Event Investing Essentials: Secrets to Building Effective Slide Decks October 17, 2024 Join Polsky Investor-in-Residence Tim Kelly for an interactive workshop on building effective slide decks. Tim will cover ways to build a presentation that communicates your ideas and inspires your audience....
Event Investing Essentials: Dissecting the PE Industry November 5, 2024 Join the Polsky Center’s Investor-in-Residence Tim Kelly for a workshop that explores the private equity industry. Students interested in a career in private equity often think “Venture versus Buyout/Later Stage”...
Event Investing Essentials: PE Due Diligence November 14, 2024 Join the Polsky Center’s Investor-in-Residence Tim Kelly for a workshop on due diligence on PE Funds for employment or investment. This workshop will explore how one diligences the merits of...
Program Investing Essentials Investing Essentials is designed for students interested in learning about and pursuing careers in the private equity and venture capital space.
Event Investing Essentials: From Associate to Partner – The Neuroscience behind Being an Effective Leader January 21, 2025 Join the Polsky Center’s Investor-in-Residence and organizational psychologist, Tim Kelly, MBA ’00, for an interactive workshop to discuss the transition of associate to partner and the neuroscience behind being an...
Event Investing Essentials: Success and Failure in One’s Life and Career April 3, 2025 Join the Polsky Center’s Investor in-Residence for private equity, Tim Kelly, MBA ’00, for an interactive workshop to discuss special topics in EQ. Tim has been involved in private equity...
Event Investing Essentials: Post-Transaction Management April 14, 2025 Join the Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence Dipa Mehta, MBA ’12, cofounder and managing partner, Valeo Ventures for a panel discussion on post-transaction management. Dipa will be joined by panelists Bo Shi and...
News Global New Venture Challenge Announces 7 Finalists Competing for Investments Seven teams have been selected for the 18th annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) finals, taking place on Friday, June 6th. The GNVC is a track of the New Venture...
News AI-Driven Psychiatry Platform Takes First Place at 18th Annual Global New Venture Challenge The 18th Annual Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) has awarded first place to mental health diagnostic tool Kivira. Kivira was awarded the top prize and $50,000 for its AI-powered platform...
News 8 Students Receive Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowships to Work on Their Ventures Full Time The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced the eight recipients of the 2025 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), a program that provides funding to graduating UChicago students who are committed...
Event Business Acumen: What to Know Before Moving into a Physical Space November 13, 2025 Thinking about opening a physical location or expanding into a storefront, office, or commercial space? Before you sign that lease, join us for this essential session designed to help small...
News Polsky Center Announces Teams Selected for the 14th Annual College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the teams selected for the 14th annual College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate student startup accelerator. This year’s...
