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 Chicago Booth MBA Fights Plastic Pollution with her Social Enterprise 1,500 plastic bottles are used in the US every single second. 70% never make it to a recycling bin. Instead, most go to landfills and end up in our oceans....
News Phase II Teams Selected for the 2019 Alumni New Venture Challenge The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the 35 teams advancing to Phase II of the 2019 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC).
News Small Business Spotlight: Larry’s Barber College Stays a Cut Above With New Walmart Shop Angela Harvey had never cut hair before she enrolled in Larry’s Barber College. Her first time wielding clippers, after months of classroom instruction, “I was shaking like a leaf,” she...
News Small Business Spotlight: Big Plans are Brewing For Kikwetu Kenya Coffee Company With three young children and a full-time job as a technology executive, Leecox Omollo has to be intentional about how he spends his spare time. So as he and his...
News Kin Insurance: How Passion and a Focus on Doing Good Gave Rise to Chicago’s Latest Unicorn Sean Harper, AB ’03, MBA ’09, knew his passion from an early age. “Going back to high school, I was the kid who was reading Milton Friedman while programming his...
Event Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon February 9, 2024 The Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon is Chicago Booth’s flagship entrepreneurship and venture capital conference. Through keynote fireside chats, panel discussions, and various networking sessions, SeedCon provides opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors,...
News Meet the Resurgence Cohort 1 Startups: Stranergy Team Members Mei He – CEO and Founder Rui Deng – CFO and Cofounder Jianan Zheng – CIO and Cofounder Matthew Forquer – CTO and Cofounder What does your company...
News Energy Tech Leaders Take to the National Stage at DOE Pitch Competition >> UPDATE: Team Rise Reforming from the University of Chicago took First Place at the event and was awarded $50,000. Since this article originally ran, Rise Reforming has switched its...
News How to Launch Your Business-to-Consumer Business This Year The following article was written by Mia Saini Duchnowski, entrepreneur-in-residence at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on April 15, 2024. Read the original article. One...
News Corporate Collision: Bridging the Gap Between Corporates and Startups The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in March hosted Corporate Collision at TechNexus, bringing together more than 120 startup founders, innovation leaders, investors, and subject-matter experts to explore pathways...
Event UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day July 21, 2025 The UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day, hosted by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is a signature event highlighting the next generation of deep tech startups emerging from the...
