This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. The speakers for this event are Jason Mercer, principal, Cleveland Avenue; Fernando Carranza, venture investor, Cleveland Avenue; J. Vincent Williams, executive director, The Entrepreneurial Development and Leadership Institute (EDLI). Cleveland Avenue is a Chicago-based global venture capital firm that...
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1 event,The Polsky Exchange is partnering with Working Credit, a national nonprofit, to offer free financial wellness support designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Working Credit provides expert guidance on how the credit system works, how to avoid common scams, and how to build and sustain strong credit. The workshop moves beyond education, delivering actionable,... |
1 event,This session opens with the customer data most small businesses already collect but underutilize transaction records, CRM entries, point-of-sale history, and purchase logs. Participants will first connect the data they collect to the outcomes they care about distinguishing activity metrics from true outcome metrics then learn to use AI to mine their data systematically: identifying... |
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1 event,The session opens with a focus on data-driven decision-making for business operations. Participants will learn how to use AI to analyze their own sales and customer traffic data by hour and day of the week, identifying peak periods, slow stretches, and hidden patterns that inform smarter decisions about staffing, open hours, and resource allocation. Rather... |
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Capital Access: Cleveland Avenue/CAST US
This series features presentations by capital providers and information about how to access different forms of capital. The speakers for this event are Jason Mercer, principal, Cleveland Avenue; Fernando Carranza, venture investor, Cleveland Avenue; J. Vincent Williams, executive director, The Entrepreneurial Development and Leadership Institute (EDLI). Cleveland Avenue is a Chicago-based global venture capital firm that...
Credit Building Workshop
The Polsky Exchange is partnering with Working Credit, a national nonprofit, to offer free financial wellness support designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Working Credit provides expert guidance on how the credit system works, how to avoid common scams, and how to build and sustain strong credit. The workshop moves beyond education, delivering actionable,...
Tech Enablement Series: AI Driven Customer Sentiments and Market Insights for Smarter Business Decisions
This session opens with the customer data most small businesses already collect but underutilize transaction records, CRM entries, point-of-sale history, and purchase logs. Participants will first connect the data they collect to the outcomes they care about distinguishing activity metrics from true outcome metrics then learn to use AI to mine their data systematically: identifying...
Tech Enablement Series: Using AI to Optimize How your Business Runs
The session opens with a focus on data-driven decision-making for business operations. Participants will learn how to use AI to analyze their own sales and customer traffic data by hour and day of the week, identifying peak periods, slow stretches, and hidden patterns that inform smarter decisions about staffing, open hours, and resource allocation. Rather...