Monroe County residents pitched their startups and business plans to judges during Demo Day, the final event of the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation’s B-Start program. Indiana University alumni took first and second place in the competition with the startups Reezy and Towny. Reezy also won the prize for Best Business Plan. IU senior Ankush Bikkasani… Read more »
Students
IU student startup incubating at the Shoebox: ViLearn, founded by Fatima Rafiqui and Parumita Sachdeva
We’re celebrating Indiana University’s 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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build and sustain their businesses. Meet ViLearn ViLearn was founded by Fatima Rafiqui and… Read more »
IU student startup incubating at the Shoebox: Hire Degree, founded by Jacob Lampf, Jon Pogorzelski and Brett Eisner.
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Hire Degree Hire Degree was founded by… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Elevate, founded by Madeline Athanasiou, Casey Curtis, Casey Daleiden and Sophia Schmidt
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Elevate Elevate was founded by Madeline Athanasiou… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox. Trap Mike’s: Late Night Market, founded by Misha Rekhter and Max Himelstein
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Trap Mike’s: Late Night Market Two students… Read more »
The launch of the IU Angel Network Sports Innovation Initiative
In partnership with the Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute, the IU Angel Network has launched the IU Angel Network Sports Innovation Initiative to bridge the gap with startup founders’ ideas and build an investment case around a fundable business proposition. “This new IU Angel Network programming allows us… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Onboard Manuals, co-founded by Cherif Redissi
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Onboard Manuals Cherif Redissi, a master’s student… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Deep Word, founded by Ankush Bikkasani
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Deep Word Ankush Bikkasani, a senior from… Read more »
IU student startups incubating at the Shoebox: Blueprint Stats, founded by Hunter Hawley
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 on the Bloomington campus, the Shoebox provides 24/7 office space to help student entrepreneurs build, launch and sustain their businesses. Meet Blueprint Stats Hunter Hawley, a recent alumnus… Read more »
7 IU student entrepreneurs participating in 2020-21 B-Start cohort
Seven Indiana University Bloomington students are participating in B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for entrepreneurs and their early-stage startups in Monroe County. The program is offered through the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. The four startups led by participating IU students are: Deep Word, led by Ankush Bikkasani and Dipam Vasani. It is a synthetic video and audio… Read more »