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...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
News TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Ellen Rudnick, MBA ’73, Executive Director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the Booth School of Business, works to further University innovation by fostering collaboration both inside and outside...
Team Ellen Zatkowski, EdM Director, Science Programs and Student Engagement Director, Science Programs and Student Engagement
News Polsky Center Launches Podcast to Mark 25 Years of The New Venture Challenge: “It’s Really Magical.” Startups weren’t so sexy 25 years ago. It was pre-Google, pre-dot-com bubble, pre-unicorn. The University of Chicago’s business school, renowned for finance, didn’t offer an entrepreneurship concentration. Steven Kaplan, a...
News Building a Winning Culture Should be a Key Part of Your Intentional Business Strategy The following article was written by Ellen Rudnick, senior adviser and adjunct professor for entrepreneurship at Booth, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on January 15, 2024. Read the...
Event Polsky Office Hours @ Booth 455 featuring Isra Omar and Ellen Zatkowski October 23, 2025 The Polsky Center will feature staff members at the Gleacher Center campus a few times during the fall quarter! These office hours will take place at Booth 455 (across the street...
News Discovery Matters Alan Thomas, Director, UChicagoTech, Ellen Rudnick, Executive Director and Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center, Keith Moffat, Deputy Provost for Research, Donald Levy, Vice President for Research and...
Page Entrepreneurs-in-Residence The Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program is open to current students and alumni and provides mentorship and coaching to University of Chicago students. Successful Chicago-based entrepreneurs are available to meet throughout the...
Program Build and Launch Summer Accelerators The Polsky Center Build and Launch accelerators give teams the opportunity to work intensively on their businesses over the summer.
News U of C’s Booth School and Polsky Center Team Up with C200 to Support Booth Entrepreneurs In a joint effort to educate and develop the next generation of highly-successful business leaders, the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and its Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and...
News Donofrio Speaks at Innovation Workshop Technology, invention, creativity and discovery. These forces are not enough to launch a successful product or service, create a company, or change the world. The key ingredient is innovation, the...
