Entrepreneurship knows no bounds, least of all age or industrial/educational sector. The 2017 finalists in the JagStart Elevator Competition are proof. JagStart, sponsored by the IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, brought together 15 student entrepreneurial teams who pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges. The students came from a wide range… Read more »
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In Their Own Words: IU-based medical software startup Digital Health Solutions LLC
Digital Health Solutions LLC, founded by Dr. Stephen Downs and Tammy Dugan of the Indiana University School of Medicine, is commercializing software that can help doctors improve quality of care for pediatric patients. Downs and Dugan wrote about the software, called CHICA, and the company for TechPoint, whose mission is to promote and accelerate the… Read more »
IU, other universities receive NSF grant to aid women, other minority entrepreneurs
Indiana University, the University of Louisville, and Missouri University of Science and Technology were awarded a $225,000 grant for a pilot program called AWARE: ACCESS: Building Innovation Capacity through Diversity. The program will help women and other minority faculty, staff and student innovators improve their successes in securing money to commercialize their inventions. “We are thrilled to… Read more »
IUPUI students to showcase their entrepreneurial talents during the 2017 JagStart competition!
Major League Baseball may be in the midst of spring training, but very important pitches will happen Friday, March 3 in Indianapolis Fifteen teams of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis students will compete for $5,500 during the 2017 JagStart competition, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium of the IUPUI library. The teams have three minutes to share product or… Read more »
Inside Indiana Business reports on healthcare software startup Digital Health Solutions
Digital Health Solutions is a software startup founded by Dr. Stephen Downs and Tammy Dugan, two members of the Indiana University School of Medicine. The company’s first product, software called CHICA, or Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation, has been used at Eskenazi Hospital for several years. The company licenses the technology through Indiana University Research and Technology… Read more »
B-Start participant shares benefits, lessons taken from pre-accelerator geared toward student-run businesses
A recent participant in the B-Start pre-accelerator for student-run businesses, IU entrepreneurship and international business major Wes Wagner, wrote an article outlining key lessons he took from four-month mentorship program offered by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. Among the topics he addressed were time management, coping with “burnout,” using motivation to complete more work and… Read more »
The Bee Corp. begins R&D on its commercial beehive sensors
Remember The Bee Corp., the startup launched by then-IU students that won the BEST Competition? The company is growing! Wyatt Wells, the company CMO, explained that the company has begun research and development on its agriculture technology: sensors that detect what the environment of a commercial beehive is like. You can read more about the… Read more »
Startup licensing IU technology nears trials for Fragile X Syndrome treatment
We wish the best to Confluence Pharmaceuticals LLC, which licenses technology through Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. According to Inside Indiana Business, the company is within a few months of beginning clinical trials for its drug that could treat Fragile X Syndrome. FXS affects about 180,00 people in the United States. People affected by FXS… Read more »
NY Times: Indianapolis emerging as a technology hub; IU among state universities supplying tech talent
A recent New York Times article offered the nation, in fact the world, an overview of something that Hoosiers have known for several years now — that Indianapolis is more than a manufacturing center and is taking its place as a technology center. Just a few examples cited in the story included: The expansion of… Read more »
IU Northwest professor helps small businesses search for ‘appi-ness’ when it comes to low-cost mobile marketing
Once again, Subir Bandyopadhyay’s mission to bring low-cost mobile marketing strategies to small businesses in northwest Indiana has taken flight — this time at a Jan. 23 workshop held at the IU Northwest campus. Titled “In Search of Appi-ness: Leverage Apps to Develop a Cost-Effective Mobile Marketing Strategy,” 23 people took part in the four-hour… Read more »