News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 25th Annual PE Conference Investors, students, and industry leaders gathered last week for the 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, a day-long event exploring the evolving dynamics of private equity investing and value...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access Series – Old National Bank June 13, 2024 Speaker: Monica Rubio, Community Lending Market Executive, Old National Bank. Old National Bank is proud to help minority-owned businesses succeed! The Empowerment program expands access to capital for minority- and women-owned...
Event Polsky Exchange Capital Access: Bank of America June 3, 2025 Speaker: Johnny H Wilbon IV, Vice President, Bank of America. Bank of America’s mission is to improve people’s financial lives through connections. They aim to help clients achieve their goals by...
News Small Business Spotlight: Urban Roots Builds Business While Building Up Their Community Jimmie Williams, owner of social enterprise landscaping and snow removal firm Urban Roots, had his most successful year ever last year. He used that success to hire additional employees and...
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...
News First numo Fintech Challenge at UChicago Concludes with Success On January 24, the numo Fintech Challenge concluded successfully, with Manifest (formerly Vest Blockchain), which simplifies and expedites the 401(k) transfer process, winning first place and $10,000 in cash. Jetson...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 5 Episode 5: Foxtrot May 13, 2021 Foxtrot cofounder and CEO Mike LaVitola, MBA ’14, has become expert at hearing “no.” He was not initially accepted into the New Venture Challenge,...
News Polsky Helps Train the Next Generation of Fintech Entrepreneurs from Hong Kong In July of 2013, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business announced plans to move its Executive MBA program in Asia from Singapore to Hong Kong. At around the...
News Polsky Center, PNC Incubator to Host 2017 numo FinTech Challenge at the University of Chicago The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago and numo, a technology incubator affiliated with PNC Bank, are pleased to announce the 2017 numo FinTech Challenge...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 3 Episode 3: BenchPrep April 29, 2021 Ashish Rangnekar, MBA ’11, grew up in a sleepy town in India where success looked like a white-collar job, not entrepreneurship. But early on...
Event Capital Access: JPMorgan Chase June 23, 2026 This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital.This speaker for this event is Humberto Huerta, senior business relationship manager, Chase Bank....
