News Woman- and Minority- led Small Businesses Need Cash to Grow. How to Get It. No money, no growth. Without robust small businesses on the South and West sides, joblessness will continue to plague neighborhoods, experts say. That’s the message from a recent report by...
News Polsky Accelerator Debuts Two Tracks — Build and Launch — and Selects 17 Teams Amid Soaring Applications for the Summer Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 17 teams selected to participate in the 2021 Polsky Accelerator, a competitive 10-week summer program that for the...
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Page Small Business Consulting Small Business Consulting The Polsky Center connects Chicago Booth students with entrepreneurs and small business owners on Chicago’s South and West sides. Students play an important role in advising community...
Page Business Consulting Business Consulting The Polsky Center connects graduate students with entrepreneurs and small business owners on Chicago’s South and West sides. Students play an important role in advising community business owners...
News From Cutting Trees to Cutting Deals: Nick Oberhouse’s Unique Path Through ETA Growing up on his family’s Christmas tree farm in Ohio, Nick Oberhouse, MBA ’20, was no stranger to small business entrepreneurship. From a young age, he was brought into the...
News Small Business Growth Program Cohort Announced The Polsky Small Business Growth Program has announced the Fall 2018 cohort, which is made up of small businesses located in the South and West Side of Chicago. Small teams of...
News Chicago’s South Side Neighborhood Coworking Space and Startup Hub Turns 5 In October 2014, a 34,000 square foot coworking space and facility opened up to not only serve all students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the University of Chicago, but also...
News Polsky’s Small Business Growth Program Accepts 10 Companies into Winter Cohort The Polsky Small Business Growth Program has announced its Winter 2020 cohort, which is made up of small businesses located in the South and West Side of Chicago.
Program Small Business Growth Program Address key business challenges and determine new strategies for business growth with support from UChicago grad students.
News Entrepreneurship in Africa Has “Big Risks” and “Big Payoffs.” Here’s How Ugandan Businessman Aga Sekalala Jr. Found Success. The Polsky Center’s Distinguished Entrepreneur speaker series this month featured Aga Sekalala Jr., a prominent Ugandan businessman who founded Radio Simba, one of the most popular broadcasters in East Africa,...
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