News Small Business Spotlight: ‘I Choose the Ladder’ Coaches Fortune 500 Companies on Employee Development, Retention Three years ago, Watchen Nyanue, MBA ’22 had a dream job as the senior vice president of marketing partnerships for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. The only problem? It wasn’t...
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...
News AbbVie, U of C Choose First Batch of Cancer Research Projects Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie and University of Chicago have picked their initial set of projects to research cancer, a deadly disease given a renewed focus under the Obama administration. They include...
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...
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 Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Yvette Kaiser Smith UChicago alum and Polsky member, Yvette Kaiser Smith, MFA ’94, joined the Exchange in May of 2016. Kaiser Smith is an artist, who makes “wall-based geometric abstractions.”
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Brigitte Anderson Brigitte Anderson a Principal at Orange Vista LLC, a boutique consulting firm focused on market research for growing enterprises joined the Polsky exchange back in Summer 2016.
Program Duality Accelerate your quantum startup with mentorship, funding opportunities, and access to Chicago’s leading quantum ecosystem.
News How to Manage Personal and Professional Ups and Downs While Managing a Business Business owners and entrepreneurs are facing uncharted territory and a situation that is unparalleled to anything that the majority of us have seen throughout our lifetimes. David Johnson, Chicago Booth...
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News Want Happier, More Productive Employees? Be a Coach, Not a Manager. The following article was written by Tim Kelly, investor-in-residence at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on November 20, 2023. Read the original article on Crain’s....
