News University of Chicago and Station F Launch New Summer Startup Internship Program in Paris Twenty-five UChicago students will work with 16 French technology startups through a new program connecting Chicago and Paris innovation ecosystems The University of Chicago and Station F, widely regarded as...
News Get Excited, Coffee Nerds — the French Press Can Be Improved Chicago inventor Alexander Albanese says he’s created a better version of French press coffeemakers—he calls it the American Press. Albanese came up with the idea as a graduate design student at Northwestern...
News Steven Kaplan Speaks with Financial Innovator Richard Sandor About Creating New Markets The University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics recently held a conversation between Chicago Booth professor...
Technology Therapeutic Exosomes for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is caused by degradation of the protective myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Current MS therapies only stop the progression of…
News University of Chicago Startup, Tharzen, Demystifies and Disrupts Website Content Management Sometimes, all it takes is a list of names on a spreadsheet and a cold email to get a company off the ground. That’s what happened when Mikael Mayer attended...
News Polsky’s Small Business Growth Program Accepts 10 Companies into Winter Cohort The Polsky Small Business Growth Program has announced its Winter 2020 cohort, which is made up of small businesses located in the South and West Side of Chicago.
News Marketing Communications in a Pandemic During a crisis, there are three essential components to effective communication on which to focus: Ideas, tactics, and tone. “The goal as a communicator is not only to not make...
News Growth of Private Equity in a Challenging Environment: the 23rd Annual Private Equity Conference Last week the Polsky Center and the Chicago Booth Private Equity Group hosted the 23rd annual Private Equity Conference, bringing investors, students, and entrepreneurs together to network and share insights...
News Polsky Supports 13 Teams in Spring Quarter I-Corps Cohort The Polsky Center ran its National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported I-Corps program virtually during the Spring quarter and accepted the largest number of teams of any cohort managed to-date. Polsky supported...
News Winter 2019 Small Business Growth Program Cohort Announced The Polsky Small Business Growth Program has announced its Winter 2019 cohort, which is made up of small businesses located in the South and West Side of Chicago.
News ‘Learn From A Chef’ Brings Live Cooking Classes To Your Kitchen University of Chicago grad Querida Qiu has launched a new “live learning” business – bringing a variety of online cooking classes taught by chefs who have worked at Michelin star...
