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Firm finds opportunity helping employers with hiringRestricted Content

April 28, 2012
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Rushville-based Barada Associates Inc. specializes in helping business clients make good hiring decisions—services that have become more popular as companies find themselves inundated with eager applicants looking for work.
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Law change allows entrepreneurs to market homemade foodRestricted Content

April 21, 2012
Sam Stall
Many Indiana home-based food businesses owe their existence to a law enacted in 2009 that allows them to sell certain types of foods at farmers’ markets and their own roadside stands with minimal state oversight.
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N.K. Hurst's unsexy beans fill bottom shelf, bottom lineRestricted Content

March 24, 2012
Sam Stall
N.K. Hurst Co. Inc. sells roughly 20 million packages of dried beans and bean soup mixes a year, from the West McCarty Street packaging plant it has operated since 1938. It has only about 50 employees, but its products are ubiquitous in the grocery industry.
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Great-grandson of LDI's founder prepares to take reinsRestricted Content

January 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlin
In a world that likes to see businesses grow by leaps and bounds, LDI Ltd. is a tortoise. The family-owned holding company typically hangs onto firms in its portfolio for 15 years or more. It might take more than two years to zero in on an acquisition target. And it’s putting its next CEO, J.A. Lacy, through a year-long apprenticeship.
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Martinsville Candy Kitchen hangs hopes on handmade canes

November 26, 2011
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Martinsville candy
                           canes watch videoShop owners John and Pam Badger churn out more than 20,000 candy canes in November and December, but they'd like to boost business the other 10 months of the year.
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Carmel resident takes entrepreneurship plunge with Amy's PJsRestricted Content

November 5, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Amy Graham left her job as marketing director of a plastic surgery practice early this year to pursue her dream of running a high-end pajama boutique.
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Electronics manufacturer sees increasing demandRestricted Content

November 5, 2011
 IBJ Staff
A 65-year-old Indianapolis firm, Carson Manufacturing Co., is expanding its capabilities in printed circuit boards.
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Global micro lender Grameen ramps up in IndianapolisRestricted Content

August 6, 2011
Low-income women could receive loans in weeks.
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Matriarch's work ethic inspires Holiday World staffRestricted Content

July 9, 2011
Ann Finch
Pat Koch, whose official title at her family-owned Holiday World theme park is director of values, sets a high bar for hard work and dedication.
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Speedway's new generation makes markRestricted Content

May 28, 2011
Anthony Schoettle
While the Indianapolis Motor Speedway revels in its centennial this month and motorsports aficionados take a nostalgic look back, the next generation of heirs to the Hulman George fortune has its eyes firmly fixed on the future.
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Family has steely plan for shifting business to next generationRestricted Content

May 28, 2011
Norm Heikens
Westfield Steel owners Karyn and Fred Prine are well on the way to transitioning to the next generation—son Fritz—thanks to timely planning.
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Slow economy grinds on long-time sausage maker ClausRestricted Content

May 28, 2011
Gabrielle Poshadlo
Claus Muth has a proud heritage of making specialty meats, but now he faces circumstances that stand to threaten his south-side business: family-owned Claus' German Sausages and Meats.
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Greenwood contractor is minority small business person of the year

January 8, 2011
 IBJ Staff
The winner of the Small Business Administration award has seen steady growth during its 10 years in business.
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New McGowan takes helm of insurance agency

August 28, 2010
 IBJ Staff
McGowan Insurance was founded in 1930 by William McGowan, who led it until his death in 1977.
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Hiring family, friends can be dicey for business owners

January 9, 2010
Marc D. Allan
Employing relatives or pals can be a godsend or a nightmare for small firms. And anecdotal evidence suggests it could be even rougher on women business owners than it is on men.
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Estate tax confusion leaving family businesses in limboRestricted Content

December 26, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Federal estate taxes are set to expire next year, but increase in 2011. Confusion is leaving family businesses like Greenwood-based Byrd Enterprises in limbo. Vice President Jonathan Byrd II is still sorting through the aftermath of his father's August death.
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A taste of summer: CPA spends summers as ice cream manRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
Riya V. Anandwala
Certified public accountant Dave Norris bought a 1976 Good Humor truck and started his family-owned U Want Ice Cream mobile route in 2007, aiming to make a personal connection with people—along with a little extra money.
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HVAC company heats up sales in cool economy through acquisitionsRestricted Content

May 25, 2009
George Umbarger
Doubling annual sales might seem an impossible feat in a recession, but at the modest office of Williams Comfort Air and Metzler's Mr. Plumber, it is a reality.
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Family business repairs what others tossRestricted Content

February 23, 2009
Marc D.
Much of downtown has been erased and rebuilt over the last 38 years, but quietly and with almost no notice, Cento's Shoes has remained one of the few constants.
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Simons won't discuss succession plans for Pacers ownershipRestricted Content

March 31, 2008
Anthony Schoettle
Recently announced changes to the Indiana Pacers' front office leave questions about the team's long-term ownership unanswered. While Larry Bird, Pacers director of basketball operations, is set to take over for CEO Donnie Walsh at season's end, there is no indication what succession strategy, if any, exists for replacing team owners Mel Simon, 81, and Herb Simon, 73.
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