The Global Entrepreneurship Congress kicked of Monday with a discussion led by Gov. Mike Braun and companies including Eli Lilly. An associated event featured a fireside chat between High Alpha Managing Partner Scott Dorsey and business author Brad Feld.
Organizers of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress say it offers the state opportunities to showcase its entrepreneurial accomplishments to an international peer group while gleaning new ideas from those peers.
Almost exactly one year ago, Indiana officials publicly announced a significant entrepreneurial resource the state had been quietly working on for several years—the launch of a $100 million investment fund to help young companies scale up their businesses. A lot has changed since then.
IBJ strayed from its usual format last week to bring you our annual Innovation Issue, which this year featured 20 startup companies worth watching.
The Venture Club of Indiana’s annual Innovation Showcase is an official side event of this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Congress, and the Venture Club is hoping to capitalize on the momentum of that much larger event.
Rally innovation conference creator Elevate Ventures says Rally will take place as planned this year, but organizers are not counting on financial support from the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
The new leader replaces The Mill’s founding CEO, Pat East, who announced his departure in January.
Rothrock’s personal resume includes both entrepreneurship and academic training in chemistry—a perfect combination for what she’s now doing as senior director of HG Ventures.
The donation will be used to establish the Noblitt Entrepreneurship Program, which will provide opportunities to work with faculty on “experiences related to entrepreneurship and the principles of the free market.”
The program for Purdue-connected companies offers the university a way to rekindle or establish the startup founders’ Indiana ties.
For Andrew Vudis and Ryan Craig, former Ruth’s Chris Steak House executives who established Rootstock Hospitality Group in 2017, Aberdeen Social House represents a bold culinary statement.
A program of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, the event is an annual convening of business and investment leaders from around the world.
Scott Lingle, the co-founder of fast-growing Remodel Health, took a big leap at an age when most folks are getting more conservative. Now he’s helping hundreds of local high schoolers learn to launch businesses.
IU basketball player Anthony Leal is building his company, Motion Sports, as a go-to platform for collegiate athletic programs.
Indianapolis-based TechPoint, which supports the state’s tech sector, honored Republic Airways, Accutech and 18 other winners at its annual Mira Awards gala Thursday night.
High School Hustle, which helps teens start their first business, is now active in 13 local schools and is set to reach about 1,000 students this year.
“I don’t think there’s going to be a company immune to the rising tide of costs.”
The roster of Black Orchid Barbers locations stands at five in Indianapolis and Carmel, and owner Travis Moore said he’s eager to open shops elsewhere.
Elevate Ventures, the creator of the annual Rally innovation conference, says now that the event is in its third year the time was right to launch a host committee that will oversee event planning.
Brown spoke with IBJ about Midwest Leak magazine, the magazines she read as an adolescent, why she opened a community gathering space and what it’s like to be part of the “Keepers of Culture” mural.
