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  • Business Acumen: Build It Right – Operations, Systems, and Scaling

    Polsky Exchange North, 1452 E 53rd St, Chicago, Illinois 60615 1452 E 53rd St, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session focuses on building the internal infrastructure that makes growth sustainable — SOPs, financial systems, and the transition from doing everything yourself to leading a team that does. AI sits at the center of this session, from automating repetitive tasks and drafting SOPs to managing customer communications and tracking finances; the speaker will show...

    • Local Business Owners
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  • Application Deadline: AI Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs: AI-Powered Go-To-Market

    AI Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs: AI-Powered Go-To-Market is a five-week bootcamp that teaches students how to build an AI-assisted go-to-market engine for an early-stage venture. The program works down the funnel, from defining who your buyer is to preparing for the conversations that close a deal. Across five sessions, participants will use AI to research a market...

    • Booth MBA Students
    • Booth MiM/MiF Students
    • College Students
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  • Application Deadline: Entrepreneurs Unplugged – Track 1: To Be or Not to Be… a Founder

    Entrepreneurs Unplugged brings Booth students together monthly, led by a facilitator with deep experience in the entrepreneurial space who guides and shapes the conversations. These sessions cover entrepreneurial frameworks, models, and strategies, but the real engine of the program is peer-to-peer sharing, collaboration, and support. It's lonely at the top, and early-stage founders tend to...

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  • Application Deadline: Entrepreneurs Unplugged – Track 2: The Founder Toolkit

    Entrepreneurs Unplugged brings Booth Chicago Booth students together monthly, led by a facilitator with deep experience in the entrepreneurial space who guides and shapes the conversations. These sessions cover entrepreneurial frameworks, models, and strategies, but the real engine of the program is peer-to-peer sharing, collaboration, and support. It’s lonely at the top, and early-stage founders...

    • Booth MBA Students
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  • Application Deadline: Customer Discovery Bootcamp

    Charles M. Harper Center, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The Customer Discovery Bootcamp is intended for early-stage ventures to explore their problem-solution fit by engaging directly with potential customers and industry stakeholders. Over five weeks, teams will gain experience in the process of customer discovery, including conducting customer discovery interviews and participating in educational sessions. By the end of the bootcamp, teams will gain...

    • Booth MBA Students
    • Booth MiM/MiF Students
    • College Students
    • PhD & Other Graduate Students
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  • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: ETA @ Booth

    Gleacher Center, 450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, 400, Chicago, Illinois 60611 450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Join the Chicago Booth ETA Club for Part-Time Students and the Polsky Center for a session covering entrepreneurship-through-acquisition (ETA) opportunities and resources at Chicago Booth. Kylie Gilmore, senior assistant director of the ETA Program, will share information about programming at Chicago Booth and how to make the most of the resources available to you. In...

    • Booth MBA Students
    • PhD & Other Graduate Students
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  • Investing Essentials: Secrets to Building Effective Slide Decks

    The Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence Tim Kelly, MBA '00, will discuss the ways to build a presentation that communicates your ideas and inspires your audience. This workshop will help you understand the structure of a “winning” slide deck that helps tell a compelling story. It will be particularly helpful for students participating in the Private Equity...

    • Alumni
    • Booth MBA Students
    • Booth MiM/MiF Students
    • College Students
    • PhD & Other Graduate Students
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  • College New Venture Challenge (CNVC): Application Workshop and Quick Pitch Event

    Charles M. Harper Center, 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, C01, Chicago, Illinois 60637 5807 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Undergraduate students interested in applying to the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) are encouraged to attend this workshop. During the session, we’ll review the different components of the application and answer questions. Time will also be reserved for optional quick pitches where students can share their venture ideas and connect with peers.

    • College Students
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  • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Workshop: Women in ETA – Demystifying the Journey

    Gleacher Center, 400/450 450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, Illinois 60611 450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The event is open to all. This workshop brings together the ETA community to talk about the ETA journey through a woman’s lens. The event will feature women across the full arc of ETA — those evaluating whether to search, currently searching, and leading the companies they acquired. The first panel addresses questions that precede...

    • Alumni
    • Booth MBA Students
    • Booth MiM/MiF Students
    • Industry & Investors
    • PhD & Other Graduate Students
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  • Business Acumen: From Solo to Team – Hiring, HR, and Managing People

    Polsky Exchange North, 1452 E 53rd St, Chicago, Illinois 60615 1452 E 53rd St, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    This session covers the full arc from identifying when you’re ready to hire to recruiting, onboarding, and managing people effectively on a small business budget, including the strategic use of interns. Speakers will address how AI is reshaping hiring: from AI-assisted job description writing and candidate screening to onboarding tools that help small businesses deliver...

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  • Application Deadline: Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Lab

    The Private Equity and Venture Capital Lab (PE/VC Lab) was created for Chicago Booth MBA students to learn firsthand about the PE and VC industries. Through the combination of an intensive internship at a PE or VC firm and an academic course, students become active participants in the analysis of real-world investment decisions made by...

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  • Investing Essentials: Private Equity (PE) Landscape for Career Changers

    Chicago Booth Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Advisor to the Svider Private Equity Program, Chris McGowan, will present on and discuss the changing PE landscape and the necessary skills for career changers focused on a transition into PE. Chris McGowan is the general partner of CJM Ventures (CJMV), a Chicago growth equity and private...

    • Booth MBA Students
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