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Startup
Startup answers call for better phone bank
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.
MoreVIDEO: 12 startup pitches distilled to 3 minutes
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.
Startup aims to help relieve business leaders' stress
October 6, 2012
No job is too small for Simply Helpful, which provides office-support services on a contract basis.
MoreStartup aims to take business cards into digital age
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.
MoreNew company focuses on making football helmets that reduce concussions
September 1, 2012
Anthony SchoettleBill Simpson, famous for pioneering multiple advances in auto-racing safety, has turned his attention to a new sport. His
new company, SGH Helmets, is making a football helmet that Simpson hopes will help prevent concussions.
MoreLocal distillers produce Indiana sorghum spirit
August 18, 2012
Ellen KobeTwo central Indiana entrepreneurs are making a new spirit from an old crop—supplied largely by an Amish farmer who doesn’t
drink alcohol. The product is Sorgrhum, a distilled liquor made from the syrup of sweet sorghum, a stalk-like grain used as
a sweetener before sugar cane became widely available.
MoreTechPoint plans summit, entrepreneurial bootcamp
August 18, 2012
The first-ever Indiana Entrepreneurial Bootcamp will only be open to the first 100 who register.
MoreFormer chamber head Dorson joins startup ViewYou
August 11, 2012
Dan HumanStartup ViewYou, which launched in October 2011, provides matchmaking services for job-seeking college students and companies
with open positions.
MoreDog treat startup wins challenge
August 11, 2012
Self-proclaimed “foodie” Sherri Campbell knew she was onto something when she started making frozen treats for
her three dogs, but even she didn’t expect to win the inaugural Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge.
MoreWeb startup aims to connect private businesses, investors
July 28, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisPrivate firms that need to raise relatively modest amounts of capital have a hard time finding money. Now three Indianapolis
entrepreneurs think they have the answer: crowdfunding. Individuals make small investments that are aggregated to fund a business.
Indianapolis-based Localstake wants to be the matchmaker.
MoreVenture funding falls 12 percent in second quarter
July 20, 2012
Associated PressFunding for U.S. startups fell 12 percent in the second quarter as venture capitalists poured less money into fewer deals
than a year earlier. But the number of companies getting funded in the earliest stages of development reached the highest
level in more than a decade.
MoreCo-working spaces multiply, giving independent workers options
June 30, 2012
Ellen KobeCo-working sites—shared office spaces designed to give entrepreneurs, free-lancers and consultants the tools they need
to get the job done as well as the chance to interact with other professionals, sans cubicle—are gaining popularity
nationally and, finally, in Indianapolis.
MoreTaxing career path ultimately appeals to entrepreneur
June 2, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAccounting, church jobs lead to software firm that helps tax accountants manage property tax disputes.
MoreFor graying generation, startups are booming
May 26, 2012
Mason KingSince the 1990s, the demographic makeup of new entrepreneurs has been steadily shifting toward baby boomers as they seek personal
and financial fulfillment. Count Fountain Square Brewing Co.'s Bill Webster among them.
MoreNot-for-profit hoping to grow microloan program
May 26, 2012
Scott OlsonSmall amounts of funding often ignored by larger banks.
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.
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.
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.
MoreStartup 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.
Angel 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.
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.
MoreYoung Indy-area tech entrepreneurs enjoy deep support
April 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyMyJibe co-founder Mike Langellier is among a new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the Indianapolis area that benefits from
a host of support their predecessors never enjoyed.
MoreHUNCKLER: Old-style bootstrapping is alive and well in tech
April 7, 2012
Matt Hunckler / Special to IBJIndianapolis-area entrepreneurs are finding ways to fund their companies.
MoreStartups launch apps to facilitate good deeds
March 31, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo startup firms, Cause.It LLC and Trensy LLC, have created tools that link charitable behavior and consumption. Like the
hit app Foursquare, the newcomers encourage users to “check in” when they show up at events or complete activities
so they can earn rewards offered by local businesses.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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