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What's New: Snappening.com
February 8, 2012
Comments(3)This week, meet Crystal Grave, who left a corporate marketing career to start event-planning resource Snappening.com.
MoreA morning-after question: Now what?
February 6, 2012
Comments(5)The Indianapolis community undoubtedly will benefit from hosting the Super Bowl, but no one can just sit back and wait for
the payoff. Lots of work remains—especially for small businesses.
MoreStartups vie for Super Bowl exposure
February 1, 2012
Comments(0)One Indianapolis entrepreneur will spend Super Bowl Sunday huddled with startup guru Scott Case and another corporate combatant,
working on a game plan for growth.
MoreWhat's New: Happy Dog Hotel and Spa
January 25, 2012
Comments(0)This week, meet Bev Schroeder, who opened Happy Dog Hotel and Spa in Carmel last month.
MoreEntrepreneurs take risks without betting the farm
January 18, 2012
Comments(5)Some small-business owners are taking divergent paths to build revenue during difficult economic times. Some are adding products
and services, while others are focusing on core competencies. What's your take on the different strategies?
MoreWhat's New: Violet Vintage
January 11, 2012
Comments(0)This week, we meet Vanessa Grider, who opened Violet Vintage this fall. The company collects and rents out unusual—and
often time-tested—party supplies.
MoreWhat's New: Vital Skates
December 28, 2011
Comments(4)Meet Naptown Roller Girls Amber Jones and Kate Bothwell, who opened Vital Skates in October to serve the growing roller derby
community.
MoreEntrepreneurial adventures offer lessons
December 20, 2011
Comment(1)Michael Cloran is problem solver. And he knows how to turn the answers into viable businesses. He also knows his limitations.
Do you?
MoreState SBDC network to get new director
December 14, 2011
Comments(0)Indiana’s Small Business Development Center network soon will have a new leader. Jeff Heinzmann, state director since
2007, resigned effective Dec. 1.
MoreWhat's New: Indy NUT House
December 7, 2011
Comments(0)Meet Margaret Broderick and Mike Lehane, who opened Indy NUT House in May to sell “nice, useable things" to home
rehabbers.
MoreWhat's New: Acting Up Productions
November 30, 2011
Comments(0)Meet Brian Noffke and Beth Hofmann, who opened acting school/production company/art gallery Acting Up Productions in downtown
Greenfield in late summer.
MoreAngling for a piece of the pie
November 28, 2011
Comments(0)As consumers were nursing their Black Friday hangovers and warming up their clicking fingers ahead of Cyber Monday, entrepreneurs
nationwide had their sights set on Small Business Saturday.
MoreDevelopment groups form alliance
November 22, 2011
Comments(0)Business Ownership Initiative of Indiana has big plans for its 15th year, including a new location, a new partner and a new
strategy for delivering its services.
MoreWhat did you do this weekend?
November 21, 2011
Comments(0)Dozens of enterprising entrepreneurs spent 54 hours planning new businesses as part of Startup Weekend Indianapolis.
MoreWhat's New: CrossFit NapTown
November 16, 2011
Comments(5)This week, we meet ex-IUPUI soccer players Peter Brasovan and Jared Byczko, who opened CrossFit NapTown last month in a Delaware
Street building that once housed an FBI tactical team.
MoreWhat's New: Technical Threads
November 9, 2011
Comments(2)Meet Adam Howell and Matt Simon, who left “high-dollar, high-profile and high-pressure” sales jobs to launch a
company distributing industrial fasteners.
MoreWhat's New: The Make-Up Shop
November 2, 2011
Comments(3)In this week's startup profile, we meet Brenda and Jennifer Sotolongo, professional makeup artists who want to teach others
how to apply cosmetics. Their Fishers shop opened in August.
MoreCashing out: An entrepreneur's dream or nightmare?
October 31, 2011
Comments(0)Some would say Larry Howald accomplished every small-business owner’s dream: Selling his company to a big competitor
for “good” money.
MoreWhat's New: Amy's PJs
October 26, 2011
Comments(0)This week, we meet Amy Graham, who opened upscale pajama boutique Amy’s PJs in Indianapolis on Oct. 1.
MoreFlexibility lets firms focus on products, not processes
October 24, 2011
Comments(3)Can small-business owners afford to loosen their control of employees’ schedules? Can they afford not to?
MoreWhat's New: My Toy Garden
October 19, 2011
Comment(1)In this week's startup profile, we meet Janet Pillsbury, who opened My Toy Garden in Carmel last month.
MoreVenture for America aims to help startups
October 12, 2011
Comment(1)Modeled after the Teach for America program that trains recent college grads for two-year stints as educators, the initiative
would put other graduates to work at fledgling companies.
MoreApple's Jobs lived entrepreneurial dream
October 6, 2011
Comments(0)The director of IU's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation said Steve Jobs “epitomized the revolutionary
genius that through hard work, determination and a maverick spirit, our world can be changed by one person.”
MoreJobs bill aims to give small business a boost
October 5, 2011
Comments(0)The American Jobs Act, which President Obama unveiled Sept. 8, includes several provisions intended to encourage small-business
hiring. But would it really help?
MoreWhat does Facebook tell your banker?
September 26, 2011
Comment(1)In addition to the expected factors like a potential borrower’s credit history and business plan, lenders increasingly
are weighing intangibles such as moral character.
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