News How NVC Finalist BrewBike Launched with the Help of Two Top Chicago Universities Conventional wisdom would lead most people to conclude there’s a coffeehouse on every corner, but Randy Paris, MBA ’18 isn’t a conventional thinker.
Event Polsky Office Hours @ Booth 455 featuring Lucas Peralta October 23, 2024 The Polsky Center will feature a different staff member at the Gleacher Center campus one day each week of the fall quarter! These office hours will take place at Booth 455 (across...
News Why Surviving COVID-19 for NVC Alum BrewBike Includes Giving Back NVC alum, BrewBike, began on the Northwestern campus in 2015, when co-founder, Lucas Philips wanted to buy high-quality coffee without standing in a long line. The solution was BrewBike, a...
Event Founder Story: Grubhub & Fixer.com Cofounder Mike Evans January 10, 2023 Hear from and meet GrubHub & Fixer co-founder Mike Evans. Mike founded Grubhub in his spare bedroom and grew it into the multi-billion-dollar online food delivery colossus that is a...
Event Fireside Chat & Founders Story: Michael Polsky February 14, 2023 Hear from Invenergy founder and CEO, Michael Polsky as he digs into the special challenges he faced as a trailblazer in the energy industry, and how cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset...
News The University of Chicago Invests $500,000 In Insurance Tech Company Founded By Alum As Part Of $47 Million Round The UChicago Startup Investment Program has invested in seven companies since launching in 2016.
News Polsky Center Launches Customer Discovery Bootcamp to Help Early-Stage Ventures Explore Product-Market Fit The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the launch of Customer Discovery Bootcamp, a new program for early-stage startups to explore the viability of their business...
News Meet the Undergraduate Teams Competing in the 10th Annual College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 16 teams selected for the 2022 College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate student startup accelerator marking its...
News Seven Undergrad-Led Startups to Compete for Investment in 10th Anniversary Finals of the College New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the seven finalists selected to compete in the 10th Anniversary Finals of the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC), an undergraduate...
News 11th Annual College New Venture Challenge Announces Competing Undergraduate Teams The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with University of Illinois’ Grainger College of Engineering is pleased to announce the 16 teams selected for the 11th annual College...
