Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Where to Begin as a Founder with Mia Duchnowski October 9, 2025 Join the Polsky Center and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Mia Duchnowski, for an informative workshop on where to begin as a founder. Have a business idea but not sure what to do next?...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Finding your Cofounder and Understanding Equity Splits with Mia Saini Duchnowski January 22, 2025 Join the Polsky Center and Entrepreneur in-Residence Mia Saini Duchnowski for a workshop on finding your cofounder and understanding equity splits. Whether you already have a business idea or are...
News How to Launch Your Business-to-Consumer Business This Year The following article was written by Mia Saini Duchnowski, entrepreneur-in-residence at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on April 15, 2024. Read the original article. One...
Event Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2): Founder as an Operator vs. “Brought in” COO with Mia Duchnowski and Jamie Shah January 15, 2025 Join Polsky Center entrepreneurs-in-residence Mia Duchnowski and Jamie Shah for an informative workshop on the differences between a founder operator and a “brought-in” COO. Mia, cofounder of Oars + Alps,...
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...
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...
Technology Novel Use of a Bet Bromodomain Protein Inhibitor (JQ1) for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia Embryonic and fetal hemoglobin have a higher affinity for oxygen than their adult counterpart, and as such, gene editing techniques to revert red blood cells to produce infant or fetal…
Event Application Deadline: Entrepreneurs Unplugged: A Monthly Meetup for Founders October 11, 2023 During the 2023-24 year, early stage Booth founders will have the opportunity to convene monthly as a group with Entrepreneur in-Residence Mia Saini Duchnowski. These monthly meetups will help founders...
Event Application Deadline: Entrepreneurs Unplugged, A Monthly Meetup for Founders October 15, 2025 During the 2025-26 year, early stage Booth founders will have the opportunity to convene monthly as a group with Entrepreneur in-Residence Mia Saini Duchnowski. These monthly meetups will help founders...
Technology RNA Methylation Depletion To Induce Transcriptional Repression For Effective Leukemia Treatment A novel mechanism for 5-azacytidine-mediated depletion of RNA 5-methylcytosine on chromatin-associated RNA leading to global transcriptional repression through two epigenetic pathways enabling more precise and effective leukemia treatments The Unmet…
Event Application Deadline: Entrepreneurs Unplugged October 11, 2024 During the 2024-25 year, early-stage Booth MBA founders will have the opportunity to convene monthly as a group with Entrepreneur in-Residence Mia Saini Duchnowski. These monthly meetups will help founders...
News Innovation Fund Targets Leukemia “This award will permit us to build upon our preliminary data to facilitate the development of a promising new strategy to treat acute leukemia.” So says Michael J. Thirman, MD,...
