"Participating in the Innovation DuPage BIG Idea Pitch Contest was an incredible journey filled with inspiration and growth. I cherished every moment of the experience. It provided me with the perfect platform to launch Instapark. This contest truly ignited my entrepreneurial spirit and reaffirmed my belief in the power of entrepreneurship."

“The Big Idea Pitch Competition was definitely a remarkable experience for us! Being able to pitch our business idea to many entrepreneurs was exciting and we are excited to work on InstaPark to move forward and develop it into the app we've dreamed about. “

"As the first member company of Innovation DuPage, we’ve grown up together. I love being able to bounce different ideas off of other entrepreneurs, it saves all of us time, it saves us money, and takes our business to the next level."

"Innovation DuPage has brought us resources beyond belief. They’ve made connections with us that we could have never made on our own. What they have brought to LivNow Relocation is absolutely priceless."

“Kassidy (Our Intern) provided value to the SuperBetter company from day one. She provided valuable feedback on product design, created newsletters to update our SuperBetter community, and rolled up her sleeves to help get it done.”

I would like to state that the value Innovation DuPage brings to any company, and not just a start up company is so misunderstood, or better said, under estimated in value and resources. The Value Innovation DuPage brings is to a point for me that you can’t even put a value/price on it, because it continues to become one of the most valuable tools or assets I’ve ever had for my company. I just finished listening to the presentation northern Illinois “Capstone project” did for my company, and what Ed Buckley brought to my company, which included four of the finest students/business people I’ve ever seen. The speakers/students, Steve, Irfan, Betty and Barry presented with passion, understanding, and knowledge of what my company stands for, its operation and vision. Anyone who hasn’t seen the program and the students presentations Ed has put together, is missing out, you really have to experience and live it, it was so special. Then we have the staff at Innovation DuPage, with special emphasis on Jim and Dan who has continued to come to me with new ideas, concepts, or approaches. They are the ones who lead me to get introduced to Ed Buckley and basically win the lottery today. I’d like to also send a special thank you to Robert Clark/COD, who continues to drive my company from another vision, always thinking other concepts to get my product out, Robert never gives up, he wears me out. Robert is truly a special person who is continually doing for others, never for his personal gain, he does what he does for the betterment of humanity. Now Innovation DuPage has Ed Buckley, who was one of the most amazing gentlemen I’ve met, who also has a passion for what he does, and creating teams to develop success for all the companies that he was instrumental getting into NIU’s Capstone program and had students present on today. I haven’t even gotten home yet from the presentation today, but I am compelled to speak from the heart and from the emotions I have for the group that I’ve been blessed to be involved with. Thank you so much