easy access and easy parking, and a great view of the Chicago skyline, businesses can take full advantage of the dynamic city that Entrepreneur Magazine ranked as the #12 up and coming city for entrepreneurship – New York and LA were not even within the top 20. Entrepreneurs who choose to make their start with the Knapp Center get to take part in the creation of this silicon prairie, and can also enjoy IIT’s proximity to and relationships with Chicago’s financial district, high visibility, and beautiful premises.

More, by establishing IIT as their headquarters, entrepreneurs benefit from being part of a circuitry of ideas, advice, and attitudes of world-class professors and graduate students, plus all the research resources of a ranking technical university.