Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 // 8:00 a.m.

Application Deadline: Founders’ Forum

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Polsky Center Quick Pitches

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 // 11:00 a.m.

Polsky Center – Harper Center Open House

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Thursday, October 3, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Innovation Fund Associates Program – Info Session 1

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Thursday, October 3, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

College New Venture Challenge Kickoff with Cards Against Humanity Founder Max Temkin

Saturday, October 5, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Polsky Center – Gleacher Center Open House

Saturday, October 5, 2019 // 12:15 p.m.

Marketing Strategy Workshop with Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Melissa Harris

Monday, October 7, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Polsky Center Quick Pitches

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Ideation, Design Thinking, and Teambuilding

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Thursday, October 10, 2019 // 8:00 a.m.

Alumni New Venture Challenge Kick-Off (ANVC) Webinar

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Thursday, October 10, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Innovation Fund Associates Program – Info Session 2

Monday, October 14, 2019 // 8:00 a.m.

Application Deadline: Global New Venture Challenge

Monday, October 14, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Booth VCIC – Info Session (Harper Center)

Monday, October 14, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Info Session: Sterling Partners Investment Thesis Challenge (SPITC)

Monday, October 14, 2019 // 5:30 p.m.

Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Info Session: Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Lab (Harper Center)

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

OKR Go: How to Set Goals and Grow a Results-Driven Culture

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Validating Markets and Ideas with Adjunct Associate Professor Starr Marcello

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Thursday, October 17, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Meet Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Mark Tebbe

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Saturday, October 19, 2019 // 12:15 p.m.

Info Session: Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Lab (Gleacher Center)

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Monday, October 21, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Booth VCIC – Info Session (Booth 455)

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Monday, October 21, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Meet Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Chuck Vallurupalli

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Founder’s Story: Steve Lehmann

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

PE LUNCH-N-LEARN WITH POLSKY IIR TIM KELLY

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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

How to Apply to the College New Venture Challenge

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Unmaking Violence Through Entrepreneurship

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Thursday, October 24, 2019 // 10:00 a.m.

Application Deadline: Innovation Fund Associates Program

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Friday, October 25, 2019 // 8:15 a.m.

UChicago Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) Alumni Symposium – The Nuts and Bolts of Buying and Building a Business

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Friday, October 25, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Herman Fellows Reunion

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Choosing an External Software Development Partner

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Info Session: NVC / SNVC Kickoff (Harper Center)

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

Customer Acquisition Workshop w/ Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Mus Chagal

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 // 12:15 p.m.

Info Session: NVC / SNVC Kickoff (Gleacher Center)

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Monday, November 4, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Introduction to SBIR & STTR Grants

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Monday, November 4, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Entrepreneurship Internship Program Info Session

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Polsky I-Corps Program Information Session (Winter 2020 Cohort)

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Intro to Intellectual Property

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

PE Lunch-n-Learn with Polsky IIR Chris McGowan

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 // 5:30 p.m.

Intro to Fundraising

Thursday, November 7, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Aligning Your Startup Team

Thursday, November 7, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

IIR WORKSHOP: DISSECTING THE PE INDUSTRY – SEEING OPPORTUNITIES YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT

Thursday, November 7, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

ETA 101 Workshop with Alex Hodgkin, MBA ’14, and Brian O’Connor, MBA ’08

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Saturday, November 9, 2019 // 12:15 p.m.

Digital Marketing Workshop with Polsky Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Melissa Harris

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Using UX Methods to Develop a Better Product

Thursday, November 14, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Forming a Company: Incorporation Lunch & Learn with Perkins Coie

Friday, November 15, 2019 // 9:00 a.m.

Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference

Friday, November 15, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

I-Corps Winter Priority Deadline

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Monday, November 18, 2019 // 10:00 a.m.

Application Deadline: Booth VCIC

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Monday, November 18, 2019 // 10:00 a.m.

College New Venture Challenge Application Deadline

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Thursday, November 21, 2019 // 12:00 p.m.

Immigration and Visas for Entrepreneurs

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019 // 5:00 p.m.

CNVC Orientation, Team Pitches, and Networking

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Dec

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 // 12:30 p.m.

Intro to Market Research

Dec

Thursday, December 5, 2019 // 8:00 a.m.

George Shultz Innovation Fund Finals – Fall 2019

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Dec

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 // 12:00 a.m.

Small Business Growth Program Winter Application

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 // 5:00 p.m.

NVC / SNVC: Feasibility Summary Presentation and Quick Pitch

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Thursday, January 16, 2020 // 12:00 p.m.

IIR WORKSHOP: ON SUCCESS AND FAILURE – WITH POLSKY IIR TIM KELLY

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Friday, January 17, 2020 // 8:00 a.m.

Booth VCIC Finals

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 // 12:00 p.m.

Personal Finance for Entrepreneurs

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Thursday, January 30, 2020 // 10:00 a.m.

Application Deadline: NVC/SNVC Feasibility Summary Application Deadline

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Thursday, February 13, 2020 // 12:00 p.m.

IIR WORKSHOP: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE PART 2 – WITH POLSKY IIR TIM KELLY

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 // 12:00 p.m.

Polsky I-Corps Program Information Session (Spring 2020 Cohort)

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 // 5:30 p.m.

NVC Phase II Orientation

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