March 16, 2013
IBJ StaffMaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
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March 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyA fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management
software firm.
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March 15, 2013
Robert Millard, chief financial officer at Angie’s List for less than two years, will step down at the quarter’s
end, the company announced Thursday.
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March 4, 2013
Jean WojtowiczTo write (or refresh) your mission statement, think about what you do, how you do it and why you want to do it.
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February 27, 2013
Cloud computing firm Polleo Systems Inc. said it will add the jobs by 2016 as part of a $2.5 million expansion of its Carmel
City Center headquarters
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February 23, 2013
Norm HeikensTenants include interior designers, artists, kitchen cabinet firms.
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February 23, 2013
Cory SchoutenA bottling house, which is all that's left of a brewing campus closed by Prohibition, will be home to two partners' startup
this spring.
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February 23, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisTen winning proposals were selected from almost 200 applications for "Nice Grants" from local Web marketing firm SmallBox
and consumer-ratings service Angie's List.
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February 16, 2013
Greg AndrewsEcho Automotive trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Wild West of investing—where cheap stock prices and low trading
volumes can translate into wild swings in stock price.
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February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyAllos Ventures has raised $40 million from local tech industry luminaries and others to invest in early-stage tech companies
in the Midwest, a segment that has seen funding dry up. The fund, Allos II, aims to invest $3 million to $7 million each in
about a dozen early-stage companies—not upstarts but those already generating solid revenue streams.
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February 11, 2013
J.K. WallTo understand why Indiana’s life sciences entrepreneurs are frustrated with the flow of venture capital, look no further
than this statistic from a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report: 2012 was the slowest year for first-time life sciences investment
since 1995.
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February 9, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisJust Pop In! retail stores feature traditional, popular flavors like caramel and cheddar—and an “Indy Style”
mixture of the two—but a dizzying array of more imaginative concoctions sets the local chain apart.
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February 8, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University is opening up intellectual property rights to student-inventors who make technological breakthroughs using
university resources.
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February 7, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's craft breweries account for only a tiny percentage of annual statewide beer sales, but they've enjoyed a
sweet spot on Sundays for the past two-plus years.
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February 7, 2013
IBJ StaffElona Biotechnologies Inc., which has been struggling to repay Greenwood for more than $8 million in economic development
incentives, says it has solution to its financial problems.
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February 2, 2013
J.K. WallFrustrated by up-and-down state funding for startup life sciences companies, industry leaders are talking up a plan to create
a dedicated funding stream that could total $30 million a year.
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January 26, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIn mid-2011, the staff of local Web marketing firm SmallBox began a period of self-reflection that allowed the team to identify
its “North Star,” the purpose, mission and vision that keeps a company headed in the right direction. It's now
spreading the word.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffCause.it, founded by students from I.U. and Purdue, was awarded $500,000 by Innovate Indiana.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffLocal deliverer of produce and groceries adds Lexington, Ky., and St. Louis to its territory.
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January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffOld Carolina Barbecue also announces expansion to Indianapolis market.
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January 19, 2013
Chris O'MalleyHalo Coatings, founded in 2007, spent its early years licensing its proprietary reflective technology for powder-coating applications
to companies involved in highway infrastructure, such as guardrails. But it's now shifting its focus to the big players in
the apparel, medical and consumer-product fields.
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January 12, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe ever-evolving information/answers service ChaCha Search has launched a startup within the 7-year-old company. Social Reactor
will match advertisers with participating celebrities and other “social influencers,” who will use social media
tools such as Twitter to drive fans to advertisers. Verge founder Matt Hunckler was tapped to get it rolling.
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January 5, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndiana has three certified, not-for-profit SBA microloan intermediaries, which not only make short-term microloans—as
any lender can—but also use the SBA grants they receive to offer business coaching along with the financing.
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December 29, 2012
Chris O'MalleyA trademark-infringement case brought against App Press LLC threatens to smother the tech startup in legal fees before it
reaches its potential.
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December 15, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis-based Promise Monsters makes and sell plush toys that promote kindness through secret “missions”
kids are asked to complete.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.