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Welcome to Small Biz Matters, where IBJ discusses issues of interest to small-business owners and entrepreneurs. I'm your host, Associate Editor Andrea Davis.
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Fishers launching business incubator
August 23, 2012
Comments(10)The town of Fishers is making a bid to keep its entrepreneurs close to home, investing $350,000 to develop shared office space
for the startup community. Co-working facility Launch Fishers is slated to open this fall.
MoreWhat's New: Blue Marble Design
August 1, 2012
Comments(4)Meet M.J. Meneley and Randy Royer, landscape architects who rolled out Indianapolis-based Blue Marble Design LLC as a full-time
enterprise in May.
MoreDoes entrepreneurial speed dating work?
July 18, 2012
Comments(4)The annual Innovation Showcase aims to connect area entrepreneurs with interested investors. Think speed dating with higher
stakes.
MoreWhat's New: Charlie's Chillers
July 11, 2012
Comments(4)Meet Sherri Campbell, who is ramping up Indianapolis-based Charlie’s Chillers LLC after winning last month’s Hottest
Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge.
MoreWhat's New: MyBestFriendsHair
June 27, 2012
Comments(0)Meet Janell Shaffer and Danielle McDowell, who started consumer-review service MyBestFriendsHair.com to help folks like them
looking for the right hair stylist.
MoreEvent-planning startup extending its reach
June 13, 2012
Comments(0)Snappening.com, which offers a searchable database of central Indiana event venues and professional planners, is expanding
its service to four new markets: Bloomington, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Louisville, Ky.
MoreWhat's New: Ready the Nest
May 30, 2012
Comments(2)NICU nurse Becky Drummy's maternity concierge service helps new parents handle the arrival of their little life changers.
MoreLemonade Day gives kids taste of entrepreneurship
May 18, 2012
Comment(1)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
Comment(1)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?
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
For those who let this information strike a nerve, remember that this is still the America that allows the freedom to achieve dreams and goals. Should you really chastise those who are given a perk on a deal that is supported by the consumer (that is until they don't like the deal anymore due to envy) or should the dream of rewards for working be looked at a little closer? I say lets stick to the deal, go to work,earn our keep, shoot for dreams, change our jobs to have that dream or shut up about others achievements ..............while we are still afforded this liberty of America !
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.