News ETA Spotlight // Trevor Lwin, MBA ’12 Trevor Lwin, MBA ’12, and his partner Bruce Mosczcelt worked together for nearly a decade at BMO Capital Markets prior to pursuing the traditional search fund career path. The two formed...
News Turntables to Teach STEM? ThinkLive! Engages Students with DJ Tech The DJ technology startup ThinkLive! is developing turntable labs to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – working closely with the University of Chicago to create a...
Event Business Certifications Series – Intro & Illinois Certification June 1, 2023 This workshop will introduce entrepreneurs to certifications that can help secure contracts, focusing on the available certifications in the state of Illinois. Speaker Bruce Montgomery is an active contributor to...
News Kin Insurance To Go Public, Expand Nationally, With Aim to Save Homeowners Time and Money Kin Insurance this week announced plans to go public and expand across the U.S., supercharging its efforts to make homeowners insurance more convenient and affordable by cutting out the agent....
News Polsky Center Announces Spring 2019 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center has announced the latest cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program.
News A Low Tolerance for ‘No’: In Conversation with Polsky’s Innovation Programs Director Breaking boundaries is not glamorous or easy, but having a low tolerance for ‘no’ and finding mentors can help advance professional opportunities for women in historically male-dominated industries. As we...
News Polsky Center Named “Industry Champion” at Annual ITA CityLIGHTS The Industry Champion award is presented to the company or individual who actively and consistently supports the growth of the Illinois technology industry
News Water No Match for New Self-Healing Sticky Gel Scientists can now manufacture a synthetic version of the self-healing sticky substance that mussels use to anchor themselves to rocks in pounding ocean surf and surging tidal basins. A patent...
News Built at UChicago, Explorer Surgical Joins Global Healthcare Exchange Portfolio to Accelerate Core Mission Founded in 2015 by Booth School of Business alum, Jennifer Fried, MBA ’15, and former University of Chicago faculty member Dr. Alex Langerman, Explorer Surgical today announced that it has been acquired...
News Growth of Private Equity in a Challenging Environment: the 23rd Annual Private Equity Conference Last week the Polsky Center and the Chicago Booth Private Equity Group hosted the 23rd annual Private Equity Conference, bringing investors, students, and entrepreneurs together to network and share insights...
