News Super.tech Secures $1.65M Grant and Launches New Benchmarking Suite for Quantum Computers A University of Chicago quantum software spinout, Super.tech has been selected to receive $1.65 million in funding from the Department of Energy and today announced the release of SupermarQ, an application-centric...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 3 Episode 3: BenchPrep April 29, 2021 Ashish Rangnekar, MBA ’11, grew up in a sleepy town in India where success looked like a white-collar job, not entrepreneurship. But early on...
News Data-driven, Early Intervention Technology for Police Officers Licensed to Benchmark Analytics The University of Chicago announced a partnership with Benchmark Analytics to commercialize an early intervention system for police officers. Benchmark Analytics is a provider of analytics-based police force management and...
News Where Are They Now? How Kindness Built KindWorks Update 2/6/2025: KindWorks is featured in Season 7 of Meet The Drapers, a global pitch competition hosted by venture capitalist Tim Draper. Their pitch airs on March 14, and audience...
News 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Survey The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge...
News Benchprep CEO Ashish Rangnekar on His Biggest Challenges, Team Building and the Future The learning landscape has been vastly improved through the application of technology. BenchPrep’s software is used by education and training companies to help students, employees and clients learn faster and...
News Fast-Growing Startup BenchPrep Moves Into New Office in Willis Tower Willis Tower might not be the most obvious place for a fast-growing Chicago tech startup to set up shop, but that’s exactly where BenchPrep is headed to keep up with...
News How Researchers are Returning Sensation to Mastectomy Patients The Bionic Breast Project is an interdisciplinary research program applying bionic technologies to restore post-mastectomy breast function. Leading the project is Stacy Lindau, MD, MA ’02, a Professor of Obstetrics...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Customer Discovery with Ben Schmuck November 13, 2024 Join the Polsky Center and Ben Schmuck, innovation manager at Caterpillar, for an informative session about customer discovery. For over five years, Ben has applied his “lean innovation” methodology at...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Cap Table Management with Ben Register November 12, 2025 Join the Polsky Center and Ben Register, MBA ’24, for an interactive session on Cap Table Management. One of the hardest conversations cofounders have is how to divide up their...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): How to Build a Cap Table with Ben Register January 20, 2026 Join the Polsky Center and Ben Register, founder of Bluegrass Pharmaceuticals, for an informative session on how to build a cap table. A cap table is one of the most...
News From Mississippi to the Last Frontier: Ben Frazer’s Path to ETA in Alaska Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, entrepreneurship was close to home for Ben Frazer, MBA ’25. His father founded a business in 2000, and from an early age...
