‘Smiley Show’ sidekick launching improv comedy club
Will Pfaffenberger’s passion project, featuring shows made up on the spot, is slated to debut in February.
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Infosys, Salesforce Tower, IoT lab among year’s biggest local tech stories
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Next Level Trust Fund, which designates $250 million for venture capital, also made our list.
Business survivors: Revisiting owners from recession years
Ten years after the official start of the downturn, entrepreneurs who survived the recession share painful memories and lessons they learned.
Survey: Small businesses more interested in loans
Small companies are getting more interested in borrowing, but many are still finding it hard to get loans from banks, a quarterly survey shows.
Once-swanky downtown apartment building receives $5.7M makeover
The 88-year-old, seven-story Wyndham is available for occupancy after owner the Pearl Cos. bought the building and tore the interior down to its studs.
Indiana movie makers try new funding model
Three-year-old Pigasus Pictures is making its mark, with one award-winning feature film to its credit and another with growing expectations set to wrap up production within a month.
Two groups make deal on Sunday booze sales
Two powerful lobbying groups say they have resolved differences that previously led state lawmakers to give up on efforts to overturn the Prohibition-era Sunday carryout sales ban.
Former Angie’s List CEO seeks to buy company’s HQ campus
Bill Oesterle has assembled a group of local heavy hitters in hopes of purchasing the 17.5-acre site east of downtown, now that ANGI Homeservices Inc. has put it up for sale.
Startup growth improves in metro Indy
The Kauffman Index of Growth Entrepreneurship says the area now ranks 10th among the 40 largest metro areas when it comes to what Kauffman calls “growth entrepreneurship.”
Everyone earns same salary at growing tech consultancy
Design on Tap, which just moved to the Station Place building downtown, uses a flat organizational structure to ensure each employee is valued equally.
Launch Fishers grows beyond co-working space
What started as an idea to provide space for entrepreneurs to work and grow their businesses in Fishers has ballooned into a statewide brand.
FBI raids financial services firm in Westfield
The bureau so far isn’t sharing details on its interest in Banc-serv, which provides services for small business lenders.
Microloans make the difference for small businesses
Dozens of small businesses have been helped by microloans—smaller than $50,000—from the Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative.
Nine selected to receive Indiana Innovation Awards
The awards recognize individuals and organizations at the cutting edge of innovation in Indiana. This year’s honorees include Mimir Corp., Fuzic Inc., Hillenbrand Inc. and the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
Deluge of Angie’s List employees enter job market
Approximately 550 employees have either left Angie’s List voluntarily or been laid off since Jan. 31, according to public filings.
Firms find gold helping vendors sell on Amazon
Amazon has become such a colossal retail force that scores of companies have formed specifically to support Amazon vendors. And some of those firms are based in Indiana.
Former Compendium exec launches sales-tech firm
Frank Dale said Costello helps guide sales reps through phone calls with prospects and provides insights for sales managers.
Entrepreneur sees lucrative future in HVAC for pot
Developing and selling cutting-edge products is tough. Doing so for the marijuana industry, which is illegal at the federal level, is even tougher.
Renovated building gives Mass Ave industrial corridor another lift
The Riley Area Development Corp. has purchased the nearly 120-year-old structure northeast of the Circle City Industrial Complex and hopes to lure micro-manufacturers to the space.
Bus consultant leads school districts into ditch
At least three Indiana school districts that hired the startup firm True Consultant Service LLC to revamp bus routes ran into major problems when school began this summer, forcing administrators to apologize to parents and reverse course.