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.
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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.
NFIB chief fears sales tax talk
As legislators scout for revenue, Quandt says small businesses could be hit from two directions.
Indianapolis-based Xylogenics licenses yeast strain to ethanol producer
Xylogenics claims its yeast strain, developed at the Indiana University School of Medicine, can increase yields and lower
costs of producing corn ethanol.
Two Indianapolis firms make Inc. magazine list
The firms are among the 10 fastest-growing black-owned businesses in the nation.
MAURER: If it feels right, take the leap
To create a disciplined investment philosophy, I evolved “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Didn’t
Learn in School”—at least I didn’t learn them in school. Over the course of 10 columns, I will feature each
of these essential principles. This is the fourth installment.
Bedsore preventer turns to detection
Changes in reimbursement could fuel market for WoundVision’s product.
Indiana life sciences group moves ahead
INpact not-for-profit arranged virtual approach to help startup firm develop device to detect tooth cavities early.
Mug shots drive sales for startup weekly newspaper
The tabloid relies on the same open-records laws that give mainstream news outlets access to information about arrests, including
photos.
Is alternative energy sustainable in Indiana?
An economic development observer questions what will happen after the feds turn off the tap.
Taco trio takes unusual road to entrepreneurship
Former soldier, disc jockey and nurse get off to a fast start selling hand-held food from a mobile unit.