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Entrepreneurship
Health care reform bringing changes to Caregivers
July 3, 2010
Scott OlsonCaregivers anticipates coping with declining Medicare reimbursements while having to offer insurance to its employees.
MoreWebsite aims to help grads with life after college
June 19, 2010
Joe JasinskiPartners Cate McLaughlin and Kyle Falk started the website askcateandkyle.com last July to help recent graduates deal with
the trials and tribulations of life
after college. Their potential audience is huge.
MoreLemonade Day generates almost $812,000 in sales
June 19, 2010
IBJ StaffThe results of Scott Jones’ experiment in junior entrepreneurship are in. The “Lemonade Day” event he helped
bring to central Indiana May 2 raised $811,672 here via the sale of 545,207 glasses of lemonade.
MoreIndy firm launches bedsore weapon
June 16, 2010
J.K. WallThe latest idea from Dr. James Spahn, an Indianapolis health care entrepreneur, should help hospitals and nursing homes do
a better job of preventing severe bedsores, or pressure ulcers. That’s good, because Medicare and private health insurers
increasingly won’t pay to treat them.
MoreUrban farmer in Indianapolis hopes he's the first of many
June 5, 2010
Norm HeikensMatthew Jose figures that if enough people follow him into urban farming, vacant and abandoned property will flourish with
productivity, consumer diets will improve, and worn neighborhoods will get new life.
MoreBloomington candy store eyeing ambitious expansion
June 5, 2010
Joe JasinskiAfter a great first few months in Bloomington, Campus Candy's co-owners hope to replicate that success, rolling out a plan
that calls for opening 50 college-town stores
across the country in the next 18 months and a total of 125 within five years.
MoreIn-car spy device could drive sales
May 29, 2010
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based CarCheckup LLC has created a cell-phone-size device that plugs into a car's "OBD II" diagnostic port to track
a plethora of data, such as speed ranges, graphs of RPM, and numbers on how hard the car accelerated and braked. The company
is marketing the device to parents of teen drivers, among others.
MoreIndianapolis startup attacks Alzheimer's disease
May 29, 2010
Norm HeikensAgeneBio Inc. this month landed a $300,000 investment from the Indiana Seed Fund to fund operations, bolster its intellectual
property, and begin learning how to make a drug into a once-a-day pill.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Small-biz tips from finance whiz
May 26, 2010
Mason King
Jean Wojtowicz, whose firm has helped fund more than 1,200 Indiana companies, recommends the "front-page test,"
looking seriously at expanding, and pulling the trigger quickly on toxic employees.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Small biz whiz talks taking risks
May 5, 2010
Mason King
Marketing
pro Lorraine Ball suggests a test for when it's time to ditch the corporate gig, plus tips for networking
and
public speaking.
Startup sees big potential for 'ouchless' medical tests
May 1, 2010
J.K. WallCompanion Diagnostics wants to detect early warning signs of chronic diseases.
MoreScott Jones brings Lemonade Day to Indianapolis kids
April 24, 2010
IBJ StaffLaunched in Houston three years ago, Lemonade Day aims to educate children from pre-kindergarten through high school how to
start, own and operate their own small businesses.
MoreEntrepreneurs lose clout as VC funds get stingier
March 27, 2010
Scott OlsonMost local venture funds are standing pat because the economy is weak and they’re no longer
in fund-raising mode. Having invested most of their funds, the firms have shifted to the nurturing, or “harvesting”
stage, to try to improve investment returns.
MoreHoosier entrepreneurs make magazine's billionaires list
March 11, 2010
IBJ StaffBill Cook, Dean White, Jim Irsay and Herb Simon have made Forbes magazine’s annual list of the richest people
in the world.
MoreObama's stimulus aims to boost access to small-biz loans
February 20, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerNo incentive can make a bad deal bankable. But President Obama's stimulus measures are spurring some promising small businesses
to begin borrowing again, despite the recession.
MoreDemand for smart-phone applications spawns opportunities
February 6, 2010
Chris O'MalleySmart-phone fever is heating up the climate for innovation in the local tech community, as firms new and old try to cash
in on the demand for applications that can be used on the iPhone, BlackBerry and other gadgets from the likes of Palm and
Google.
MoreHigh-end audio firm Indy Audio Labs powers up with new hires
January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffAn upstart audio products company with offices at Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex has brought in big guns to launch sales.
MoreProgram offers women entrepreneurs their own experts
January 9, 2010
Tawn ParentAthenaPowerLink selects Carmel firm Mitsch Design as the first woman-owned business it will assist locally.
MoreEntrepreneur says quality of venture capital as important as quantity
January 2, 2010
IBJ StaffJim Pearson knows a thing or two about raising money from venture capitalists. And he has some advice for BioCrossroads:
Teach entrepreneurs the value of money.
MoreCarroll Award winner Dodson helps less fortunate weather adversity
December 5, 2009
Sam StallEntrepreneur earmarks 10 percent of profits for charity, honors well-run not-for-profits.
MoreEntrepreneur parlays love of cars into successful media company
November 28, 2009
Anthony SchoetleDonnie Babb's Gauge Media Group started in his basement at tortoise speed but now churns out $2 million
in sales with a staff of nine full-time and 15 part-time employees.
MoreScott Watanabe looks to transform digital textbooks
November 14, 2009
J.K. WallWatanabe, son of the late Eli Lilly and Co. scientist, has hired investment bankers to help raise $10 million for his business,
Encompass Media.
MoreCity program benefits veteran-owned businesses
November 11, 2009
Scott OlsonThe city's Veteran Business Enterprise program aims to increase the representation of veteran-owned businesses on city projects—an
effort that has generated $217,000 in contracts for such firms so far.
MoreMAURER: Now is not the time to fear failure
October 31, 2009
Mickey MaurerFailure does
not have to mean you’re through. Mistakes are inevitable in all businesses. A better test of the character of someone
in business is how he or she reacts to failure.
MoreOrr Entrepreneurial Fellowship program expands
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffDue to high demand, the Orr fellowship will place 20 fellows starting with its 2010 class. It anticipates
placing 40 fellows in 2011 and 80 in 2012. The program is designed to match top graduates of Indiana colleges with entrepreneurial
companies.
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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.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.