By Becca Downs, Spoke City Writing When Jennie Moser began applying for auditions as an opera singer, she soon saw room for improvement when it came to streamlining the process of growing a network and sharing an artistic portfolio. As a result, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music alumna founded a platform for artists… Read more »
Entrepreneurship
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Joe’s Odd Jobs, founded by Joe Rahaim and Jack Joliet
We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Joe’s Odd Jobs Joe Rahaim, a junior finance and business analytics… Read more »
IU Ventures, Canopy to co-host ‘Selling in Our New Normal, a Hoosier Perspective’ seminar
The novel coronavirus has forced operational changes in many organizations, including sales teams in the commercial and industrial sectors. These changes will be addressed during a free, virtual seminar co-hosted by IU Ventures and Canopy, a business intelligence company based in Indianapolis. “Selling in Our New Normal, a Hoosier Perspective” will begin at 1 p.m…. Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Mixciti, founded by Garrett Freeman
We’re celebrating Indiana University student innovators and entrepreneurs who are clients of the Shoebox, the university’s student-startup incubator. Located in the Shoemaker Innovation Center in Luddy Hall, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Mixciti Garrett Freeman, a senior sports marketing major from Thorntown, Indiana,… Read more »
Student innovation, entrepreneurial activity remain strong despite pandemic – Hire Degree
Even during a pandemic, Indiana University Bloomington students are pressing forward with their innovative and entrepreneurial ventures. They include Jacob Lampf, who is working on a venture called Hire Degree. Hire Degree is an on-demand student talent program connecting startup and growth companies with university students via ongoing, remote, part-time job opportunities. “By connecting growing… Read more »
Student innovation, entrepreneurial activity remain strong despite pandemic – Elevate
Even during a pandemic, Indiana University Bloomington students are pressing forward with their innovative and entrepreneurial ventures. They include Maddie Athanasiou, Casey Curtis, Casey Daleiden and Sophia Schmidt, who are the team behind Elevate. Elevate is a mobile app that allows for building residents to track and control elevators from their phone. The idea was planted… Read more »
Kelley joins IU Ventures Investment Committee
Mark R. Kelley is the newest member of the IU Ventures Investment Committee. Kelley, a professor of pediatrics and cancer researcher at Indiana University School of Medicine, was appointed by Jay L. Hess, dean of IU School of Medicine and an IU Ventures board member. Kelley succeeds Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mervin Yoder, who served on the committee from 2014 to… Read more »
Another example of IU expertise at innovation and commercialization
By Samantha Ginther, senior associate, IU Ventures Everyone at the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office and IU Ventures congratulates drug discovery company MBX Biosciences for recently completing a $34.6 million Series A round of funding. This is the latest entrepreneurial good news for Indiana University researcher and Distinguished Professor Richard DiMarchi, IUPUI alumnus Kent… Read more »
Q&A with Nancy T. Chang, Ph.D., plenary speaker for the fifth annual Innovation and Commercialization Conference
Nancy T. Chang, Ph.D., founded Tanox, a biopharmaceutical company, in 1986 while on faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine. The company developed Xolair, an anti-inflammatory asthma treatment, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for use in 2003. Tanox was acquired by Genentech in 2007 for $919 million. Chang will speak during the… Read more »
The 2020-21 Shoemaker Scholars: Meet Brady Anderson.
The Shoemaker Scholars program brings together 10 Indiana University Bloomington students from a variety of academic disciplines. They encourage other students to explore their own entrepreneurial and innovative interests, and they oversee the StartupIU website that connects students with university-based startups. John and Donna Shoemaker funded the program, which awards annual scholarships to its members…. Read more »