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Summer camp teaches high schools students entrepreneurship skills

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The IU Indianapolis Entrepreneurship Boot Camp offers students a hands-on, week-long experience exploring what it takes to start up a small business. Through collaboration between the IU Indianapolis Office of Community Engagement, the IU Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis, and the IU Herron School of Art + Design, the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp was held… Read more »

The symbiotic relationship between IUPUI and Indianapolis’s focus on sports and tourism

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Indianapolis’ unprecedented task of hosting the entire NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament provides the opportunity to reflect on the interconnected relationship between the IUPUI campus and the City of Indianapolis in their pursuit of an economy advanced by sports and tourism. Decades ago Indianapolis community leaders came together to develop a strategy for the… Read more »

Learn more about the team developing 16 Tech

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By Marisa Juarez, Communications Specialist The 16 Tech Innovation District is being developed by the 16 Tech Community Corporation, a nonprofit organization governed by a Board of Directors dedicated to fostering economic growth and innovation in Central Indiana. The 16 Tech Community Corporation engages industry, civic, philanthropic and community leaders in its mission to create… Read more »

You can support our efforts in the community

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You can support programs that focus on improving community members’ lives. IU Day is a day to celebrate and support the multitude of connections between IU and the world, including the impact of community engagement. Students from all IU campuses are actively engaging with their communities every day. At IUPUI, this is a key focus… Read more »

Success at SOURCE River West Pitch Fest

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On November 16th, 2017, SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center (SOURCE RW) hosted its second Pitch-Fest. Entrepreneurs who had completed the SOURCE RW Kauffman FastTrac® Business Owners Series were invited to pitch their business ideas with the potential of winning a $1000 award provided by the Kelley School of Business, Indianapolis. Kauffman FastTrac® is offered at SOURCE RW… Read more »

SOURCE River West adds new entrepreneurship services with Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust grant

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SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center (SOURCE RW) is proud to announce that they have received a two-year, $125,000 grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust  to expand services at the Near West education and business support center, located at 2230 West Michigan Street. The grant will allow SOURCE RW to provide additional services, programs, coaching, and co-working… Read more »

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