Panzanzee is Chicago's social enterprise incubator, co-working space and continuous community.
We care about people and provide discovery, resources, trust and traction for entrepreneurs and professionals pursuing sustainable financial and social impact.
Let’s Get Started!
We’re a one stop shop... aiming to efficiently provide the tools that entrepreneurs need.
INCUBATION:
Concept &
Business Strategy Development
We customize our process to meet a startup's needs from idea to action.
INCUBATION:
Peer-to-Peer
(P2P)
Group Meetings
Entrepreneurs share business needs in a confidential, facilitated format. We custom-make groups and match each entrepreneur to his or her best fit.
Raise the Barn*
(our signature event!)
*Does not take place in an actual barn.
An event with real traction: We select entrepreneurs to present a challenge. Then we rally Chicago's brightest business professionals, investors, mentors, artists and entrepreneurs to brainstorm solutions for balancing business and mission.
Interested in presenting?
Space
Join our co-working space in River North!
Funding
We help you find seed funding and then later stage investors.
Networks &
Efficiencies
From attorneys to rocket scientists, we aggregate and vet networks to make life faster, smarter and affordable.
Join Us!
Social enterprises come in many forms.
We incubate 3 types of impact organizations and entrepreneurs.
Social Impact
Business
$ = IMPACT
For-profits with a social mission as a core part of their business model
Traditional Commercial Business
$ > IMPACT
For-profits that want to develop a social impact strategy
Non-Profit with a Business Model
$ < IMPACT
Non-profits building sustainable business models to support their mission
Our Secret Sauce: Discovery!
Panzanzee is the process of discovering the right answer: your "CHIMPANZEE" answer! We work through a structured process to optimize financial and social impact. Along the way we...
Cultivate
STOKE THE PASSION
& WONDER
of Creative Entrepreneurship
Aggregate
INVITE EXPERTS
& CREATIVES
to join the adventure
Optimize
ADD CORE BUSINESS
elements and
ELIMINATE THE CLUTTER
that gets in the way
Our Mantras:
Knowing what to do comes from knowing who you are. These are our core values. What are yours?
We are more
than business partners;
we're friends
RELATIONSHIP
Whatever
you do,
do it well
EXCELLENCE
The right answer comes from the right process
DISCOVERY
It's a jungle
out there;
enjoy the
journey
ADVENTURE
Big dreams need
daily diligence;
we work hard
TRACTION
At the end of the day, it's about making impact
IMPACT
