The University Economic Development Association has chosen three finalist in each of the five awards categories for the UEDA Awards of Excellence. Congratulations to Indiana University Kokomo for being named a finalist for the 2012 UEDA Excellence in Leadership and Collaboration award! IU Kokomo is one of three finalist in the running for this award for their Regional Transformation Initiative. IU Kokomo [...]
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IU Kokomo named finalist for 2012 UEDA Excellence in Leadership and Collaboration award
Posted on September 12th, 2012 | By David Gard
Tags: David Gard, Economic Development, economic impact, education, Higher Education, Indiana University
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IUPUI Professor Ali Jafari and Courseload win 2012 Mira Awards for Technology in Education Excellence
Posted on May 17th, 2012 | By David Gard
Saturday evening I had the opportunity to attend the 2012 Mira Awards ceremony at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. The Mira Awards are presented by TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, to recognize the state’s high-tech successes. The Mira Awards recognize excellence and innovation among Indiana’s outstanding technology industry performers and contributors, and focus attention on [...]
Tags: academic innovation, David Gard, education, Higher Education, Higher Education & Innovation, Higher Education and Innovation, Innovation, IUPUI
Posted in David Gard, Higher Education, innovation economy, Success Stories |
Indy’s emerging tech start-up ecosystem: Verge
Posted on April 17th, 2012 | By David Gard
While the previously introduced Speak Easy represents the physical hub of the Indianapolis tech start-up movement, Verge provides its virtual center, offering a network community from which entrepreneurs, developers, and investors can engage and interact. Under the vision and leadership of founder Matt Hunckler, Verge membership has swelled to over 1,500 in less than three [...]
Tags: entrepreneurship, Verge
Posted in David Gard, Entrepreneurship, innovation economy, Success Stories |
CourseNetworking Launches
Posted on April 5th, 2012 | By Tony Armstrong
I’m happy to announce that the CourseNetworking social media site went live yesterday. Also known as theCN, it’s a great open source learning platform that will help teachers and students connect. The IURTC works closely with theCN founder Dr. Ali Jafari, a serial entrepreneur who has been very successful taking his innovations from idea to [...]
Tags: ali jafari, education, open source, social networking, theCN
Posted in Economic Development, Higher Education, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Success Stories, Technology Transfer, Tony Armstrong |
ExactTarget IPO a big win for Indiana
Posted on March 23rd, 2012 | By David Gard
Congratulations to Indianapolis-based ExactTarget Inc. (ET) on the company’s successful initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange: its shares rose 32% by market close of its trading debut on Thursday, March 22. ExactTarget develops and provides permission-based marketing software enabling businesses to interactively market to their customers on-demand via email, mobile, Internet, and [...]
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