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.
Norm Heikens
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Firms put off paying, despite easing financial pressure
The trend toward small businesses’ delaying payments appears to have leveled off, but it’s still unclear how soon—or even whether—receivables will return to the 30 days that was standard for most businesses before the recession began in December 2007.
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.
Venture Club emerging from recession along with everyone else
Venerable entrepreneurship group is seeing attendance rise, and is planning new events.
Online site: Indianapolis business sales recovering
Sales have rebounded to 2008 levels, BizBuySell reports. But why?
Reform not prompting new insurance plans locally
Tax credits aren’t luring small companies, broker says.
Blog on small business, entrepreneurship debuts
Welcome to Small Biz Matters, IBJ’s new blog about anything and everything small business and entrepreneurship.
Diabetes overview, on-demand
Check out an interactive map to see how diabetes rates are shooting up in Indiana.
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.
Indianapolis investment adviser Gene Tanner in it for the long haul
At 78, L. Gene Tanner is one of the longest-serving investment advisers working in Indianapolis. Tanner spoke with IBJ's Norm Heikens about why he shifted to City Securities, his brush with convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, and how his investment strategy has changed.
A historian muses on the American character and the debt crisis
Indiana University’s James Madison is “marginally optimistic” Americans have the fortitude to tackle what could grow to become an emergency ranking with the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II.
Prepare for a (good) schools arms race
Imagine a future in which Indiana school districts bid up salaries for star teachers to $100,000 or more to develop a district specialty in a field like science or math, and cause students to excel.
Filling Fong’s outsized shoes at Butler
University trustees will ask the next president to continue building on The Butler Way.