Entrepreneurship

UChicago nurtures city’s Internet start-up scene

With mentors from Groupon and other local companies, young entrepreneurs are joining Chicago’s burgeoning tech industry.


Rachel Cromidas

Coursework inspires ice cream innovation, Chicago Booth alumni

Alums mix Booth training with science to create cutting-edge confections.


Rachel Cromidas

Emily Underwood

Title: Clinical Professor of Law, Bluhm-Helfand Director of the Innovation Clinic

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Startups

Departmental website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/underwood

Waverly Deutsch

Title: Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of University-Wide Entrepreneurship Content

Expertise: Diversity, Entrepreneurship

Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/d/waverly-deutsch

James E. Schrager

Title: Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management

Expertise: Entrepreneurship

Departmental website: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/james-e-schrager

Elizabeth Kregor

Title: Lecturer in Law, Director of The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship

Expertise: Entrepreneurship

University website: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/kregor

Funmi Olopade

Title: Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics

Expertise: Breast cancer, Entrepreneurship

Departmental website: http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/olufunmilayo-olopade.html