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April 13, 2021 | Tom Ballard

Purdue University’s President spearheads significant growth in start-up creation

Can the leader of an intellectual property generator have a real impact when it comes to kickstarting the creation of start-ups from those inventions? Mitch Daniels, President of Purdue University, certainly has as described in this article. Prior to his arrival at the West Lafayette, IN institution, Purdue was averaging eight or nine start-ups annually. Within a year, it reached 25 and has averaged 22.5 each year since then.


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