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Angie adds Big Apple, Miami, Denver to the list: Locally based publisher of consumer directories on growth spurt, on schedule to hit 50 markets within year

May 1, 2006

So in the quest to find a roofer or landscaper who can provide a happy ending, thousands of Hoosiers let their fingers do the walking through Angie’s List each year. And now homeowners in Texas, Florida and New York can do the same. The Indianapolis-based company launched city-specific versions of its home-service business directories in New York and Miami this spring, and more are on the way. By summer, Angie’s List expects to offer the customer-based ratings in its 40th…

City Securities buys lender in bid to reach new markets

July 24, 2006

City Securities Corp., one of the largest investment firms based in Indiana, has purchased Columbus, Ohio-based ReCasa Financial Group LLC, a specialty lender focused on rehabs of dilapidated houses.

Angie’s List explores rating doctors

January 22, 2007

Angie’s List is preparing to bring its patented dose of consumer empowerment to your local doctor’s office. The Web-based
rating service–which started 2007 by expanding into 30 more cities–hopes to launch a pilot program in Indianapolis that
rates doctors, insurers and others in the health care business.

Angie’s List CEO wanted shot at WellPoint’s Zagat deal

October 29, 2007

WellPoint Inc. and Angie’s List are both racing to launch doctor-rating services early next year. But Angie’s List is already
sour over Well-Point’s decision to partner with New York-based Zagat Survey LLC for its doctor-rating service, apparently
without talking to Angie’s List.

Angie’s List starts rating health care

March 24, 2008

Angie’s List quietly launched its health care ratings service on March 14 and will begin promoting it today. The Indianapolis company, which typically rates home repair services, will host an afternoon press conference about its foray into health care. It plans to send out an e-mail to its 600,000 customers as early as today. The […]

Progress with entrepreneurship

June 26, 2008

Compendium Blogwareâ??s announcement today that it raised $1.6 million in private funding is another brick in
the wall as the Indianapolis area and the state continue their push to build a culture of entrepreneurship.

Investors are showing more interest…

Oesterle buys church for Indianapolis Opera

July 11, 2008

Angie’s List co-founder and CEO Bill Oesterle has purchased the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church building in Meridian Kessler for nearly $1.5 million and leased it to the Indianapolis Opera to use for rehearsals, educational programming and smaller performances. The opera still will perform its mainstage productions at Clowe’s Hall and won’t move into the […]

Angie’s List CEO buys Greek church for opera: Arts group hopes Meridian-Kessler digs will help it grow

July 14, 2008 | Jennifer Whitson

Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle has paid nearly $1.5 million to buy Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood and is renting it to the Indianapolis Opera to use as a multi-function center offering rehearsal space, classes and small performances. “I would have been hard-pressed to tell you much about the Indianapolis Opera before all of this. But I think they’ll be great neighbors,” said Oesterle, who lives on Washington Boulevard, directly north of the church parking lot….

An unorthodox design: Massive church construction project in Carmel features unique architecture

September 8, 2008

The golden dome that sits atop Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church under construction in Carmel provides a curious sight for those in central Indiana. But what is even more unusual about the massive structure underneath the dome is a Sixth Century Byzantine design like no other in the world. “There’s no design like this in history, and it’s never been built before,” said San Francisco architect Christ [pronounced Chris] Kamages, designer of the church. His CJK Design Group specializes in…

Oesterle plans east-side revitalization

October 30, 2008

A company closely tied to Angie’s List anticipates doubling its property holdings just east of downtown in the next five years, according to Bill Oesterle, CEO of the growing service that rates plumbers and other services. By then, Henry Amalgamated LLC will have succeeded in revitalizing the once-blighted Whiskey Hill neighborhood into a mix of […]

Angie’s List chief builds company, rebuilds Holy Cross

December 29, 2008

For several years, Angie’s List CEO Bill Oesterle also has been quietly attempting to revitalize the near-east side.

Angie’s List announces employment cuts-WEB ONLY

January 20, 2009

Just three months after announcing an aggressive expansion, Indianapolis-based Angie’s List said today it is eliminating 90 jobs-about 20 percent of its work force. In an effort to trim costs, 50 jobs will be cut from the data acquisition and processing departments and another 40 from other departments, CEO Bill Oesterle said in a statement. The […]

Angie’s List cuts staff despite growth plans-WEB ONLY

January 21, 2009

The cost-cutting moves announced yesterday by Indianapolis-based Angie’s List are the latest setback for a company whose ambitious growth plans lately have been tempered by job cuts. The consumer-rating service laid off 90 employees this week, reducing its work force to 350. The decision came just three months after announcing an aggressive expansion that included […]

UPDATE: Angie’s List has cash despite cuts-WEB ONLY

January 21, 2009

Angie’s List CEO funds Purdue professorship-WEB ONLY

April 14, 2009

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Bill Oesterle, co-founder and CEO of Indianapolis-based Angie’s List, has donated $1 million to Purdue University to create the school’s first endowed professorship in information technology, the university announced today. The professorship, named the Olga Oesterle England Professorship of Information Technology, will first be held by […]

Angie’s List CEO funds Purdue professorship-WEB ONLY

April 14, 2009

Bill Oesterle, co-founder and CEO of Indianapolis-based Angie’s List, has donated $1 million to Purdue University to create the school’s first endowed professorship in information technology, the university announced today. The professorship, named the Olga Oesterle England Professorship of Information Technology, will first be held by Gerry McCartney, Purdue’s chief information officer. Oesterle, a Purdue […]

Purdue OKs tuition hike, new $500 fee-WEB ONLY

July 13, 2009

Purdue University’s trustees have approved increasing tuition by 5 percent for Indiana students the next two years along with phasing in a $500 fee for new students. The trustees executive committee voted unanimously today in support of the increase, which will add $388 to the tuition bill for in-state students on the West Lafayette campus. […]

Get ready for Operapalooza

July 16, 2009

IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin guest blogs today.

The Indianapolis Opera is adding another event to the busy fall festival scene, but it’s definitely striving to carve out a distinct niche. Operapalooza, planned for Sept. 11 and 12, will mix sets by…

Opera directors create $40,000 challenge grant

December 17, 2009

Indianapolis Opera board Chairman Garry Fredericksen says in a recent appeal for donations that the company is in a “battle
for survival.”

Forty Under 40: Recipients

January 29, 2010 | IBJ Staff

Current and past recipients of IBJ‘s annual Forty Under 40 recognition.

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Articles

Angie adds Big Apple, Miami, Denver to the list: Locally based publisher of consumer directories on growth spurt, on schedule to hit 50 markets within year

City Securities buys lender in bid to reach new markets

Angie’s List explores rating doctors

Angie’s List CEO wanted shot at WellPoint’s Zagat deal

Angie’s List starts rating health care

Progress with entrepreneurship

Oesterle buys church for Indianapolis Opera

Angie’s List CEO buys Greek church for opera: Arts group hopes Meridian-Kessler digs will help it grow

An unorthodox design: Massive church construction project in Carmel features unique architecture

Oesterle plans east-side revitalization

Angie’s List chief builds company, rebuilds Holy Cross

Angie’s List announces employment cuts-WEB ONLY

Angie’s List cuts staff despite growth plans-WEB ONLY

UPDATE: Angie’s List has cash despite cuts-WEB ONLY

Angie’s List CEO funds Purdue professorship-WEB ONLY

Angie’s List CEO funds Purdue professorship-WEB ONLY

Purdue OKs tuition hike, new $500 fee-WEB ONLY

Get ready for Operapalooza

Opera directors create $40,000 challenge grant

Forty Under 40: Recipients