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Small Biz Funding
LEADING 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.
Small-biz lending on the rise
April 1, 2010
Scott OlsonFederal loan programs that help fund company expansions are seeing more activity from program administrators in Indianapolis.
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.
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.
MoreEstate tax confusion leaving family businesses in limbo
December 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerFederal 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.
MoreWOJTOWICZ: Is it time to buy rather than lease space?
November 28, 2009
Jean WojtowiczBuying a building for your business is still possible in a tight lending market, but bankers will review real estate purchases
carefully.
MoreSBA loan approvals - October 2009
November 28, 2009
IBJ StaffSBA loan approvals for the Indianapolis area for October 2009.
MoreSmall businesses changing hands despite recession
November 28, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerEven in recession, entrepreneurs buy and sell local small businesses. Plenty of Indianapolis-area companies are for sale.
MoreLocal SBA lending dropped 17 percent in 2009
November 20, 2009
Mason KingLocal loans issued through the Small Business Administration's popular 7(a) guarantee program plunged by an astonishing 64
percent for three of the city's four largest banks during 2009, while overall lending in the program slipped 17 percent in
the metro area.
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.
MorePace of life sciences venture capital deals in Indiana picks up
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffAfter no Indiana health and life sciences firms announced venture capital deals in the second quarter, five did so in the
third, and two more have already this month.
MoreSBA loan approvals for Indianapolis - September 2009
October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffSmall Business Administration loan guarantees for the month of September 2009 for Indianapolis area
MoreIndianapolis-based FAST Diagnostics gets funding from BioCrossroads' seed fund
October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffMoney will help the company refine its tool to treat acute kidney injury.
MoreLocal lenders support small-biz loan initiative
October 22, 2009
Scott OlsonSmall business lenders in Indianapolis are supporting a proposal announced by President Obama Wednesday that would increase
the size of government-backed loans.
MoreSBA loan approvals
September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffSBA loan guarantees for the Indianapolis area for August 2009.
MoreVenture firms recapitalize Advanced Physical Therapy LLC
August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffLocally based venture capital firms Cardinal Equity Partners and Centerfield Capital Partners have joined with Chicago-based
bank Harris NA to recapitalize the state’s largest independent physical therapy provider.
MoreINpact Medical Device Network matches start-ups with service providers
August 24, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndustry groups in the life sciences, medical and information technology realms have helped lure companies to the region
and foster upstarts. Funding is almost always an issue, but it’s not the only barrier. Getting medical
devices to market often requires product design, development and marketing resources that aren’t
always apparent to upstarts.
MoreTenants trickling in to Purdue’s technology center
August 17, 2009
Chris O'MalleyFor a city feverishly growing its technology and life sciences sectors, it seemed a bit anticlimactic last January when
Purdue University dedicated its new technology center with only one tenant. But the lone tenant in the $12.8
million complex, FlamencoNets, a high-tech telecommunications firm, is about to get some company.
MoreEmerging life sciences companies grabbing more in government grants
August 10, 2009
Chris O'MalleyMore emerging life science companies have found life in the form of federal
Small Business Innovation Research grants.
MoreIs Indiana coming out of venture capital swoon?
August 3, 2009
IBJ StaffCarmel-based Dormir LLC’s announcement July 29 of $12 million in venture financing was the second local life sciences
deal announced in July. It could suggest a turnaround from a woeful second-quarter performance, when Indiana life
sciences firms announced zero venture capital deals.
MoreSmall-biz loan approvals for June
July 27, 2009
SBA loan guarantees for the month of June. These businesses have received loans from financial institutions with a guarantee
from the SBA. Not all funds are disbursed immediately, and some approved loans are subsequently canceled.
MoreWOJTOWICZ: Stimulus is expanding small-biz lending
July 27, 2009
Jean WojtowiczThe economic stimulus package allocated $375 million to the U.S. Small
Business Administration so it could offer more generous terms to small-business borrowers.
MoreRecession forces small-business owners to take second jobs
May 25, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerWith sales slowed to a crawl, some entrepreneurs must take second jobs working for others to make ends meet.
MoreAngel investment group off to flying start
May 11, 2009
Scott OlsonHALO Capital injects $8 million into startups in first year of operation despite recession and membership turnover.
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Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
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