In-Kind Resources for UChicago Student Founders
To help founders accelerate their progress, the Polsky Center has partnered with several external organizations to offer free and discounted resources for University of Chicago students. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement.
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Note: As a student, you can also access more informational resources such as PitchBook and Mintel through the UChicago library.
Resources
1871: Membership is available to UChicago students, faculty, and founders, offering access to Chicago’s premier tech and entrepreneurship hub, including programming and events, networking opportunities, coworking space, resources, and career pathways for those interested in working at a startup.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)*: AWS Activate provides startups with the resources they need to quickly get started on AWS products.
*This offer is currently exclusive to participants in the New Venture Challenge programs and Build and Launch Accelerators.
Bubble: Enables no-code web apps to be built in a fraction of the time it would take to code them.
Carta: Helps companies and investors manage their cap tables, valuations, investments, and equity plans
Clerky: Provides services for incorporating as a Delaware C corp at a discount.
Dentons*: Legal counsel is available on a pro bono basis.
*This offer is currently exclusive to participants in the New Venture Challenge programs and Build and Launch Accelerators.
HubSpot: Designed to help startups grow and scale with CRM tools.
MATTER: Supports healthcare startups at all stages of growth by creating access to learning and development opportunities, capital and customers, and a dynamic community.
This includes access to FlexEDU, MATTER’s online healthcare entrepreneurship platform, offering on-demand tools and resources to help users develop healthcare innovation ideas.
Miro: An AI-powered online visual collaboration platform featuring an infinite digital canvas, real-time teamwork tools, and cross-functional workflow integrations.
Mixpanel: Helps companies build better products through data tools.
Notion: Helps startups extend their runway by consolidating multiple tools in one: docs, wiki, project management.
ShipBob: Provides outsourced operations for e-commerce startups.
Stripe Atlas: An online service by Stripe that helps founders set up a U.S. company in Delaware (as a C corp or LLC) from anywhere in the world.
think-cell: A powerful charting and layout software that automates PowerPoint work, improving slide creation efficiency.
ZenBusiness: Offers easy and affordable ways to form a new business entity (LLC, C corp, etc.).
Zendesk: A service-first CRM provider with support, sales, and customer engagement products for improving customer relationships.