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,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... |
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1 event,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... |
1 event,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... |
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Midwest Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (MEEN) Conference
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 |... |
1 event,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... |
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1 event,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... |
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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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1 event,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... |
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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...
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Info Session: Polsky Exchange Membership
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...
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Info Session: Polsky Exchange Membership
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...
Tech Enablement Series: How AI Can Support the Entire Sales and Business Development Cycle
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...
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Midwest Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (MEEN) Conference
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 |...
Midwest Engineering Entrepreneurship Network (MEEN) Conference
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 |...
Info Session: Polsky Exchange Membership
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...
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UChicago Deep Tech Demo Day
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...
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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...
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Tech Enablement Series: How AI Integrates with Widely Used Small Business Accounting Platforms
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...
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