entrepreneurship
BTN LiveBIG: Scoring 'B1G' in innovation rankings
BTN LiveBIG: Scoring 'B1G' in innovation rankings
[btn-post-package]The universities of the Big Ten Conference are known for being trailblazers in higher education, but their achievements aren?t limited to the lecture hall. They also fund a vast array of research and are home to groundbreaking entrepreneurial centers. Consequently, Reuters? most recent list of the 100 Most Innovative Universities in the World includes 11 B1G […]
BTN LiveBIG: Big Ten students bring their 'A' game to national startup tournament
BTN LiveBIG: Big Ten students bring their 'A' game to national startup tournament
College basketball is in full swing, and in just a few weeks, we?ll be talking about seeds, bubbles and Cinderellas. But there?s another tournament that kicks off sooner: Student Startup Madness (SSM). [btn-post-package]This tournament features 64 startup ?teams? created by students from 38 public and private colleges and universities across the country. And the Big […]
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa's I-Corps program to equip enterprising researchers with business savvy
BTN LiveBIG: Iowa's I-Corps program to equip enterprising researchers with business savvy
A new program at the University of Iowa has put out a statewide call for thinkers, creatives, inventors and entrepreneurs who want to see their fields of dreams become realities. And backed by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the school appears poised to unveil a fresh crop of innovative technologies for […]
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin grads put their 'Stamp' on mobile technology
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin grads put their 'Stamp' on mobile technology
A series that covers the true revolutionaries, Game Changers explores how innovators from Big Ten universities - students, faculty and alums - are inventing or reinventing their chosen fields. Just five years ago, they were three fresh-faced graduate students in Madison, entering their project in the University of Wisconsin?s Climate Leader Challenge (now called Global […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue grad finds opportunity is the mother of invention
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue grad finds opportunity is the mother of invention
For Steve Katsaros, it all started with a nagging idea. Walking by a construction site one evening, he noticed a rope of construction lights all drawing power from a chugging, polluting generator. Immediately, a question came to his mind: Was it necessary? The next day, he went home and sketched a simple but elegant solution […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue's Conlin Durbin, student entrepreneur
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue's Conlin Durbin, student entrepreneur
Students at Big Ten universities aren?t waiting until they get out into the ?real world? to make a difference. Find out how they?re working together to create positive, meaningful change in this BTN LiveBIG series: the Student Section. On the campus of Purdue University, there?s a place called The Anvil. It?s not a forge, but […]
