Innovation
Local startups get ‘unfair advantage’ by partnering with IDEA Center
The IDEA Center is an off-campus innovation hub dedicated to accelerating the advancement of innovative ideas from discovery to commercial application. Commonly viewed as exclusively for Notre Dame students, faculty and staff, the IDEA Center is becoming a go-to resource for local entrepreneurs, like Pete Zahrt of Winamac, above left, and Chad Mastagh of South Bend.
“The power of that place — they put the pedal to the metal. It was just, overnight, a change, an acceleration of the business.” ~ Pete Zahrt, inventor of Nygt Rydr and founder of Tippecanoe Technologies