News How the Build and Launch Accelerators Helped Lead These Startups to Success The Polsky Center’s Build and Launch Accelerators are 10-week summer programs that provide a unique opportunity for founders to focus solely on their businesses and social enterprises in a collaborative...
Page Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Entrepreneurship The Polsky Center offers a variety of programs and resources to help you on your entrepreneurial journey. In addition, you can visit our office, which is located on the...
Page Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship The Polsky Center offers a variety of programs and resources to help you on your entrepreneurial journey. In addition, you can visit our office, which is located on the...
Page Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital The Polsky Center offers a variety of programs and resources to help you on your entrepreneurial journey and get experience in venture capital. The front door...
Program Build and Launch Summer Accelerators The Polsky Center Build and Launch accelerators give teams the opportunity to work intensively on their businesses over the summer.
News This Is How Accelerators and Incubators Build Consumer Businesses Andi Hadisutjipto, MBA ’16, founder of New Venture Challenge alum Riviter, speaks on experience in L’Oreal-connected incubator. Read the full article >>
News Do You Really Need an Accelerator to Launch Your Startup? The following article was written by Shyama Majumdar, interim executive director of Deep Tech Ventures at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on September 17, 2024....
News Build and Launch Accelerators Accept 16 Teams to the 2025 Summer Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation today announced the 16 startups selected to participate in the 2025 Build and Launch summer accelerators, 10-week summer programs open to all University...
Page Graduate & PhD Students Graduate & PhD Students Transform research into real-world impact through startup accelerators, commercialization resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, and venture-building opportunities across the Polsky innovation ecosystem. Quick Links Discover Programs Meet With...
Team Shyama Majumdar, PhD, MBA Senior Director, Accelerators and Investments Senior Director, Accelerators and Investments
Event Application Deadline: Build and Launch Accelerators March 30, 2026 The Polsky Center Build and Launch summer accelerators give teams the opportunity to work intensively and solely on their businesses and social enterprises in a collaborative and dynamic environment over the summer. The Build accelerator allows...
News The 10 Days of Polsky: Looking Back at 2020 The past year was unlike any we’ve experienced before. Despite the many challenges caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, we stayed focused on advancing our Polsky Center mission. We authored...