Heather Coit
From left, Zak Horn, Brian Precious and Stephan Seyfert are MBA graduates who are now partners at Illini Professional Services in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – Zak Horn was dubious a year ago when a classmate in the University of Illinois MBA program suggested that they and another student start a consulting company in Champaign-Urbana.
"I told him I just don't think the market is big enough. I don't think we can make a solid business out of it, supporting three guys," recalled Horn, a 27-year-old Sullivan native who had already owned two businesses.
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