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Polsky Exchange and Women’s Business Development Center Partner to Empower Minority-Owned Businesses in Chicago

The Polsky Exchange will provide a number of resources for a Women’s Business Development Center-led program, including workshops led by Polsky Center staff, space to work, market research carried…

10 Startups Graduate from Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program

In a ceremony at the Polsky Exchange, mentors, sponsors, and participants gathered to celebrate the completion of the program, which expanded from 10 weeks to nine months this year.…

Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center Welcomes 2 New Advisors

Dima Elissa and Major Purnell join the Polsky Exchange's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as advisors to further support economic growth on Chicago’s South Side. Launched last year, the SBDC…

Inclusive Innovation Funding Supports New Programming for Community Entrepreneurs

The Inclusive Innovation Fund has awarded the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $50,000 to launch a new program supporting technology commercialization in the…

9 Local Entrepreneurs Form Legal Businesses at Incorporation/Organization Day

Earlier this month the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted its second annual Incorporation/Organization Day, a unique event that connects West and South Side entrepreneurs with attorneys from local…

How to know if your business is ready for franchising

The following article was written by Abigail Ingram, executive director of the Polsky Exchange. Many business owners express interest in franchising their businesses,…

Entrepreneurs Need to Start Paying Themselves Correctly. Here’s How

The following article was written by Abigail Ingram, executive director of the Polsky Exchange. Entrepreneurs and those who work with entrepreneurs know that…

Veteran, Teacher, Business Owner: Meet the New Leader of the Polsky Exchange’s Small Business Development Center

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently welcomed Vince Beachum as senior program manager and director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Polsky Exchange. …

Startups to Receive Additional Support through ‘Opportunity Zones’ Programming

The Polsky Center, on behalf of the Duality quantum startup accelerator and the Polsky Exchange, has been approved for the Chicagoland Opportunity Zones Consortium’s (COZC) technical assistance initiative. Opportunity Zones…

Incorporation/Organization Day Helps Local Entrepreneurs Form Legal Business Entities

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently hosted Incorporation/Organization Day, a first-of-its-kind event in Chicago that connected West and South Side entrepreneurs with attorneys from local law firms to…

New Funding Expands Tech Access to South Side Entrepreneurs at the Polsky Exchange

As part of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, the Polsky Exchange leads the Chicago Tech Equity Desk – connecting South Side entrepreneurs with…

#SBDC Day Q&A: How Will the New Small Business Development Center at the Polsky Exchange Help Chicago’s South Side?

SBDC Day, held this year on March 15, is an annual celebration of the nation's 1,000 Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), a network of federally-funded sites that provide no-cost, one-one-on…

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