JB Pritzker Promotes Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Two-Day Tech Tour
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
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JB Tours Tech Incubator and Small Business Hub, Meets Tech Leaders, and Celebrates with 1871 Chicago
Chicago, IL – Yesterday, JB Pritzker concluded a two-day tech tour in Chicago and Southern Illinois. On Thursday, JB toured Blue 1647, a leading tech and innovation center and then hosted a roundtable discussion with tech leaders. On Friday, JB traveled to Southern Illinois-Carbondale to learn how their small business incubator supports local entrepreneurs and promotes economic development. JB ended the two-day tour at 1871’s Fifth Birthday Bash to celebrate the center’s efforts to build a vibrant tech economy for communities throughout the city.
“Illinois is home to some of the brightest minds in tech and entrepreneurship, and with the right platforms for their expertise and creativity to flourish, Illinois can lead the way in tech innovation,” said JB Pritzker. “Thanks to the work of 1871 and city tech leaders, Chicago has become one of the top cities for tech in the country. As Governor, I look forward to working with tech innovators to build on that success across our state. Together, we can create new, good paying jobs, promote innovation, and build tech and start up economies throughout Illinois.”
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From The Southern Illinoisan: During a visit to the Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Thursday, gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker said the state must better support small businesses and startups, which he called “the real engines of job creation.”
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Pritzker said he was uniquely qualified to restore job growth in Southern Illinois, based on the jobs he’d created in his businesses and in the 1871 incubator.
“I happen to think that Southern Illinois has been forgotten by so many politicians,” Pritzker said. “It’s just become everybody’s tertiary thought process, and it should be front and center. It will be for me. Because I’ve seen across Southern Illinois, the manufacturing that’s gone away and the big companies that have gone away, nothing’s been put in its place … to create new jobs, and new jobs is what I do best.”
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