Business: Team Up Athletics – West Suburbs Chicago

Address: a home in Naperville

Phone/Website: 630-452-9913; https://teamupathletics.com

Owner: Jim Thompson, 47, of Naperville

Years in business: 9 months

What does your business do? “(We provide) custom jerseys, apparel, on-line team stores. One-stop shop for any youth sports club or school. Coaches’ gear. Need a bucket of balls? I can do all that,” Thompson said.

Is this part of a chain? “Yes, it’s a franchise. The mother ship is in Utah. … There are about 30 franchises. … I’m the only one in Illinois for Team Up.”

What’s the background? “I started this company in March. I left corporate finance and private equity behind. I was working in health care, doing the private equity dance where you grow companies fast an

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