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...
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...
News Small Business Growth: Polsky Expands Support for Small Business Owners With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing many small businesses to change their business models overnight, the Polsky Center expanded its Small Business Growth Program, accepting the largest-ever cohort of 21 new...
News Polsky Center Revitalizes Small Business Growth Program with New Funding from JPMorgan Chase The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is expanding programming that fuels local small business growth and improves the economic health of communities. Funded by a $400,000...
Program Small Business Growth Program Address key business challenges and determine new strategies for business growth with support from UChicago grad students.
News Polsky Center Welcomes 2026 Cohort of the Small Business Growth Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming the newest cohort of businesses to the Polsky Exchange Small Business Growth Program, a nine-month initiative designed to help established small...
News Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center Welcomes 2 New Advisors Dima Elissa and Major Purnell join the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as advisors to further support economic growth on Chicago’s South Side. Launched last year, the SBDC...
News Veteran, Teacher, Business Owner: Meet the New Leader of the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently welcomed Vince Beachum as senior program manager and director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange. ...
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...
News How Local Stores Can Thrive this Holiday Season The following article was written by Abigail Ingram, executive director of the Polsky Exchange, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on November 17, 2025. Read the original article. When...
News 10 Small Businesses Graduate from Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program Last month at the Polsky Exchange, mentors, sponsors, and participants gathered to celebrate the graduation of the latest cohort of the Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program (SBG). Over the...
