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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Registration is under way for Purdue University’s seventh Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, a Nov. 10 event with $100,000 in prizes for the nation’s most promising startup life-science businesses. This competition targets US-based start-up business entities in the life sciences arena. The business entity must be no more than three years […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A soy-based denture adhesive developer and a wound-care startup delivered the top pitches Friday (April 8), claiming $1,000 each during the fifth annual Purdue University Elevator Pitch Competition. Ankit Gupta won the undergraduate student category for his two-minute pitch about Dentural, which is developing an environmentally friendly biodegradable denture adhesive. Sean […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Successfully pitch your unique business idea to a panel of judges, and you could earn a quick $1,000 in just two minutes. That’s the goal of the nearly 40 participants in the fifth annual Purdue University Elevator Pitch Competition, slated for 2-5 p.m. Friday (April 8) at Discovery Park’s Burton D. […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A low-cost medication injection device company and a mobile forensics technology developer were the big winners Tuesday (Feb. 22) at Purdue University’s $100,000 Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition. LyoGo, formed by Rush Bartlett, Art Chlebowski and Peter Greco, took the $30,000 top prize in the Gold Division for graduate and […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Successfully pitch your unique business idea to a panel of judges, and you could earn a quick $1,000 in just two minutes. Registration is now open for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program’s fifth annual Purdue Elevator Pitch Competition, slated for 2-5 p.m. April 8 at Discovery Park’s Burton D. […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –- Randy Cohen, author of a weekly ethics column for the New York Times Magazine, will speak Nov. 18 as part of the Purdue University Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. Cohen’s talk, “How To Be Good,” will begin at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. Free and open to the […]