The Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Lab was created for Chicago Booth students to learn firsthand about the private equity and venture capital industries. Through the combination of an intensive internship at a private equity or venture capital firm and an academic course, students become active participants in the… Read More
Join the Polsky Center and Career Services for a workshop featuring Chicago Booth Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Polsky Center Investor-in-Residence (IIR), Chris McGowan. Chris will discuss the process of interviewing for roles in private equity as a career changer. He will explore how best to present your background, your… Read More
Join the Polsky Center’s Investor in-Residence Tim Kelly for a workshop that explores the private equity industry. Students interested in a career in private equity often think “Venture versus Buyout/Later Stage” or “Investments/Transactional versus Operational”. However, there are dozens of careers in the PE industry that you may have never… Read More
Join Polsky Investor in-Residence Tim Kelly for an interactive workshop on building effective slide decks. Tim will cover ways to build a presentation that communicates your ideas and inspires your audience. This workshop will help you understand the structure of a “winning” slide deck that helps tell a compelling story. Read More
A follow-on to the September 28 Collaboratorium event, this event provides the opportunity for technical founders participating in the Polsky Center’s new cleantech accelerator, Resurgence, to showcase their companies and network with students and alumni. In turn, it allows students to learn about opportunities to work with the inaugural cohort… Read More
Curious about the Fab Lab? Got an idea and don’t know where to start with the design process? Learn about the Fab Lab’s hardware, software, and prototyping tools and why they are useful, as well as Fab Lab safety. This hour-long Fab Lab orientation allows you to access the Fab… Read More
The Chicago Booth Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) is a VC simulation that allows students to think and act as venture capitalists and helps the school identify top student representatives for regional and national intercollegiate competitions. The University of Chicago participates in both the undergraduate VCIC (uVCIC) and MBA-level VCIC,… Read More
Curious about the Fab Lab? Got an idea and don’t know where to start with the design process? Learn about the Fab Lab’s hardware, software, and prototyping tools and why they are useful, as well as Fab Lab safety. This hour-long Fab Lab orientation allows you to access the Fab… Read More
Curious about the Fab Lab? Got an idea and don’t know where to start with the design process? Learn about the Fab Lab’s hardware, software, and prototyping tools and why they are useful, as well as Fab Lab safety. This hour-long Fab Lab orientation allows you to access the Fab… Read More
Learn to carve 3D shapes out of materials like wood, plastic, and soft metals like aluminum. The X-Carve is also great for etching custom circuit boards. We’ll work with the easy-to-use Easel software, making this a great introduction to the world of computer numerical control. Prerequisite: Polsky Exchange Membership, Fab… Read More
Learn to use our Lulzbot Taz5 desktop 3D Printer to make your own plastic prototypes. This session will cover basic 3D design in TinkerCAD, and the printing process with Cura. Bring your laptop to design and slice your own model to print later. Participants will need to make a free… Read More
Learn to create your own files for 3D printing with Tinkercad, a simple browser-based 3D design program. Participants will need to make a free Autodesk account at www.tinkercad.com. No experience necessary.