By Kennady Alise Livers, intern, SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center; student, IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI At the end of October, IUPUI’s Office of Community Engagement partnered with SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center to bring PopUp Business School to Indianapolis. Indy has now become only the second location in the U.S. to host… Read more »

The Indiana University Kelley School of Business will present its 2020 economic forecasts for Indiana and the nation in eight cities, beginning with a Nov. 7 presentation at IUPUI to the Indianapolis community and business leaders. Kelley Outlook: Indianapolis will begin at 7:30 a.m. in Hine Hall, 875 W. North St. In addition to presenting… Read more »

By Travis J. Brown, senior executive assistant dean for innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization, and executive director of the Shoemaker Innovation Center A common misconception when it comes to supporting student innovation and student entrepreneurship is that all educational spaces serve the same purpose. But only a small subset of student inventors and entrepreneurs I work… Read more »

B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for entrepreneurs and early-stage startups in Bloomington, has announced its 2019 cohort. Out of 20 applications, 14 startups were selected to participate in the five-month program. B-Start is designed for entrepreneurs who want to take their creative business idea through a comprehensive refining process to build a foundation for acceleration. The… Read more »

The 2019 Indiana Manufacturing Survey, released Oct. 16 and titled “Labor Shortages Hit Home,” finds companies across the state are reporting a serious shortage of skilled and unskilled laborers as they move rapidly toward smart manufacturing, known as “Industry 4.0.” Commissioned by Katz, Sapper & Miller, authored by faculty from Indiana University’s Kelley School of… Read more »

Brandon Boynton is a current student at IUPUI and a serial entrepreneur. By Brandon Boynton, co-founder and CEO, Vemity Anyone who works in software — especially in mobile apps — will constantly hear, “Oh! I have an idea for an app/website! You build it, and we’ll split the profits 50/50!” First, ignoring the fact that… Read more »

By Timothy W. Scales, senior lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East At Indiana University East, we like to talk about money. We discuss many things concerning money: how to get it, how to invest it and how to save it. Money is such an interesting topic that three students created a way… Read more »

By Kirsten Adams, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement, Indiana University The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its third quarterly meeting of 2019 Aug. 28 on the IUPUI campus. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, highlighted the start… Read more »

By Timothy W. Scales, senior lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East At the Center for Entrepreneurship at Indiana University East, we teach with technology. Sometimes it’s the instructor teaching the students and, other times, it’s the students teaching the instructor. Over the past few years, we have utilized new equipment such as… Read more »

By Teresa A. Bennett, assistant vice chancellor, Office of Community Engagement, IUPUI SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center was launched in 2016 out of a partnership between the IUPUI Office of Community Engagement, LISC and the Near West/River West Great Places 2020 leadership. It was created to fulfill the neighborhood’s desire for entrepreneurship and small-business education… Read more »