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Join Chicago Booth and the Polsky Center to learn about the SF VC Immersion Program, a new study-away opportunity for Chicago Booth MBA students in Winter 2027. Participants spend the quarter in San Francisco, interning with a venture capital firm through the Elfman-Wareham PE/VC Lab while taking two new electives, AI BoothCamp and Leadership in...
The Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Discovery Cohort provides curated opportunities for students at Chicago Booth to explore ETA. This program is open to Chicago Booth MBA students, Master in Finance, and Master in Management students. Participation in the ETA Discovery Cohort serves as the next step for students who are considering ETA career paths. Interested...
Curious about entrepreneurship and innovation at UChicago? Join us for pizza and a look at the Polsky Center programs open to college students.
Join the Chicago Booth Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition (ETA) Group and the Polsky Center for a session on ETA opportunities and resources at Booth for full-time students. Kylie Gilmore, senior assistant director of the ETA program, will outline the resources available to students and explain how to engage with them effectively. Participants will meet the ETA Group co-chairs...
The Innovation Fund Associates (IFA) program is structured as a venture capital apprenticeship, where associates learn by doing as part of an interdisciplinary team. IFAs dive deep into one investment opportunity per cycle through the George Shultz Innovation Fund and get a close-up look at the commercialization process and what it takes to move a...
The Water Street Private Equity Case Challenge (PECC) is a case competition that enables teams from Chicago Booth to assess the potential for a leveraged buyout of a publicly listed company. To participate, Chicago Booth students must form teams, select from a list of case options, and apply with a case and financial model.
Join the Polsky Center for an exciting kickoff event for the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) program. During this session, you’ll hear from keynote speaker and cofounder of Grubhub, Matt Maloney, learn more about the CNVC program, and connect with other students interested in participating. Students already working on ventures will also have the option...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...