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Lemonade Day gives kids taste of entrepreneurship
May 18, 2012
Comments(0)About 15,000 of central Indiana’s youngest entrepreneurs are testing their business-ownership chops this weekend in
tried-and-true fashion: setting up and running lemonade stands.
MoreContest aims to find next hot 'foodpreneur'
May 16, 2012
Comments(0)About 60 aspiring food-business operators entered the Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge in hopes that they have the next
big idea.
MoreNew owner moving EventzPlus to larger location
May 2, 2012
Comments(0)Less than two months after serial entrepreneur Jenn Kampmeier and her partners staged a grand opening for Carmel party venue
and event-planning service EventzPlus, they’ve sold the firm for an undisclosed sum.
MoreState's latest startup: Startup Indiana
April 20, 2012
Comments(0)On April 25, local organizers will launch Startup Indiana, a regional affiliate of the Startup America Partnership. The national
initiative—and its regions—brings together entrepreneurs, funders and other leaders to help promising startups
succeed.
MoreWhat's New: Kreme Twenty-Four
April 11, 2012
Comments(0)Gary Patterson and Jason White bonded over their love of fashion and their frustration with Indianapolis' shopping options,
so they opened a boutique of their own.
MoreSurvey: Small businesses serve customers better
April 4, 2012
Comment(1)About seven in 10 of Americans say they are willing to spend an average of 13 percent more with businesses they believe provide
excellent customer service.
MoreIs entrepreneurship for the young?
March 28, 2012
Comments(3)Over the past 15 years, the percentage of entrepreneurs in the 20- to 34-year-old age group has dropped, according to a study
released this month by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
MoreWhat's New: Grateful Pet
March 14, 2012
Comments(9)Melissa Kelly and Zach Pierson, who opened delivery service Grateful Pet LLC in July and are bootstrapping the business through
Kelly's day job.
MoreWhat's New: PatentStatus
February 29, 2012
Comment(1)This week, meet James Burnes, who launched virtual patent-marking service PatentStatus LLC in January and spent the first
weekend of February hobnobbing with corporate bigwigs in town for Super Bowl XLVI.
MoreForget the glass ceiling ... how about the 'pink ghetto'?
February 24, 2012
Comments(5)What do you make of the criticism that there’s a "pink ghetto" of women-owned firms somehow less worthy than
the myriad male-led tech startups that garner so much attention and praise?
MoreWhat's New: Snappening.com
February 8, 2012
Comments(3)This week, meet Crystal Grave, who left a corporate marketing career to start event-planning resource Snappening.com.
MoreA morning-after question: Now what?
February 6, 2012
Comments(5)The Indianapolis community undoubtedly will benefit from hosting the Super Bowl, but no one can just sit back and wait for
the payoff. Lots of work remains—especially for small businesses.
MoreStartups vie for Super Bowl exposure
February 1, 2012
Comments(0)One Indianapolis entrepreneur will spend Super Bowl Sunday huddled with startup guru Scott Case and another corporate combatant,
working on a game plan for growth.
MoreWhat's New: Happy Dog Hotel and Spa
January 25, 2012
Comments(0)This week, meet Bev Schroeder, who opened Happy Dog Hotel and Spa in Carmel last month.
MoreEntrepreneurs take risks without betting the farm
January 18, 2012
Comments(5)Some small-business owners are taking divergent paths to build revenue during difficult economic times. Some are adding products
and services, while others are focusing on core competencies. What's your take on the different strategies?
MoreWhat's New: Violet Vintage
January 11, 2012
Comments(0)This week, we meet Vanessa Grider, who opened Violet Vintage this fall. The company collects and rents out unusual—and
often time-tested—party supplies.
MoreWhat's New: Vital Skates
December 28, 2011
Comments(4)Meet Naptown Roller Girls Amber Jones and Kate Bothwell, who opened Vital Skates in October to serve the growing roller derby
community.
MoreEntrepreneurial adventures offer lessons
December 20, 2011
Comment(1)Michael Cloran is problem solver. And he knows how to turn the answers into viable businesses. He also knows his limitations.
Do you?
MoreState SBDC network to get new director
December 14, 2011
Comments(0)Indiana’s Small Business Development Center network soon will have a new leader. Jeff Heinzmann, state director since
2007, resigned effective Dec. 1.
MoreWhat's New: Indy NUT House
December 7, 2011
Comments(0)Meet Margaret Broderick and Mike Lehane, who opened Indy NUT House in May to sell “nice, useable things" to home
rehabbers.
MoreWhat's New: Acting Up Productions
November 30, 2011
Comments(0)Meet Brian Noffke and Beth Hofmann, who opened acting school/production company/art gallery Acting Up Productions in downtown
Greenfield in late summer.
MoreAngling for a piece of the pie
November 28, 2011
Comments(0)As consumers were nursing their Black Friday hangovers and warming up their clicking fingers ahead of Cyber Monday, entrepreneurs
nationwide had their sights set on Small Business Saturday.
MoreDevelopment groups form alliance
November 22, 2011
Comments(0)Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana has big plans for its 15th year, including a new location, a new partner and a new
strategy for delivering its services.
MoreWhat did you do this weekend?
November 21, 2011
Comments(0)Dozens of enterprising entrepreneurs spent 54 hours planning new businesses as part of Startup Weekend Indianapolis.
MoreWhat's New: CrossFit NapTown
November 16, 2011
Comments(5)This week, we meet ex-IUPUI soccer players Peter Brasovan and Jared Byczko, who opened CrossFit NapTown last month in a Delaware
Street building that once housed an FBI tactical team.
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Back in my teens/early 20s, Chicago's in Greenfield was a spot where my friends and I ate on a constant basis. Chicago's has always offered good pizza and bread sticks, but after getting married and buying a home, their prices and locations have made it so I would only get their pizza once every three years. They have expanded into McCordsville, but sadly closed the downtown Indy store years ago (this was the coolest layout for a restaurant in my opinion).
Just recently we decided to try Chicago's at the old Greenfield location. While it was clean, they haven't updated much over the last five years or so. Still the same layout, booths, tables, etc.. I made a comment to my wife about how that place hasn't changed in years. Good to see they are doing well enough to build a newer building.
INDIANA CASINOS ARE TIGHT. OTHER OUTSIDE CASINOS HAVE WINNERS ALL DAY LONG. PEOPLE HIT REGULARLY AT OUTSIDE CASINOS, INDIANA CASINOS HAVE FEW WINNERS ESPECIALLY THE LARGER JACKPOT WINNERS. PEOPLE ARE NOT WINNING ENOUGH AT INDIANA CASINO , SO THEY ARE NOT FUN TO VISIT. I,D RATHER TRAVEL TO OUTSIDE CASINO AND TAKE THE CHANCE ON WINNING AND HAVING FUN DOING THAT , THEN TO KNOW THAT YOUR CHANCES AT WINNING AT A INDIANA CASINO AREFAR AND IN BETWEEN.
record low crowd and a record low TV audience.
for an IRL carb day. Like a record tv number,,,,that would be soooo hard
For those of you who think the state didn't do as much as they should...the state did $6M more than they should!!! As a taxpayer I am opposed to the $6M!!!