Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
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 University of Chicago Startup, Tharzen, Demystifies and Disrupts Website Content Management Sometimes, all it takes is a list of names on a spreadsheet and a cold email to get a company off the ground. That’s what happened when Mikael Mayer attended...
News UChicago Docs Develop Content for New Web App for Physicians Three UChicago physicians (left to right) Adam Cifu, MD, Scott Stern, MD, and Diane Altkorn, MD, developed the content for a new Web app diagnosis tool licensed by startup Agile...
News The Future of Media and Entertainment is New Experiences, Distribution Models, Not ‘Just Another Streaming Service’ The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has continued its Entrepreneurial Outlook series with a discussion about the state of the media and entertainment industry – how it has had...
News Small Business Spotlight: Larvetta Loftin Built L3 Agency To Deliver Culturally-Aware Content, Showcase Black Female Talent Larvetta Loftin, founder and CEO of full-service influencer marketing and communications firm The L3 Agency, has coined a motto that guides how she approaches her career: “Doing what you love...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Content Marketing/Social Media March 1, 2023 Join the Polsky Center and Entrepreneur in-Residence Melissa Harris for this workshop where you’ll learn how to produce and publish content on social media and company websites. In this E2...
News Phase II Teams Selected for the 16th Annual Global New Venture Challenge From Chicago, Singapore, and London, 19 teams are advancing to Phase II of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2023 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). The GNVC is the...
Team Melissa Fassbender Director, Content and Science Communications Director, Content and Science Communications
News Alumni New Venture Challenge Selects 25 Startups for 2022 Contest The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 25 startups accepted into the 2022 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated to supporting all University of...
Team Jessy Tapper, AM Senior Writer and Content Manager, Marketing and Communications Senior Writer and Content Manager, Marketing and Communications
News A Look Inside the First Year of Business for CNVC ’19 Winner, podU Wessam Abozeid, AB ’19, won the Polsky Center’s 2019 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) with his startup, podU, the world’s first platform for podcasts in Arabic. After winning the $15,000...
