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Digital Manufacturing Chapter Opening in Rockford
ROCKFORD (WIFR) — Rockford is the first city to be chosen as a digital manufacturing hub. A new program in Rockford is attempting to...
TC Bell
Nov 9, 20152 min read
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Premier Midwest research lab taps Rockford and Northern Illinois University to advance digital manuf
ROCKFORD — A premier Midwest research lab will partner with small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the Rockford area to foster digital...
TC Bell
Nov 9, 20152 min read
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NIU EIGERlab September 2015 Newsletter
You’re invited! Good Morning Rockford! Event | News Conference Please join us to celebrate 20 years of education, partnerships and...
TC Bell
Oct 19, 20152 min read
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New NIU EIGERlab Facilities
Center will support businesses, entrepreneurs Click here for WREX, Channel 13’s link regarding coverage of NIU EIGERlab’s two new...
TC Bell
Oct 5, 20151 min read
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NIU EIGERlab August 2015 Newsletter
NIU EIGERlab’s new spaces: CoWorking Space, NIU-Rockford Center for Product Development, Zenith Parkway Innovate | Accelerate |...
TC Bell
Sep 9, 20152 min read
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AdsOrTails | Let’s people give feedback to Rockford businesses
Check out AdsOrTails offerings to win e-Gift Cards and coupons to Rockford-area businesses such as Lucha Cantina, Pearl, Yolo’s Sweets...
TC Bell
Aug 27, 20151 min read
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New App Offering Exposure for Local Businesses
ROCKFORD (WIFR) – A new website and app is now available for business owners in the Rockford area to help them advertise while giving...
TC Bell
Aug 20, 20151 min read
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Startup AdsOrTails launches in EIGERlab space at NIU-Rockford
By Brian Leaf Rockford Register Star Posted Aug. 19, 2015 at 1:17 PM Updated Aug 19, 2015 at 7:41 PM ROCKFORD — AdsOrTails, a tech...
TC Bell
Aug 20, 20151 min read
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Business Launch, Rockford’s AdsOrTails
Award-winning Entrepreneurs Launch Website to Reward Residents for Business Feedback Rockford, IL (August 19, 2015) – Paul Fowler and...
TC Bell
Aug 19, 20152 min read
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9th Annual FastPitch Competition Wrap up
2015 FastPitch Competition Winners! Winners present innovative products for personal care, fitness and advertising innovations...
TC Bell
Jun 29, 20154 min read
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Genevieve Thiers to Keynote June 17 FastPitch Competition at NIU-Rockford
Where can you hear a successful serial entrepreneur share her entrepreneurial insights and witness Rockford’s version of ABC’s “Shark...
TC Bell
May 19, 20152 min read
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Pitchers Wanted for Ninth Annual FastPitch Competition to be held June 17 at NIU-Rockford
815.316.6357| SPritz@nullEIGERlab.org Planning for the 9th Annual FastPitch Competition is well underway, and NIU EIGERlab is looking for...
TC Bell
Apr 30, 20152 min read
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NIU EIGERlab April 2015 Newsletter | Tracie Burress, sockTABs semifinalist!
Tracie Burress, owner of sockTABs and winner of EIGERlab’s 2014 FastPitch Competition, has completed yet another impressive challenge....
TC Bell
Apr 3, 20151 min read
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NIU STEM Café expands to Rockford to present “The 3D Printing Revolution”
Click here for the complete press release. Click here for the marketing flyer.
TC Bell
Mar 26, 20151 min read
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NIU aims to expand entrepreneurship with Rockford EIGERlab acquisition
ROCKFORD — Northern Illinois University has acquired the Rockford-based business incubatorEIGERlab as it aims to expand its offerings to...
TC Bell
Mar 17, 20151 min read
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Shark Tank Rockford Style: 2015 FastPitch Competition Announced
that create Click here for the complete article
TC Bell
Mar 13, 20151 min read
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EIGERlab’s January 2015 Newsletter | NIU Student Design Team Collaborates with EIGERlab’
Click here for the complete newsletter.
TC Bell
Jan 29, 20151 min read
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EIGERlab assists NIU’s mechanism design and analysis class students
Students in a mechanism design and analysis class are creating a six-legged walking mechanism machine using 3-D printing. John Seper,...
TC Bell
Nov 21, 20141 min read
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Rockford business fair tackles sluggish growth among minority-owned companies
ROCKFORD — Nearly 200 local business leaders gathered Thursday at Klehm Arboretum to share new approaches to bolstering the region’s...
TC Bell
Nov 13, 20141 min read
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Rockford Spectrum students test waters in ‘Shark Tank’ competition
ROCKFORD — A parkour gym, a 50-meter pool, a murder mystery museum, a zombie survival park and an international market. The list reads...
TC Bell
Nov 11, 20141 min read
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