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INSIDE DISH: Venezuelan chef keeps day job, hatches big plan
Daniel Blanco took a serious shot at the restaurant biz, working 19-hour days as both a truck driver and owner of a South American eatery, with more on the way.
Bill seeks to boost investment credit, startups
The legislation, assigned to a committee on Wednesday, would increase the maximum for venture capital tax credits from $500,000 to $1 million, helping high-potential startups attract outside funding.
Can video games be good for your health?
Local companies are embedding stealthy video messages for high school and college students.
Indianapolis startup scene gains momentum
About 200 members of the Hackers and Founders group meet monthly—perhaps the most clear and strong signal that Indianapolis’ young entrepreneur community is reaching a tipping point.
Distribution deal to stoke sales at pain-pump maker Symbios
The Indianapolis company expects the pact will boost revenue from $1 million now to more than $10 million in 2013.
Raidious aims to feed online marketing beast
Upstart firm helps its clients meet onerous content demands of social media, other online marketing channels.
AHLRICHS: Turn health reform into pragmatic answers
Health reform entrepreneurship could brand Indiana as productive, healthy place for employers to operate.
The root of Indiana’s myriad problems
Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a change in the culture, not just job creation.
Twitter tool winner of Startup Weekend event
The winner, StatsSquared, now will compete against other winners from cities worldwide in an online contest for the overall top prize.
Latest Startup Weekend offers twist for entrepreneurs
Unlike past events in Indianapolis, this one features a panel of judges who will select a winning business idea, enabling a team to compete in a global online contest against other winners from cities worldwide.
INSIDE DISH: Entrepreneur eschews MBA, opens French cafe
Emilie Myers is getting all the practical experience she can handle as she and her mother (owner of Zionsville’s late The Pie Safe) try to push La Mie Emilie into the black.
Entrepreneurs give sales pitches high-tech twist
The site allows users to create and save sales proposals online. Those sending the proposals then can track who is viewing the documents, which parts they’re examining and for how long.
Creating smart-phone apps becomes big business for IUPUI students
Used to be a college student would work in the dining hall to make ends meet. For IUPUI students Gagan Dhillon, 18, and Sarb “S.J.” Singh, 21, the future is now.
Designated driver service coming to Indianapolis
Leave it to a couple of recent college grads to make money off of driving home the liquored-up.
Lawyer: Raising money will get harder
Noting banking reform already has limited the pool of investors for private placements, Jeremy Hill expects regulators to tighten restrictions even more.
New businesses follow the rooftops
Indianapolis and surrounding counties have continued to show growth in the number of businesses during the recession.
State entrepreneurship drags despite wealth of resources
What does Indiana have to show for the deluge of resources made available to would-be entrepreneurs in recent years—venture capital, angel investors, incubators and the like? Judging by the number of people taking the plunge into business ownership, not as much as might be expected.
EDITORIAL: Revive 21st Century Fund, boost entrepreneurship
One damper on Indiana’s entrepreneurial growth has been the shrinking of the 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, which has lost half its support because of state budget woes. As soon as state revenue permits, the state should bring this key program back to its funding level of $37 million a year, or boost it even higher.
New venture capital firm off to blazingly fast start
Cultivian Ventures began investing in a no-man's land just as the financial crisis ramped up, and now it's already considering a second fund.