News mHUB Creates New Community Partnerships to Encourage Collaboration Within Chicago’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
News Inclusive Innovation Funding Supports New Programming for Community Entrepreneurs The Inclusive Innovation Fund has awarded the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $50,000 to launch a new program supporting technology commercialization in the...
News Small Business Spotlight: In the Age of Amazon, Kido’s Key to Retail Success is Knowing Your Community When Keewa Nurullah, a performing artist, had her first child, she encountered a whole new world of things her son needed – and was disappointed by what she found. Baby...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 6 Episode 6: Power2Switch May 20, 2021 As a Black founder, Seyi Fabode, MBA ’10, has experienced the challenge of investors taking him seriously. Fabode, an immigrant from Nigeria, recalls an...
News Small Business Spotlight: Eventnoire Succeeds by Super Serving its Community Jeff Osuji knew his latest business venture had legs during the 2019 Black Alumni Ball in Washington, D.C. His platform, Eventnoire, served as the registration site for this annual event,...
News Maker Community Comes Together to 3D Print Personal Protective Equipment When the coronavirus pandemic and state-wide stay-at-home orders in mid-March forced the Polsky Fabrication Lab to temporarily close its doors to the public, Polsky assistant director, Elizabeth Koprucki, was in...
News Polsky Exchange to Host Open House to Mark Full Reopening to the Community The Polsky Exchange, a University of Chicago initiative that offers business education and resources to South and West Side entrepreneurs, has fully reopened to the community after a long pandemic...
News Polsky Center Hires Abigail Ingram as Executive Director of the Community-Facing Polsky Exchange The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has hired Abigail Ingram to be the new executive director of the Polsky Exchange, where she spearheads initiatives to bring the University of...
News Small Business Spotlight: Urban Roots Builds Business While Building Up Their Community Jimmie Williams, owner of social enterprise landscaping and snow removal firm Urban Roots, had his most successful year ever last year. He used that success to hire additional employees and...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Series – Community Reinvestment Fund June 13, 2023 Speaker: John Bodnar, Small Business Community Lender, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA. CRF is a leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). CRF supports mission-driven organizations, increases economic mobility, and builds strong local...
News Polsky Center to Support New Biopharma Hub Funded by $10.4 Million Investment The Chicago Biomedical Consortium Hub for Innovative Technology and Entrepreneurship in the Sciences (CBC-HITES) will help academic inventors translate their research into commercial products. CBC-HITES joins 13 hubs that are...
