Hundreds of inventors, investors and other creative types will converge on the Bloomington Convention Center on April 8-10 for The Combine, an annual conference where coders, creators and culture meet capital and decide to start a company. At least, that’s the idea. Throughout the past five years, The Combine — sponsored in part by Innovate… Read more »
Tag: Small Business & Entrepreneurship
BEST competition at IU Bloomington offers $250,000 for student entrepreneurs' top ideas
Four years ago, a group of 10 investors, the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. and IU School of Informatics and Computing Dean Bobby Schnabel helped launch the Building Entrepreneurs in Software and Technology (BEST) competition. The objective was to enhance the entrepreneurial culture at IU Bloomington by giving seniors and graduate students two important… Read more »
CREED council member Bandyopadhyay wins Fulbright grant to study consumerism in India
Indiana University Northwest marketing professor Subir Bandyopadhyay, who represents the campus on IU’s Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED), has won a Fulbright Scholar Program grant and will travel to India this summer to research and promote consumerism in India. A recognized expert in consumer marketing, Bandyopadhyay — who has taught at IU… Read more »
Deadline of April 1 set for applications to Pilot Grant Program established by IU's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
The Pilot Grant Program, offered by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology at IU-Bloomington, funds “proof of concept” projects from any discipline that supports research projects that can: Be developed with an industry partner Serve as the basis to launch a new company Be used to strengthen patent applications based on IU-B discoveries. Project… Read more »
Idea for protective motorcycle enclosure wins fourth annual student competition at IUPUI
A protective steel enclosure for motorcycles — targeted for use in parking garages, apartment complexes and university campuses — emerged as the winning pitch at the fourth annual Ideas Solving Social and Economic Challenges (ISSEC) competition hosted by IUPUI’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Center for Research and Learning. The concept… Read more »
State champions of the Indiana vs. Texas Challenge about to learn who won the overall competition – and who gets "braggin' rights"
The winner of the Indiana vs. Texas Challenge, (initially set to be announced Thursday, March 12) is now scheduled to be announced Wednesday, March 25 — and a pair of Hoosier teams have their eye on the $4,000 grand prize. Organized by the Indy Chamber and TechPoint in partnership with the State of Indiana, the… Read more »
Cyberinfrastructure Building to host reception to launch The Switchboard, a support website for Bloomington's entrepreneurial community
The Cyberinfrastructure Building at IU-Bloomington will be the venue for an April 1 public reception to introduce The Switchboard, an asset-mapping website for Bloomington’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The reception, co-sponsored by IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement (OVPE), will highlight the function and purpose of the Switchboard website and showcase the Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB)… Read more »
Innovation to solve social, economic dilemmas is the focus of IUPUI student pitch competition
The IUPUI University Library’s Lilly Auditorium will be the setting Friday, March 6, for the fourth annual Ideas Solving Social and Economic Challenges Idea Competition. Hosted by IUPUI’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Center for Research and Learning, the competition encourages individual students or teams to “pitch” new products or ventures…. Read more »
IU startup Arrhythmotech to showcase its research at NIH innovation conference in Ohio
Arrhythmotech LLC, an Indiana University startup company that is developing a new generation of cardio monitoring instruments, has been selected to make a poster presentation of its work on Wednesday, March 4, during the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Regional Innovation Conference-Midwest in Columbus, Ohio. NHLBI is a division of the National Institutes… Read more »
ARMSTRONG: IU and 144 other universities voice concern regarding proposed Innovation Act to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
As one of the nation’s leading research institutions and an invaluable resource for scientists whose innovations better the human condition, Indiana University relies on a robust patent system to protect such work. With such a system in place, it allows IU and other universities to license these patented works to business and industry, which in… Read more »