Team Trainer Invents Foot Brace that Draws Customers Nationwide
Each year the IDEA Center receives hundreds of pitches for new business concepts from students and faculty and works with these campus entrepreneurs to further explore, refine and launch their ideas. In a Notre Dame Magazine story,…
Each year the IDEA Center receives hundreds of pitches for new business concepts from students and faculty and works with these campus entrepreneurs to further explore, refine and launch their ideas. In a Notre Dame Magazine story, learn how the Center saw innovators through the patent filing process for a foot brace that draws customers nationwide, and helped the founders find investors, structure the business and build a board of directors.
Originally published by at ideacenter.nd.edu on October 14, 2024.
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