BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Entrepreneurs often lack resources and funding needed to launch a venture and reach out to family and friends for initial support. But is it always good for a startup when individuals close to the founder are asked if they want to “be on the ground floor of something good?” New research… Read more »
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Kelley School program chosen as the national model by U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Kelley School of Business is the recipient of the prestigious 2023 USASBE Model Entrepreneurship Program Award, presented by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). The Model Entrepreneurship Program Award honors the institution with the most comprehensive, high-quality educational program that successfully trains future generations of… Read more »
Kelley Direct Online MBA students pitch business plans to venture capitalists in Silicon Valley
Editor’s note: This is a guest column written by Jacob Harmon, a student in the Kelley Direct Online MBA Program and a global portfolio manager at 3M. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business offers Kelley Direct, the premier online MBA program for professionals striving for an MBA while continuing their careers. Kelley’s… Read more »
Donald Kuratko, Kelley’s entrepreneurial leader, receives prestigious lifetime achievement award
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Donald F. Kuratko, a distinguished scholar at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and executive and academic director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, has received the highest honor presented by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The award was presented to Kuratko on Jan. 9,… Read more »
IU Entrepreneurial Connection Day features Silicon Valley innovator that is generating ‘buzz’
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Neal Rickner, a Silicon Valley tech executive and chief operating officer of Makani, a next-generation wind-turbine company owned by Alphabet, will speak September 6 at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business’ Entrepreneurial Connection Day. Rickner has led several multidisciplinary teams across Makani, including those involving corporate strategy, project development, finance,… Read more »
Alumnus Vernon Clapp relishes the opportunity to encourage entrepreneurs coming out of Kelley
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – When Vernon Clapp returns to Indiana University Bloomington to serve as a judge at an annual entrepreneur pitch competition at the Kelley School of Business, he says he doesn’t quite see a younger version of himself, but perhaps he should. After graduating from IU in 1969 with a business degree, Clapp… Read more »
No. 1 ranking highlights Kelley’s leadership role in researching and advancing entrepreneurship
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is again No. 1 in the 2019 World Rankings for Entrepreneurship Productivity, which examined research in the discipline at nearly 500 colleges and universities worldwide. Kelley has consistently been at the top of these rankings, which come out every five years. Between 2014 and 2018,… Read more »