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Meet the Founder of GymSpott - Ahmed Awad

Ahmed Awad, Founder of GymSpott Working out just got 10 times more fun with the app, Gymspott, founded by Ahmed Awad, a Data Science and Philosophy student at Indiana University and along with Cherif Redissi. Gymspott is an app for

Spotlight: Alec Skriloff

Name: Alec Skriloff Year/major: Freshman studying Computer Science and specializing in Artificial Intelligence; Minors in Business and Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management Product/service/etc: I have a motion-capture app on my phone (Apple or Android) that tracks the movement of athletes to aid in

Spotlight: Spencer Harke

Shoemaker Scholar Evan Zona recently interviewed Spencer Harke, a senior at IU studying economics. Through this conversation, Spencer retells some of the stories that have made up his entrepreneurial experience starting online sports cards retailer, Pack Brokers. Revealed through this

Growth and Exploration with Apt Labs LLC

Growth and Exploration with Apt Labs LLC By Genevieve Horvath On March 25th, members of our team had the pleasure of sitting down with William Im and Benjamin Dattilio, seniors here at IU. In addition to majoring in cybersecurity and

Spotlight: Charlie Edmonds

Name: Charlie Edmonds Degree: PhD Student in Music Education Business: Pocket is an instructional system for beginner band that uses Black gospel music. We do further discussions on the foundations of hip hop, blues, jazz, soul, funk etc. which is

Spotlight: Glacier Marketing Group

Name: Jordan Green (Founder, CEO) and Matt Bergman (VP of NIL) Business: Glacier Marketing Group is a firm that does social media marketing, influencer partnerships, content creation, and NIL. Glacier marketing has three focuses: NIL, content creation, and events. NIL

Micah Roberson: CleverCart

Name: Micah Roberson Major: Finance and Corporate Innovation Business: CleverCart, a way to optimize grocery planning. Grocery shopping takes a long time and even only orders like Instacart take too much time. With Clever Cart, the idea is that you

Will Rice: Poop Busters Indy LLC

Name: Will Rice Major: Entrepreneurship Business: Poop Busters Indy, LLC. We do residential and commercial pet waste removal, so basically scooping up dog poop in people’s yards & around apartment complexes. What is your story?: My co-founder, Kieran, was scooping

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Meet the Founders of Meetin Gallery
April 8, 2022

Hasha Drabek and Hannah Jiao are co-founders of Meetin Gallery, an AI integrated application and database for the museum industry that identifies and encourages dialogue

Emmah Leu: Mauvorney and Foster & Ozzy
March 12, 2022

Name: Emmah Leu Year/major: Sophomore studying Marketing and Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation with a minor in Media & Creative Advertising Product/service/etc: I currently have a

Ben Frische: Bootlegs
February 25, 2022

Name: Ben Frische Year/major: Junior, Business Management, Was previously on a pre-dental track Product/service/etc: I’m currently running my clothing brand, Bootlegs, as well as a

Nick Baird: Nick of Time Textbooks
December 2, 2021

Nick Baird Written by Shoemaker Scholar Nic Narducci Nick Baird is the founder of Nick of Time Textbooks, a business that provides an option for

"Fostering Student Entrepreneurship" with Matthew Joseph
October 19, 2021

Matthew Joseph Written by Shoemaker Scholar Abigail Wirtz Matthew Joseph is a junior and Entrepreneurship. Additionally he has a minor in corporate innovation, certificate in

"Augmenting Social Media" with Eli Serrano
September 27, 2021

Eli Serrano Written by Shoemaker Scholar Brady Anderson Eli Serrano is a freshmen majoring in Entrepreneurship at Indiana University. His business is called Aura an

"Giving a platform to Black Creatives" with the founders of Artis, Sharod Holmes and Nick Telman
March 25, 2021

Sharod Holmes (left) ; Nick Telman (right) Written by Shoemaker Scholar Brady Anderson Year and Major: Sharod is a recent graduate who graduated last

"Spreading the Wealth" with the Founder of UndercoverVC, Wade Fletcher
January 8, 2021

Written by Shoemaker Scholar Davis Joseph 2020-2021 Year and Major Wade Fletcher is a sophomore double majoring in Computer Science and Finance. What’s

"Helping companies go green" with Kyle Zyck, Coufounder and CEO of "THe Planet Now"
December 2, 2020

Written by Shoemaker Scholar Kacey Wood 2020-2021 Bio: Kyle Zyck is a senior double majoring in Information Systems and Business Analytics. His business, The Planet

"Rethinking Elevators" with Sophia Schmidt, Marketing and Operations lead for Elevate
October 23, 2020

Sophia Schmidt is the Marketing and Operations lead for Elevate. She is currently a junior studying Marketing and International Business with a minor in Human-Centered Computing.

October 16, 2020

My name is Zack, I’m working on Deemo Games (deemo.io). I’m trying to fill 2 roles that are really needed. Content Manager/Marketer – Looking for an outgoing,

"Tuned in" with Phoebe Spratt, host of Mood Swings on WIUX
October 1, 2020

Phoebe Spratt is a IU Sophomore and computer science major. She is a radio host for the organization WIUX which is a student run program

Movley
October 1, 2020

Who is Movley? Movley is an IU startup lead by Sajag Agarwal: sajag@movley.com Movley is a rapidly growing startup helping e-commerce brands and Amazon sellers

"How to meet other college students during the pandemic" with Garrett Freeman founder of Mixciti
August 18, 2020

Written by Shoemaker Scholar Hunter Hawley 2020-2021 Every August, Bloomington is rushed by thousands of undergraduate students, all anxious to see what the year ahead

"What's up with Upparel" with Co-Founder Jorge Obeso
June 18, 2020