Program LBO Modeling Bootcamp Build financial modeling skills to analyze leveraged buyouts and evaluate investment opportunities with confidence.
Program Build your V1 AI Prototyping Bootcamp Prototype, test, and iterate AI product ideas using modern tools to build applications and accelerate early development.
News Polsky On Demand Launches to Provide Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Access to World-Class Business and Entrepreneurship Training The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has launched Polsky On Demand, a new online portal that provides access to some of Polsky’s world-class business...
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 Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 10 Episode 10: Andes STR June 17, 2021 Growing up in Chile in a family of entrepreneurs, Sebastian Rivas since childhood has been on the lookout for problems that need solving....
News Negotiating in Times of Change In the wake of Coronavirus, the Polsky Center has organized its first virtual Small Business Bootcamp in the hopes of helping small business owners and entrepreneurs navigate these difficult and...
News How to Manage Personal and Professional Ups and Downs While Managing a Business Business owners and entrepreneurs are facing uncharted territory and a situation that is unparalleled to anything that the majority of us have seen throughout our lifetimes. David Johnson, Chicago Booth...
News Small Business Spotlight: Nicole Jordan’s Catering and Consulting Businesses Show “You Can Be Small But Not Small-Minded” After a decade working as a consultant, UChicago alum Nicole Jordan, AB ’96, found herself at a crossroads. With a degree in economics and aspirations to be an entrepreneur, Jordan...
Program Small Business Financial Fundamentals Build stronger financial management skills to help support and grow your business.
News ‘It’s the American Dream’: Polsky Exec Talks Family-Owned Businesses, Innovation, and Education Family businesses are the engine that runs the economy, says Polsky executive Dan Sachs, who speaks to the importance of supporting those contributors. We caught up with Sachs, who is...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 9 Episode 9: Grubhub June 10, 2021 Matt Maloney admits he had a bit of an ego when he entered the New Venture Challenge. He had already launched Grubhub, had a...
