News Small Business Spotlight: ‘I Choose the Ladder’ Coaches Fortune 500 Companies on Employee Development, Retention Three years ago, Watchen Nyanue, MBA ’22 had a dream job as the senior vice president of marketing partnerships for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. The only problem? It wasn’t...
News Small Business Spotlight: Chocolat Uzma Chocolat Uzma is a retail chocolate shop located in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood which specializes in handcrafted, exotic chocolates inspired by its founder’s South Asian culture. After years of working as...
News Small Business Spotlight: Urban Roots Builds Business While Building Up Their Community Jimmie Williams, owner of social enterprise landscaping and snow removal firm Urban Roots, had his most successful year ever last year. He used that success to hire additional employees and...
Event Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Day Breakfast and Business Spotlight March 18, 2026 Celebrate SBDC Day with a special breakfast spotlight honoring the entrepreneurs we proudly serve. This engaging morning event will bring together SBDC clients, partners, and community stakeholders for networking, inspiration,...
News Small Business Spotlight: Anthos Training Clubs Brings Personability to Personal Training “Two things really set us apart from other gyms,” says Shaka Mitchell, co-founder and company director of Anthos Training Clubs in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. “First would be our understanding...
News Small Business Spotlight: Love Cork Screw Welcomes Everyone to a Glass of Wine In 2019, Chrishon Lampley stood in the middle of New York’s Times Square, looked up, and saw her wine brand Love Cork Screw emblazoned on a billboard. “That was just...
News Small Business Spotlight: Kabob-It Turns Global Flavors into an Expanding Food Concept Kabob-It, a restaurant in Hutchinson Commons on the UChicago campus that pairs Mediterranean cuisine with African American culinary influences and a growing range of flavors from around the world.
News Small Business Spotlight: Hemp Heals Body Shop Preaches Plants Over Pills Tiffany Joi raised some eyebrows when she debuted her line of CBD-infused lotions and oils at the Hyde Park Farmers Market in 2019. “You should have seen the looks,” said...
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...
News Small Business Spotlight: OjaExpress, Designed By and For Immigrants, Brings Same-Day Delivery to Ethnic Grocery Stores When Boyede Sobitan worked as a healthcare consultant, traveling four or five days out of every week, his return home to Chicago was often met with a request from his...
News Small Business Spotlight: Sarah Ware, a Change Agent in Chicago Real Estate Real estate has historically been a white man’s game, and continues to be so at leadership levels. During its 139-year history, the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR) has had only...
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....
