NEWS

Companies participating in Innovate Illinois benefit from press coverage by Illinois media. Here are some of the latest stories:

Description	Date
"Q-C Entrepreneur Makes Big Contacts at State Competition" - Quad Cities Online Dispatch-Argus	11/22/09
"Business Contest at ‘A Whole Other Level’ this Year" - Rockford Register Star	11/10/09
"2 Area Businesses Ready for State Innovation Finals" - Rockford Register Star	11/5/09
"Founder's Product Helps Parents with Internet Safety" - TheDoingsHinsdale	10/21/09
"Mother, Business Innovator" – Beloit Daily News	10/20/09
"Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Announce Winners of 2009 Innovate Illinois Competition"	10/12/09
"Innovate Illinois: Cbana's Small Systems Analyze Gases" - The News Gazette	10/11/09
"Innovate Illinois: SFM Helping Electronics Designers" - The News Gazette	10/11/09
"Innovate Illinois Contest Spotlights Novel Startup Businesses with Job-Creating Potential" - Chicago Tribune	10/9/09
Finalists in State’s Innovate Illinois Competition Announced	10/8/09
"Innovate Illinois Contest Open to Entrepreneurs" - The Southern Illinoisan	7/4/09
Murphysboro Company Prepares for Innovate Illinois Finals Competition - Murphysboro American	11/24/2008
Innovate Illinois Winners Strike Right Note - Chicago Sun-Times	11/20/2008
Champaign-Based Firm Gets $10,000 in Innovate Illinois Contest - The Champaign News-Gazette	11/19/2008
Carbondale Company Wins $10,000 in State Competition - The Southern Illinoisan	11/19/2008
Business Seeks Award for Innovation - The Alton Telegraph	11/18/2008
A Southern Illinois Company Could Claim the Title of the Most Innovative Company in Illinois - WSIU-FM 91.9	11/17/2008
Need for Innovative Start-Ups Stronger In Economic Downturn - Chicago Tribune	11/17/2008
2 Champaign Firms Headed For Finals in Business Competition - The Champaign News-Gazette	11/16/2008
Innovate Illinois: Later Stage Finalists - WBBM Newsradio 780 AM	11/5/2008
High-Tech Firm Has a Drive to Succeed - The State Journal-Register	11/8/2008
Innovate Illinois: Early Stage Finalists - WBBM Newsradio 780 AM	10/22/2008
Innovate Illinois Finalists Announced at WIRED NextFest	10/27/2008
Gov. Blagojevich Launches 2008 Innovate Illinois Competition; Continues Efforts to Spur Innovation in the State	06/17/2008
Gov. Blagojevich Announces Winners of Innovate Illinois 2007	06/18/2007
Gov. Blagojevich Kicks Off Innovate Illinois 2007 Regional Business Challenge	02/28/2007