Latest Blogs
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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Why job creation falters in Indiana
A Ball State prof says the media and politicians focus on the wrong things. As a result, entrepreneurship, and the Indiana economy, are suffering.
Entrepreneurship fallacies
You’re starting a business to set your own hours? You’re deluded, a blogger warns.
Bigger small-business definitions
The SBA wants to broaden the definition of a small business in 36 industries. Suddenly, 9,000 more businesses would be considered small.
Whatever became of the cool cop car?
The wheels of government turn slowly, a Carbon Motors exec explains. Meanwhile, the company has nearly stopped giving media interviews.
Startup activity sputtering in Indiana, report says
Kauffman Foundation’s latest index ranks Indiana among the lowest in the weakest region of the country.
Locate in the city or the suburbs?
A new study shows certain industries flock to one or the other.
Aprimo sale mints a slew of millionaires
Co-founder Bill Godfrey details the payout from the $525 million sale.
More good news on the Indiana economy
An Indiana University index suggests the economy is still strengthening.
Bitwise reaching back to middle-schoolers
So many middle school students want to work at Ron Brumbarger’s Web development company that he’s starting a way for them to try out before they hit high school.
Is it hard to build a thriving company in Indianapolis?
Local entrepreneurs sometimes sell promising companies early because Indy is too small of a market, goes one explanation. But the market’s size might not be the real reason.
Chop the SBA?
Members of Congress are asking the SBA to look for efficiencies. How any fallout will affect lending is up in the air.
Lending felt tight last year? You were right
Yes, 2010 was tough, an NFIB study shows. But poor sales and uncertainty were even bigger problems than finding credit.
Less rust, more shine ahead for Indy, Midwest?
An academic has compiled a string of reasons the Midwest might be verging on a come back. That should be encouraging to small businesses.
A better toy for tracking capacity to innovate
An updated Indiana University website shows Hamilton County looking good against some suburban powerhouses but not so great compared to others.
A tax carrot to attract investors
Buy stock in a small company before Dec. 31, and federal taxes on capital gains are forgiven—under the right circumstances.
Poll shows rising optimism; will profits follow?
Americans turned optimistic almost overnight, a new, expansive survey shows.
The link between entrepreneurship and divorce
Creating great companies isn’t easy. Neither is it easy for some entrepreneurs to keep their marriages together.
Not getting paid on time? You aren’t alone
Accountants say receivables stretched during the recession, and worse, this might be the new normal.