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Owner launches HVAC business after selling family firm
October 29, 2011
Andrea Muirragui DavisLarry Howald sold his father’s 40-employee HVAC business to Lennox in 2000 during a wave of industry consolidation.
He stayed with the firm for a decade, but has now left to strike out on his own again.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Great Divide bridges Lockerbie past, present
October 28, 2011
Mason King
Ralph's Great Divide has staked out an identity as a downtown survivor,
making vital changes after its first proprietor's death and weathering a big downturn in sales during the recent recession.
Local tech firm owner makes most of flexibility
October 22, 2011
Andrea Muirragui DavisAbout a year ago, Jon Arnold shuttered his technology firm’s office in Irvington, but not his company. He and his two
employees now rely on technology to keep the company thriving as Arnold and his family spend a year traveling the country
in a recreational vehicle.
MoreBostech's software aims to rein in lab-test costs
October 15, 2011
J.K. WallThe company saw sales surge after introducing software in May that helps medical labs manage their disparate computer systems
from a Web portal.
MoreOlympia Media Partners' newspapers reaching more college campuses
October 8, 2011
Anthony SchoettleIU grads add employees, revenue as they prepare to expand their company's footprint to 45 schools.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Avec Moi in midst of startup tests
September 30, 2011
Mason King
Kris Parmelee pulled off a major career shift by switching from consultancy
to the kitchen. But getting her home-cooking takeout startup, Avec Moi, off the ground has been tough.
Indianapolis tech companies seeded by big '90s success
September 24, 2011
Chris O'MalleyMoney and experience have flowed to a number of firms from Software Artistry executives.
MoreBig ambitions for small planning firm
September 24, 2011
Andrew SmithEden Collaborative, the three-man company Adam Thies founded in 2004, is working to revitalize St. Clair Place on Indianapolis’
east side, among other projects.
MoreWOJTOWICZ: Character always counts—even in loan decisions
September 23, 2011
Jean WojtowiczDuring these difficult times, small-business lenders are looking harder at intangibles—including a borrower’s
character.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Design guru abides in rocky economy
September 21, 2011
Mason King
Why does the owner of A2SO4 Architecture believe a 20 percent drop in
billings is a victory? Just how cutthroat has the design field become? What's the significance of moving the firm into
a church? Sanford Garner has answers.
Columbia Club nudges aside one foundation, forms second
September 19, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Columbia Club has formed a not-for-profit, the Columbia Club Historic Preservation Foundation, to preserve its 1924 building
on Monument Circle. The 28-year-old Columbia Club Foundation already exists for the same purpose, and its fate is now unclear.
MoreIU launches $250K student biz-plan competition
September 19, 2011
A group of 10 investors created a $1.1 million fund to support $250,000 in annual prize money to Indiana University students
in Bloomington who submit the best business plans for an Internet or software company.
MoreClasses emphasize connection between artists, entrepreneurs
September 17, 2011
Andrea Muirragui DavisUniversities and other not-for-profits are ramping up business training for artists and art students—in the form of
workshops, classes and counseling—in hopes of making “starving artists” a thing of the past.
MoreState Fair tragedy drives demand for crisis PR planning
September 17, 2011
Anthony SchoettleLocal agency heads said that sector of their business had grown even before the Aug. 13 stage collapse.
MoreINSIDE DISH: Willard builds on family-dining plan
September 16, 2011
Mason King
Franklin's neighborhood brew-and-pub-food palace—with roots
in the community reaching back to 1860—has boosted sales through a shift in strategy following a city smoking ban.
Landscape architect stays small by design
September 10, 2011
Ann FinchLandstory, Joann Green's landscape architecture firm, is a snug four-person company that has designed exterior spaces for
some major Indianapolis projects, such as the JW Marriott, Lucas Oil Stadium and Indiana University's Melvin and Bren Simon
Cancer Center.
MoreALTOM: Is your company's website worth the money, effort?
September 10, 2011
Tim AltomToo many websites for small and medium-size businesses that don’t sell online are a waste of time and money.
MoreTechPoint adds to Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp
September 10, 2011
IBJ StaffAnnual program put on in conjunction with Ice Miller law firm will offer more workshops on business fundamentals.
MoreNot-for-profit seeks purchase that would aid Easter Seals
September 10, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinCrossroads Industrial Services Chief Operating Officer Curtiss Quirin has a certain sense of urgency as he looks to buy a
business to add revenue to the not-for-profit contract manufacturer, because Crossroads provides jobs for people with disabilities,
and generates a surplus that feeds the revenue-starved parent organization, Easter Seals Crossroads.
MoreMayoral foes see different paths to boost business
September 3, 2011
Francesca JaroszBoth candidates for Indianapolis mayor are touting a host of ways to improve the city's business climate. Incumbent Greg Ballard
champions improving the city's amenities. Challenger Melina Kennedy focuses on recruiting entrepreneurs to the city.
MoreCar customizer Kenny Brown resurfaces in Chicago
September 3, 2011
IBJ StaffBrown, who closed his local operation in 2005, has partnered with suburban-Chicago-based Heidts Automotive, which makes street
rod and muscle car components.
MoreDefender Direct rolls out HVAC business
September 3, 2011
IBJ StaffThe home-security and satellite installer is pushing into the construction trades.
MoreEarly buyer of Web domains venturing into software
September 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinChad Folkening’s latest venture, domain-management software called Domain Power, turns blank sites into a miniature
business in a few minutes.
MoreNot all fun and games for north-side comedy club
August 27, 2011
Andrew SmithNew owners' focus on business practices, bigger-name comedians put Morty’s Comedy Joint on stronger footing.
MoreBall State geothermal plant powers economic engine
August 27, 2011
Andrew SmithBall State University leaders hope the school's $87 million geothermal plant paves the way for others like it—as an
economic-development opportunity as much as an environmental effort.
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.