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No ChicagoMade at SXSW, but Chicagoans Still See Promise at Texas Conference

South by Southwest Interactive kicks off this week in Austin, Texas, sending Chicago entrepreneurs, companies and investors south in search of talent, business connections and potential customers. But for the…

14 Social Impact Startups Move Forward in UChicago’s 2017 Social NVC

Along with the 32 startups selected for the main track of University of Chicago’s annual New Venture Challenge, the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) also announced 14 social impact startups have…

Chicago Was Just Crowned One of the Top Tech Hubs in the World

Chicago’s tech prowess is getting more recognition from the world’s tech scene. A new report from KPMG surveyed more than 800 tech leaders and found that Chicago is in the…

Global Private Equity Challenge Winner Announced

They came, they saw, and, they conquered. For the second year in a row, Chicago Booth was awarded first place of the Oxford Chicago Global Private Equity Challenge for their…

KinderMate, TAINA, and Tusome! Advance to GNVC Finals

On February 25, MBA teams competed at the semi-finals of the 2017 Global New Venture Challenge (GNVC) in London, England. Waverly Deutsch, clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth and…

30 Startups Move On in UChicago’s 2017 New Venture Challenge

Could a new age nail startup, a recording studio based in the cloud or a chemical-free disinfectant be UChicago’s next breakout startup? It’s possible. These are all startups that are…

PartySlate Raises $1.6 Million

PartySlate, an online platform to connect event providers with people looking to plan weddings, meetings and celebrations, has raised another $1.6 million. PartySlate, which is similar to home-building and decorating…

Phase II Teams Selected for the New Venture Challenge

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business has officially announced the 30 teams moving on to the next phase of the…

This Chicago Startup is Bringing Supercomputing to the Cloud

Supercomputing has changed the way we process big data in a wide range of industries. Unsurprisingly, these capabilities to perform multiple complex tasks in the least possible amount of time…

Phase II Teams Selected for the Social New Venture Challenge

The Social Enterprise Initiative has announced the 14 teams accepted into phase II of the 2017 John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge (SNVC). The SNVC is the social impact…

UChicago Startup Gusto Brings Computational Modeling to Gut Health

Maintaining harmony within the gut is extraordinarily important to the human body, as this microbiome interacts with the immune, hormone and nervous system. Not only can a disruption in the…

Business Leader Thinking About Sharing a Trump Opinion? Read This First

Just days after the US presidential election, Matt Maloney, founder and CEO of Grubhub, sent out an internal memo letting his employees know that those who share in then president-elect…

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