IU Innovates

We are pleased to be a part of hosting the first day of the AlgoRhythms Conference this Friday from 10am-5pm. This event presents an invaluable opportunity for IU students to gain insight into the impact of AI technology on the music industry and beyond!

Tomorrow, Jodi Bondi Norgaard, a keynote speaker, author, entrepreneur, and feminist advocate known for breaking gender stereotypes and driving social change will be visiting IU to give a presentation as well as be signing copies of her publication, More Than A Doll. ?? Date: Tuesday, March 25th ? Time: 7:00 PM ?? Location: Von Lee, Conference Room Space is limited—RSVP now to secure your spot! https://lnkd.in/e47EpxPz

Grab lunch and join Jon Barada and Drushya Musham for tomorrow's IU Founders and Funders Network Fireside Chat. Register: https://lnkd.in/gUb5NH7t The IU Founders and Funders Network Fireside Chat series is presented by Kelley Direct Online MBA. Get started at kelley.iu.edu.

Welcome back, entrepreneurs and students! We hope you had an amazing spring break and are ready to tackle the rest of the semester head-on. Let's finish strong and achieve our goals together. You've got this! ?? ??

Senior founders: Your Bali trip fell through? Didn't get into that Big 4 internship? Good. Now you can actually fund your startup. Get paid $6k this summer to work on your idea. Join me this summer in Bloomington for Startup Summer. Apply below https://lnkd.in/gpGZRedF

Indiana Collegiate Founders, lock in your summer funding and plans now before that Spring Break trip! We're taking tech founders from idea, MVP, and early revenue stage. 9 weeks of pure startup grinding while getting PAID. You can still have ramen dinner but now with an egg (or two)! Apply to Startup Summer by March 21st https://lnkd.in/gkJpTwBJ

Member Spotlight ?? Parker Busick (Founder, CEO) Riley Lemons (Cofounder, member of the IU Drum Line) John Alex R.(Cofounder, signed to Wasserman agency with the band Six Foot Blonde) Company: Soloist About: Soloist is a social collaborative music sandbox where music makers can build songs with others, grow a following of their peers, and earn money via competitions and stream payouts. Soloist has been featured in 4 global tech conferences, and raised $142,000 from pitch competitions, grants, accelerators, and Elevate Ventures. Big announcement is that they are now launching on the App Store, so give it a download via?https://lnkd.in/gY7gdeus

Jag Start at IU Indianapolis is coming back and applications are still open! If you are an entrepreneur with a startup idea or have an existing business, we encourage you to apply! Jag Start is a 7 week long program that will help you workshop and create your pitch. You will be paired with a mentor to help craft your pitch. Jag Start ends with a pitch competition on April 14th. First place wins $2,500, second wins $1,500, and third wins $750 to put towards your business. All companies will receive exposure to the larger Indiana startup ecosystem to help build your networks and move your business forward! Deadline to apply is March 5th. Application: https://lnkd.in/gWZBTBY7

We had a great group of Individuals attend the Mira Awards this past weekend! IU alum company rScan was nominated and won Rising Entrepreneur of the Year, and current IU Innovates member Isaiah "Izzy" Branam's company Relate XR was nominated for a total of 4 categories. We are truly blessed with such a great group representing us and making a positive impact.

Build, Scale, Thrive with Startup Summer 2.0 hosted by The Mill 9 Weeks, Bloomington IN, $6,000 Stipend, Demo Day Finale. Startup Summer is back and better than ever! This summer we are accepting 15-20 students across 3 tracks (idea stage, MVP, early revenue) state wide for collegiate founders ready to take their startups to the next level. Here is a short list of what it will look like: ?? 9 Weeks (June 1st-Aug 1st) of Coaching and Programming ?? $6,000 stipend per founder so you can focus full-time on your venture ?? Demo Day in front VCs who could write your first investment check ?? Weekly social outings and group bonding ?? Post program support community + free Mill membership You can apply now down below, deadline is March 21st. https://lnkd.in/gkJpTwBJ IU Innovates Purdue Innovates The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame Shoemaker Innovation Center Ball State University