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This info session is your chance to get an inside look at the Polsky Exchange and the resources we offer. It is an opportunity for us to learn more about you, your business goals, and how you envision benefiting from and contributing to the Exchange community. It is also a chance to ask questions about...
Revenue growth depends on consistent, timely, and personalized communication with prospects and clients — yet for most small business owners, follow-up is the first thing to fall through the cracks when business gets busy. This session tackles that challenge directly, showing participants how AI can support the entire sales and business development cycle, from initial...
The Midwest Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (MEEN) supports the efforts of Midwest technology entrepreneurship institutions through collaboration in educating, supporting, and connecting innovators to the ecosystem spanning the region. Annually, MEEN holds a conference aimed at sharing best practices and methods for overcoming challenges unique to Midwest engineering entrepreneurship centers at a different university. Dates |...
This info session is your chance to get an inside look at the Polsky Exchange and the resources we offer. It is an opportunity for us to learn more about you, your business goals, and how you envision benefiting from and contributing to the Exchange community. It is also a chance to ask questions about...
The UChicago Deep Tech Demo Day is a premier showcase of next-generation deep tech ventures, taking place on July 20th during TechChicago Week. Set against the backdrop of a city rapidly establishing itself as a national hub for quantum infrastructure and advanced research, the event convenes high-growth startups, leading investors, national laboratories, and corporate decision-makers...
Join us to learn about Alchemist Chicago, a global accelerator designed to transform scientific breakthroughs into market-ready ventures. A collaboration between Alchemist Accelerator and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, this program is now accepting applications for deep tech startups. Who Should Attend This program is ideal for pre-seed or seed-stage...
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...
For many small business owners, financial administration is one of the most time-consuming and anxiety-inducing aspects of running a business. This session demystifies AI's role in financial management, showing participants how to use AI tools to handle routine bookkeeping tasks, draft professional invoices, and generate clear expense summaries without requiring an accounting background or a...
Join us to learn about Alchemist Chicago, a new global accelerator designed to transform scientific breakthroughs into market-ready ventures. A collaboration between Alchemist Accelerator and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, this program is now accepting applications for deep tech startups. Who Should Attend This program is ideal for pre-seed or...
Alchemist Chicago, a premier early-stage startup accelerator focused on foundational technology, is a partnership between Alchemist and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Up to 30 startups will be selected to participate in a Polsky Center Startup Bootcamp from which a select group of up to 10 will be chosen to continue through Alchemist...
Join Aon's Executive and Board Advisory leaders Amy Jennings, Virginia Fischetti, and Katie Hill for an interactive founder discussion hosted in partnership with the UChicago Science Incubator. The discussion will explore equity considerations for early hires, founder compensation, strategic leadership hiring, attracting scientific talent, board communication, and other people-related decisions that shape a company's growth...
Explore different funding pathways, including grants, non-dilutive capital, and revenue strategies, while learning how to prepare your company for a successful Series A raise in this workshop with the UChicago Science Incubator. Led by Kim Patel, vice president of innovation economy at J.P. Morgan, former investor, startup founder, and operator. For more information about the...
The National Science Foundation's I-Corps program supports teams working on ideas in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The Polsky Center offers a local I-Corps program for teams including faculty, students, staff, and alumni from the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Chicago-area universities. No previous business...