News Polsky Center Welcomes Newest Cohort of the Small Business Financial Fundamentals Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming a new cohort of entrepreneurs to the Polsky Exchange Small Business Financial Fundamentals program. The 10-week program is designed to support...
News UChicago Science Incubator to Provide ‘On-Ramp’ Facilities to Accelerate Tenant Entry into IQMP Quantum Ecosystem The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), a first-of-its-kind park built for quantum technology scale-up and advanced microelectronics research and development, has announced that the University of Chicago Science Incubator...
News Polsky Center Announces 2026 E-Commerce Growth Blueprint Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced the 2026 cohort for the Polsky Exchange’s E-Commerce Growth Blueprint Program, a hands-on program designed to help small businesses strengthen their...
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News The Cofounder Test Too Many Startups Skip The following article was written by Ale Breuer, clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago on April 20. More than 23%...
News From Mississippi to the Last Frontier: Ben Frazer’s Path to ETA in Alaska Growing up in a small town in Mississippi, entrepreneurship was close to home for Ben Frazer, MBA ’25. His father founded a business in 2000, and from an early age...
News From NVC Finalist to Global Investor, Koichiro Nakamura Continues to Support the Program That Helped Shape His Path As part of the NVC@30 celebration, Nakamura reflected on his journey from Booth student and two-time NVC finalist to Sozo Ventures cofounder, Polsky Council member, NVC judge, and longtime supporter...
News $2.1 Million Awarded at the 2026 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge; Cancer Pathology AI Company Takes First Slideflow Labs, a cancer pathology AI company, has won first place at the 30th Annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), during which $2.1 million was awarded to...
