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Biz boosters embrace One Click, but it's no sure thing
May 19, 2012
Cory SchoutenHusband-and-wife entrepreneurs Randy and Angie Stocklin started Greenwood-based One Click Ventures out of their home with
$20,000 in 2005. They now own a portfolio of niche retail websites, including SunglassWarehouse.com, HandbagHeaven.com and
Scarves.net, which brought $5.3 million in revenue last year.
MoreKids to sell lemonade at the Indiana Statehouse
May 18, 2012
Associated PressMore than 15,000 young people from pre-school age through high school will open lemonade stands across the greater Indianapolis
area this weekend.
MoreChamber to merge with economic development groups
May 17, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will lead economic development efforts for central Indiana by merging with Develop
Indy, Indy Partnership and Business Ownership Initiative, the groups announced Thursday.
MoreSignature Inns founder plans auto-care franchises
May 17, 2012
Scott OlsonHonest-1 Auto Care hopes to open as many as 20 shops in Indiana over five to seven years and has tapped the founder of the
Signature Inns chain to help lead the effort.
MoreFormer Pac-Van owners return to mobile office biz
May 16, 2012
Scott OlsonBrent and Matthew Claymon have founded OnSite Space LLC and acquired Indianapolis-based Tyson Corp., to form OnSite Space
by Tyson. The brothers sold Pac-Van in 2006 and have returned to the industry after their five-year non-compete expired.
MoreDigital textbook firm Courseload raises millions
May 12, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based digital textbook company Courseload completed a new round of fundraising in April that its CEO says
gives the company the cash it needs to keep landing new university customers in what has become a fast-growing but hyper-competitive
field.
MoreProgress spotty in narrowing tech field's gender gap
May 12, 2012
Chris O'MalleyMost technology firm startups are birthed by men in their 20s and 30s who have a background in computer science. To what degree
women are underrepresented in the ranks of tech entrepreneurs is hard to quantify, but it’s a small universe.
MoreCarmel event firm sold, relocated to Castleton
May 12, 2012
EventzPlus, besides hosting large gatherings, will also offer daily office space rentals to small business owners.
MorePurdue's Indy tech incubator nearing capacity
May 12, 2012
Chris O'MalleyOfficials consider expanding facility that got off to a slow start but began filling up last fall.
MoreWant to check your coat? Now, there's an app for that
May 5, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis-based upstart CoatChex is preparing the launch of an iPad-based, ticketless coat-check system for bars through
which a patron enters his phone number to check a coat and, later, to retrieve it.
MoreFast-food clients fueling furniture-maker's growth
May 5, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinFacility Concepts’ can-do attitude has cemented the loyalty of clients like Southern Bells—one of the largest
Taco Bell franchises in the country—and propelled it from startup consultancy in 2004 to full-fledged manufacturer.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Husband-wife team revive sushi joint's reputation
May 4, 2012
Mason King
Scott and Debbie Bennett sank their savings into purchasing Greenwood's
Yokohama, which had a past peppered with disappointed patrons.
Power-grid software maker lands $7M in venture capital
May 1, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis-based Blue Pillar Inc., which makes software to manage electrical grids, has closed on $7 million in funding
from four venture capital firms, it said Monday.
MoreVeteran broker Hohmann leaves Cassidy Turley to go solo
May 1, 2012
Tom HartonHohmann has been involved in numerous high-profile real estate deals over the years, including the transaction that resulted
in development of Intech Park and assembling about 60 acres for Clay Terrace in Carmel.
MoreBioCrossroads launches second seed fund
April 30, 2012
J.K. WallBioCrossroads Inc. has raised an $8.25 million seed fund in its second attempt to help startup life sciences companies grow
to the point where they can attract venture capital or a corporate funder.
MoreGrowth pushes Bluelock into black
April 28, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe growing popularity of cloud computing is sending sales skyward for Bluelock, a 6-year-old firm that is turning a profit
and garnering national attention.
MoreFirm finds opportunity helping employers with hiring
April 28, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisRushville-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.
MoreMediaSauce co-owner leaves firm, starts new ad agency
April 28, 2012
Anthony SchoettleMagnitude already has landed several big clients, including the Indiana Pacers and Northwestern University.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Nostalgic Shallos does brisk business swiftly
April 27, 2012
Mason King
The 31-year-old, south-side institution is approaching a potential turning point as it breaks sales records and continues
to hone lightning-quick food prep and table turnover.
Startup wants to make pouring beer from the top passe
April 21, 2012
Mason King
Josh Springer has moved to Indianapolis his company that designs and
sells draft beer dispensers that fill specially designed cups from the bottom up, speeding the process and cutting down on
foam.
Law change allows entrepreneurs to market homemade food
April 21, 2012
Sam StallMany 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.
MoreAngel Learning's founder thinking big again
April 21, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIT professor Ali Jafari, who netted Indiana University $23 million on its $130,000 investment in his Angel Learning when it
sold three years ago, recently launched CourseNetworking, which allows learners across the globe to connect and chat around
shared interests and class subjects.
MoreTicket sales firm to double client list, triple work force
April 14, 2012
Anthony SchoettleGet Real Sports Sales is positioned to grow as colleges, pro teams begin to outsource ticket sales.
MoreAgency increases effort to help state's artisans sell wares
April 14, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisThree years after budget cuts threatened the state-run Indiana Artisan program, the newly independent organization is moving
ahead with ambitious plans to broaden its reach—and help artists and food producers build their businesses.
MoreSatellite training sites give entrepreneurship agency a boost
April 14, 2012
Hayleigh ColomboParticipation at Business Ownership Initiative-led training sessions is up nearly 30 percent so far this year as more Hoosiers
start businesses of their own. Executive Director Julie Grice is looking for more counselors and money.
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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.