Open to all Luddy students and the broader IU community, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program helps students seize their future and do things that have never been done before.
We support aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs through a clinic, workshops, mentoring, scholarships, and workspace.
While Adam Sobol was an undergrad studying informatics, he founded CareBand, which uses wearable sensors to monitor the movement and daily activity of seniors living with dementia.
Luddy helped Adam develop the skill set to succeed with CareBand by exposing him to several forms of computing. Winning an IU entrepreneurship competition helped, too: Adam got money to turn his idea into reality and learned a lot from pitching to a group of distinguished Luddy and IU alumni.
The clinic facilitates Luddy School's partnership with industry partners and student startups. The clinic provides the following services:
To apply for coworking space, write to luddysic@indiana.edu.
Pitch your innovative idea for a slice of $30,000 in funding. The competition is open to all IU Bloomington students.
Learn about the Cheng Wu Innovation Challenge
Each year, a group of Luddy graduate students travels to Silicon Valley to learn firsthand from successful tech entrepreneurs. You pay for transportation, and donors cover the food, hotel, and logistics costs. Grad students, we’ll email you when the application for the next Velocity Conference goes live.
Learn about the Velocity Conference
Product Manager, Google
Partner, Ice Miller
Chief Product Officer, OneCause
Philanthropist and Student Advisor
Chairman of Board of Directors, Extreme Networks, Inc.
General Partner, Taiwania Capital Management
Division Chief, Nationwide Children's Hospital
