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WTH: Purdue@WestGate supports southern Indiana business development
November 3, 2017 - Via Washington Times Herald ODON, Ind. and CRANE, Ind. – Purdue@WestGate, aimed at boosting regional development for southern Indiana, launched its first Firestarter program with 11 high-potential startups at the WestGate Academy. Firestarter is a cohort-based program that connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to move their innovations to commercialization....
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WTH: Artisan Electronics announces expansion
November 3, 2017 - Via Washington Times Herald CRANE, Ind. – Artisan Electronics Inc., an engineering and technical services company, announced an expansion of more than 20 percent as it celebrates over 20 years of operation in southern Indiana. The company has expanded to a larger facility in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park. “In the past few...
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Free seminar to provide licensing strategies for WestGate innovators
November 1, 2017 - ODON, Ind. – ‘How to License IP’ seminar will be offered by the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization at no cost to WestGate tenants and members from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday (Nov. 7) in the WestGate Academy at 13598 East WestGate Drive, Odon, Indiana. The seminar is part of the Purdue@WestGate...
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Artisan celebrates more than 20 years in operation, expansion in Purdue@WestGate Community
November 1, 2017 - CRANE, Ind. – Artisan Electronics Inc., an engineering and technical services company, announced an expansion of more than 20 percent as it celebrates over 20 years of operation in southern Indiana. The company has expanded to a larger facility in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park. “In the past few months, our workforce has...
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Purdue@WestGate supports southern Indiana business development, 11 startups join Firestarter program
October 31, 2017 - ODON, Ind. and CRANE, Ind. – Purdue@WestGate, aimed at boosting regional development for southern Indiana, launched its first Firestarter program with 11 high-potential startups at the WestGate Academy. Firestarter is a cohort-based program that connects entrepreneurs with the resources they need to move their innovations to commercialization. The six-week program covers...
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WBIW: Purdue@WestGate Workforce Development Program Helps Companies Find Talent
October 29, 2017 - Via WBIW (ODON) - CareerMaker, a Purdue workforce development facilitator located in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park, is off to a strong start, promoting economic growth in Indiana by supporting workforce needs of southern Indiana businesses. Lyna Landis reports, Purdue Polytechnic selected WestGate to be the first of its CareerMaker...
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IIB: Startup Impact at Purdue
October 29, 2017 - Via Inside INdiana Business Purdue University says record startup activity on the West Lafayette campus is creating a pipeline for the Indiana economy. The Purdue Foundry announced last week that it has launched 165 startups since opening in 2013, 100 of them with Purdue intellectual property. 'Eighty percent of those companies that we...
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GCDW: Purdue@WestGate workforce development program helps companies find talent
October 26, 2017 - Via Greene County Daily World CRANE, Ind. – CareerMaker, a Purdue workforce development facilitator located in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park, is off to a strong start, promoting economic growth in Indiana by supporting workforce needs of southern Indiana businesses. Purdue Polytechnic selected WestGate to be the first of its CareerMaker...
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Purdue startup ecosystem reaches 165th startup, $230 million, 200+ new positions in four years
October 25, 2017 - Via Purdue Newsroom WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – At 165 startups, $230.8 million in funding and 200-plus new positions in just four years, Purdue is advancing commercialization, entrepreneurship, job creation and economic momentum in the Midwest with record-breaking activities. One hundred of the startups have licensed Purdue University intellectual property through the Purdue Research...
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Purdue@WestGate workforce development program helps companies find talent
October 25, 2017 - October 26, 2017 ODON, Ind. and CRANE, Ind. – CareerMaker, a Purdue workforce development facilitator located in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park, is off to a strong start, promoting economic growth in Indiana by supporting workforce needs of southern Indiana businesses. Purdue Polytechnic selected WestGate to be the first of its CareerMaker sites...
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