Innovation

Last week, I was one of the panelists for TechPoint’s monthly New Economy New Rules breakfast event on the topic of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — two federal programs that should be of great interest to entrepreneurs seeking startup funding. From the official SBIR/STTR government website: The Small […]

Entrepreneurs use equity compensation, or stock options, to help build the best team of talent possible to work for their startups. Money is almost always very tight with startups, so stock options serve as a way to make up for less than market value salaries, as well as serve as significant incentive for employees to […]

To stay relevant and compete in today’s ever-changing digital landscape, having a base knowledge of how digital marketing and advertising works is important. In order to obtain that base knowledge, business owners and marketers often find themselves reading through a list of buzzwords, catchphrases and slogans. While on paper these catchphrases and slogans sound promising, […]

Companies of all sizes from all industries strive to uncover the growth strategy that will take them to the next level. What many companies learn, disturbingly slowly, is that not all strategic growth processes are the same. Vennli, a cloud-based software-as-a-service startup coming out of Innovation Park at Notre Dame is helping companies develop and […]

When Ball State University student Anthony Sparks and former student David Rogers set out to create a fashion app, they wanted to do something different, something better. They started designing a “what to wear” fashion picker that learns your style based on outfits you “like” using the app. What they ultimately created is Noria, a […]