May 21, 2013
Associated PressMorgen Morris said she had a line of customers during Saturday's Indy 500 qualifications day when a Indianapolis Motor
Speedway employee told her she had to shut down her lemonade stand.
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May 18, 2013
Jack Pincus / Special to IBJIndiana’s life sciences sector is mostly composed of legacy companies.
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May 15, 2013
Dan HumanAn Indianapolis City-County Councilor is looking into the possibility of zoning violations at the massive north-side property.
The mansion will host a camp for entrepreneurs in June.
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May 11, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe recession and then the death of a founder put the Carmel waxing spa on a new trajectory. Now co-owner Brenda Schultz is
mulling expansion plans.
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May 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
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May 4, 2013
Dan HumanTwelve lucky entrepreneurs chosen from hundreds of applicants will spend two months this summer in a luxury facility working
on bringing new business ideas to market.
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April 13, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisAs the food truck industry heats up in Indianapolis, leaders of its fast-growing northern suburbs are starting to rewrite
the rules of the road.
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April 13, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indiana University School of Medicine has launched 12 companies in the past 18 months—a burst of startup activity
the school has never seen before.
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April 13, 2013
Scott OlsonA couple of fledgling entrepreneurs hope to tap into the increasing popularity of local microbreweries—not by starting
one but by supplying them with a key flavoring ingredient integral to making beer.
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April 13, 2013
Chris O'MalleyElement Three is among dozens of ad/marketing firms in the city that put digital marketing—in a dizzying array of formats
and specialties—front-and-center. Often led by “millennial” types in their 20s and 30s to whom things like social media are
second nature, they’re giving ensconced agencies a run for their money.
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April 6, 2013
Jill McCarterHeather Hogan Pirowski, owner of Retro 101, is among a growing number of retailers who have chosen the nomadic lifestyle .
Looking for an alternative to the fixed overhead of a permanent location, they set up shop at a site for a few days or weeks,
then pack up and move on.
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March 30, 2013
Chris O'MalleyAdvertiser Carlos Sosa has designed some very recognizable work—including logos for IndyGo and the Indianapolis Indians—but
he is more focused these days on helping businesses more effectively market to the Indianapolis Latino community.
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March 23, 2013
Anthony SchoettleAnderson-based Coeus Technology has invented a chemical that kills dangerous bacteria, including potentially deadly staph,
by forming a germ-killing barrier that lasts two weeks to six months.
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March 23, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis-based startup Dreamapolis is finalizing the details of its first Dreamapolis Accelerator class, a 12-week crash
course designed to help high-potential urban businesses get up to speed quickly.
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March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThere’s the company founded by a college kid, in his dorm room. Another firm was launched by a guru from the shadowy
world of cyber security. And the other was founded by tech veterans old enough to remember IBM punch cards. Three Indiana
tech companies have surfaced among standouts in the notes of judges for TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards—the Hoosier
tech version of the Oscars.
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March 16, 2013
IBJ StaffMaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
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March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management
software firm.
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February 23, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisTen winning proposals were selected from almost 200 applications for "Nice Grants" from local Web marketing firm SmallBox
and consumer-ratings service Angie's List.
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February 9, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisJust Pop In! retail stores feature traditional, popular flavors like caramel and cheddar—and an “Indy Style”
mixture of the two—but a dizzying array of more imaginative concoctions sets the local chain apart.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffCause.it, founded by students from I.U. and Purdue, was awarded $500,000 by Innovate Indiana.
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January 5, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndiana has three certified, not-for-profit SBA microloan intermediaries, which not only make short-term microloans—as
any lender can—but also use the SBA grants they receive to offer business coaching along with the financing.
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December 29, 2012
Chris O'MalleyA trademark-infringement case brought against App Press LLC threatens to smother the tech startup in legal fees before it
reaches its potential.
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December 8, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAn Indianapolis investment advisory oil firm has been looking for blowouts in its own back yard. Midwest Energy Partners is
preparing for its seventh—and largest—round of funding to pay for oil drilling in southwestern Indiana and southeastern
Illinois.
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December 8, 2012
Cory SchoutenAasif Bade of Ambrose Property Group, Tadd Miller of Milhaus Development and Joe Whitsett of The Whitsett Group saw opportunity
as many rivals retrenched.
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November 30, 2012
Jean WojtowiczThe horror stories are sobering: Dun & Bradstreet reported earlier this year that businesses with fewer than 20 employees
have only a 37 percent chance of surviving four years and just 9 percent will be around 10 years.
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My favorite magician is Mickey in Fantasia.
I ate at a Steak n Shake a couple of weeks ago and was amused to see a poster of him (and a lineup of employees) just inside the entrance. You don't see that at other chains -- OK maybe Dave the Wendy's guy, but that was when he was also in their TV ads.
Well he wasn't a magician in the latest movie, but up in Fort Wayne he was featured on Happy the Hobo when I was a kid and I LOVED THE SHOW!
Shake Shack>Steak n' Shake
I really enjoyed the Hollywood Bar and Film works, they had good food and decent prices I understand that parking was one of the reasons for its closing. If other major events were going downtown parking was expensive if not impossible. Hope the new cinema bar will have parking.