Polsky Center funds students who are “all in”

Scott Kitun holds an all hands on deck discussion about the U Chicago Polsky Center. Entrepreneurship is now a top program at U Chicago’s Booth School of Business.  Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Polsky Center John Flavin is joined by recipients of the innovation fund Katherine Harris of AVnovum and John…

Your kid could build robots after school

Kids are getting their hands on robotics and programming in Chicago. Digital Adventures  Co- Founder Omowale Casselle helps kids after school to teach them about tech and programming. Learn how Casselle is working to cut costs and spread his program across the country. Showbiz Shelly joins Scott Kitun to talk about the most recent celebrity-tech…

Wipe your messy butt like a man

Dude Wipes are for dudes that take massive, muddy dude dumps. Have you ever wanted to use superior baby wipes instead of gross toilet paper that leaves flakes of pooh on you but thought, “No way, I’m a total dude, I’m not a baby”? Well then these wipes are for you, dude.

The Sparkl fairy will come wash your car

Have someone swing by and wash your car in an eco-friendly, waterless manner. Lisa Souter is the founder of on-demand car cleaning service Sparkl. After growing annoyed with a dirty van and having three kids, Souter had the idea to build an on-demand car cleaning service. Find out how she balanced parenthood and building an…

Put data to work for you

Sonny Garg uses data to determine when a wind turbine is going to fail. Uptake is a predictive analytics company that mines all the data out there to determine when a machine might fail and protect companies from loss. Garg is the Energy Solutions Lead for Uptake.

HPA Podcast | People First with Joe Beatty

Joe Beatty, former CEO of Tellular Corporation, joins HPA on our latest People First podcast to discuss the key skills for running both public and private companies. Key takeaways include: How to build your team and fit your team members in their respective roles How your actions and attitudes as a CEO permeate every single part of…