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Entrepreneurship
Small stores vie for slice of holiday-shopping pie
November 24, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisNational retailers are licking their chops over the $586 billion consumers are expected to spend during the holiday season,
and small-business owners also are bellying up to the buffet.
MoreDevelopers of smartphone app win Startup Weekend
November 20, 2012
Recoverator helps users catalog belongings and generate professional loss reports for insurance agents and law enforcement.
MoreExactTarget co-founder Baggott turns zeal to natural farming
November 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinChris Baggott has spent the past year and a half raising cattle, pigs and chickens on pasture, rather than conventional feed
grain, and without the use of hormones or antibiotics.
MoreEntrepreneurs square off during Startup Weekend
November 15, 2012
Scott OlsonThe eighth Startup Weekend in Indianapolis begins Friday, when dozens of potential business owners pit their plans against
each other in the fast-paced event spanning three days.
MoreTechPoint picks young entrepreneur as new leader
November 15, 2012
Chris O'MalleyLeaders for TechPoint, the statewide technology business initiative, have tapped a new president who they think is a veritable
poster child for successful entrepreneurship.
MoreLemonade Day wants to grow seed money
November 12, 2012
Lemonade Day is having a fundraiser Monday evening to raise $5,000 to $10,000 for a startup capital fund for the annual children's
entrepreneurship event.
MoreHoosier colleges discover patents aren't just for faculty anymore
November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleyUniversities that once focused on faculty inventions now are encouraging students to pursue patents. Last year, 355 Purdue
University students filed a patent, a 62-percent jump from 218 student-filed patents the previous year.
MoreBillionaire Cuban to visit Indiana alma mater
November 8, 2012
Associated PressDallas Mavericks owner and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban will be visiting his alma mater Indiana University for a public
talk next week.
MorePurdue researcher harbors high hopes for new venture
November 3, 2012
Scott OlsonPete Kissinger hopes Phlebotics will follow in the footsteps of another of his creations, Bioanalytical Systems Inc.
MoreSmall businesses share space to find efficiencies
October 27, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisPopular waxing spa The Naked Monkey is set to open its third location Nov. 1—a “Mini Monkey” inside MDG
Salon | Studio’s new space downtown. The independent businesses are sharing space to cut costs.
MoreCharter airline proposed by local entrepreneur on investment firm's radar
October 27, 2012
Chris O'MalleyLegacy Travel Club finds believer after months of fruitless fundraising locally.
MorePurdue-born app wins $15,000 Startup Bowl prize
October 22, 2012
FoundOPS took first place with a mobile app that offers route optimization, customer-relationship management, data collection
and GPS tracking for field-service companies.
MoreDigital marketing firm starts landing big clients
October 20, 2012
Scott OlsonFormer Google manager returns to roots to launch FoundSM.
MoreIndianapolis tech firms, hospitals discover mutual need
October 20, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAn initiative is matching tech entrepreneurs with hospital officials in the hope of solving health care problems.
MoreStartup answers call for better phone bank
October 20, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisNoblesville-based VolunteerYourVoice is setting out to revolutionize phone banks with a Web app that allows advocacy groups
to manage virtual campaigns, getting instant results from calls volunteers make through their home computers.
MoreVIDEO: 12 startup pitches distilled to 3 minutes
October 19, 2012
Mason King
Boiling down the dozen pitches from budding entrepreneurs at Thursday's
Startup Bowl reveals vital themes: the mammoth influence of mobile, an intense craving for consumer data, and the relentless
pursuit of revenue.
Startup aims to help relieve business leaders' stress
October 6, 2012
No job is too small for Simply Helpful, which provides office-support services on a contract basis.
MoreLocal pilot turns aerobatics into satisfying 'jobby'
September 29, 2012
Ellen KobeBilly Werth's passion for flying has landed him two jobs that pay the bills--as commercial pilot with Chautauqua Airlines
and a major in the Air Force Reserves at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru. His third job is just for fun. Since 2006, Werth
has owned an acrobatic flying company called Grayout Aerosports.
MoreStartup aims to take business cards into digital age
September 22, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis entrepreneur Nick Carter thinks he’s found a way to eliminate the “black hole” of marketing
data: smart business cards that track how recipients use them.
MoreHoosier Momma growing sales, ambitions
September 15, 2012
Seller of Bloody Mary mix adds new concoctions, broadens distribution to seven states.
MoreReal estate firm's niche is commercial Hispanic clients
September 8, 2012
Dan HumanReal estate entrepreneur Kelli Membreno, a bilingual native of northern Indiana, has built a business on helping Hispanic
entrepreneurs navigate the barriers of language and American business customs.
MoreSmall firms using social media to tighten ties to customers
August 25, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisMore small businesses are turning to technology to connect with clients. Nationwide, over half of firms with fewer than 100
employees use social media, according to a 2012 survey from research firm SMB Group Inc.
MoreLocal distillers produce Indiana sorghum spirit
August 18, 2012
Ellen KobeTwo central Indiana entrepreneurs are making a new spirit from an old crop—supplied largely by an Amish farmer who doesn’t
drink alcohol. The product is Sorgrhum, a distilled liquor made from the syrup of sweet sorghum, a stalk-like grain used as
a sweetener before sugar cane became widely available.
MoreTechPoint plans summit, entrepreneurial bootcamp
August 18, 2012
The first-ever Indiana Entrepreneurial Bootcamp will only be open to the first 100 who register.
MoreDog treat startup wins challenge
August 11, 2012
Self-proclaimed “foodie” Sherri Campbell knew she was onto something when she started making frozen treats for
her three dogs, but even she didn’t expect to win the inaugural Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.