News Small Business Spotlight: 103 Collection Connects Beauty with Nature Things in life often don’t just line up perfectly. But for Melinda Herron, founder of 103 Collection – an eco-beauty company rooted in nature – the inspiration for her company...
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...
News Small Business Spotlight: Qui Solutions Unlocks the Potential Behind BIPOC and Woman-owned Businesses Qui Solutions – a global member-based remote staffing and consulting agency – wasn’t TeQuila Cooper-Shabazz’s first attempt at building a business. In fact, she had spent seven years building two...
News Bunny Blanco is Reviving a 2,000-Year-Old Drink of the Gods “The world loves tequila and Mexican beer, so now it’s time for them to try the drink of the gods.” During the reign of the Aztec empire, priests and royalty...
News Polsky Center Powers WattShift’s Journey to Transform the Electric Grid “There’s a missing piece in how the grid interacts with smart devices, that’s where WattShift comes in.” In the moments between classes at the University of Chicago’s Booth School...
Event Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: Deal Structuring as a Self-Funded Searcher February 14, 2025 Join Booth alum Darrin Shillair, MBA ’16, for an insightful workshop on deal structuring as a self-funded searcher. Darrin will share his expertise on how to structure acquisition deals, balance...
Technology Optogenetic Protein Fusion for Precise And Low-Impact Actin Cytoskeleton Imaging In Cells A light-sensitive version of LifeAct, a peptide used to label actin in cells, to reduce its harmful side effects by controlling its binding through light exposure, improving cell imaging and…
News Small Business Spotlight: Egg Rolls Etc. Brings Comfort and Culture to the Frozen Food Aisle It was a dare that brought Javon Nicholas, founder and president of Egg Rolls Etc.™, to Taiwan, and the kindness of her new community that inspired her to start a...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
News Inaugural ETA Alumni Symposium Reveals the Intricacies of Buying and Building a Business Brian O’Connor, an assistant professor at Booth and founder of NextGen Growth Partners, along with the Polsky Center hosted the first-ever Alumni ETA Symposium on April 12.
News Phase II Teams Selected for the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has announced the 19 teams advancing to phase II of the 2021 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC). The...
