November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleyUniversities that once focused on faculty inventions now are encouraging students to pursue patents. Last year, 355 Purdue
University students filed a patent, a 62-percent jump from 218 student-filed patents the previous year.
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November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIf a biotech startup were akin to a rock band, Kristin Sherman might be the keyboardist. She’s not front-and-center
on the stage, but the ballad wouldn’t be as dynamic without her pounding the chords.
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November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleySmithville Telephone, headquartered in Ellettsville, near Bloomington, is the state’s largest independently owned phone
company. Its Smithville Digital division, which provides fiber-optic communications to businesses, hospitals and schools in
17 Indiana counties, mostly in the south, has quietly been growing on the periphery of Indianapolis.
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November 3, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis area produced more Inc. 500 companies per person from 2001 to 2010 than all but five other U.S. metro areas
with more than 1 million residents, according to a recent study by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation.
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November 3, 2012
Scott OlsonPete Kissinger hopes Phlebotics will follow in the footsteps of another of his creations, Bioanalytical Systems Inc.
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November 2, 2012
Mason King
Restaurateur Larry Hanes stuck to his guns in creating Eggshell Bistro, bending conventions with
eclectic decor, artisanal coffees, and a simple menu with restrained portions.
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October 27, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisPopular waxing spa The Naked Monkey is set to open its third location Nov. 1—a “Mini Monkey” inside MDG
Salon | Studio’s new space downtown. The independent businesses are sharing space to cut costs.
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October 27, 2012
Chris O'MalleyLegacy Travel Club finds believer after months of fruitless fundraising locally.
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October 22, 2012
FoundOPS took first place with a mobile app that offers route optimization, customer-relationship management, data collection
and GPS tracking for field-service companies.
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October 20, 2012
Scott OlsonFormer Google manager returns to roots to launch FoundSM.
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October 20, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAn initiative is matching tech entrepreneurs with hospital officials in the hope of solving health care problems.
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October 20, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisNoblesville-based VolunteerYourVoice is setting out to revolutionize phone banks with a Web app that allows advocacy groups
to manage virtual campaigns, getting instant results from calls volunteers make through their home computers.
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October 19, 2012
Mason King
Boiling down the dozen pitches from budding entrepreneurs at Thursday's
Startup Bowl reveals vital themes: the mammoth influence of mobile, an intense craving for consumer data, and the relentless
pursuit of revenue.
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October 13, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana banks can tout more success in small-business lending since the recession ended, but the success is hard-won because
the masses of entrepreneurs remain cautious about borrowing.
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October 13, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThanks to blossoming relationships with corporate behemoths like Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase, local ad agency Bradley and
Montgomery is making plans to double its 50-employee work force.
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October 12, 2012
Mason King
Receipts at the locavore's haven in Fountain Square have surged
since February, when two new partners took over day-to-day management, redefined the space, expanded the menu and turned its
hours of operation upside down.
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October 6, 2012
No job is too small for Simply Helpful, which provides office-support services on a contract basis.
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October 5, 2012
J.K. WallA survey of Hoosier business owners shows an increasingly a ho-hum outlook, with only one in seven optimistic for their own
company and even fewer encouraged about the U.S. economy.
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October 4, 2012
Scott OlsonRoyal Spa CEO Robert Dapper won a small judgment against ex-employee Kevin Roessler, and had a complaint and counterclaim
containing sexually explicit charges against him dismissed.
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October 3, 2012
Scott OlsonThe 26-year-old store at 8602 Allisonville Road is liquidating its merchandise and is marking down prices as much as 70 percent.
Gerdt's original and lone remaining store, in Southport, will stay open.
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October 3, 2012
Scott OlsonHome-security and satellite-dish installer Defender Direct Inc. has acquired local heating, cooling and plumbing powerhouse
Williams Comfort Air, creating a home-services company with nearly 2,200 employees and $335 million in annual revenue.
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October 2, 2012
Connect Think LLC said it will add the jobs by 2016 and will invest $244,000 in equipment to continue its focus on mobile
application development.
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September 29, 2012
Ellen KobeBilly Werth's passion for flying has landed him two jobs that pay the bills--as commercial pilot with Chautauqua Airlines
and a major in the Air Force Reserves at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru. His third job is just for fun. Since 2006, Werth
has owned an acrobatic flying company called Grayout Aerosports.
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September 29, 2012
Greg AndrewsThe nightmare that culminated with the Plainfield-based company’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing began in the depths
of the financial crisis, when the company’s lender yanked its more-than-$10-million line of credit.
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September 22, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisIndianapolis entrepreneur Nick Carter thinks he’s found a way to eliminate the “black hole” of marketing
data: smart business cards that track how recipients use them.
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So, am I now eating at Patachou or a Shake Shack?
Does the IBJ have any fact to backup their assertion that Steak n Shake is changing their branding? Or are trying to compete with the Star on how many stories they can get incorrect??
The NCAA has the authority to sanction an entire school if a single player is caught receiving unauthorized gifts. In the case of Penn State an assistant coach was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of numerous felonies on campus, and members of the administration have been charged with covering it up. To suggest that the NCAA had no reason to get involved is laughable.
This image is of a trade show booth, not a retail store. I'm sure no one in their branding brain trust would really make their retail stores look like a second-label jeans brand from JCPenney. I would bet it's done at way so attendees know the ownership of the updated concept. (I have to say, tho, glad they appear to be losing affinity to the 50's drive-in idiom they were toying with post-Young & Laramore...)
I absolutely love the new sign. I've hated Steak N Shake for years now, but this new sign will make me eat there frequently!