Online used-car marketplace expands to Cincinnati
Indianapolis startup MaxTradein has expanded its operations to Cincinnati, taking the first step in what its founders hope will be a national rollout.
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Company taps sports market with bacteria-stalking chemical
Anderson-based Coeus Technology has invented a chemical that kills dangerous bacteria, including potentially deadly staph, by forming a germ-killing barrier that lasts two weeks to six months.
Urban biz accelerator giving leg up to startups
Indianapolis-based startup Dreamapolis is finalizing the details of its first Dreamapolis Accelerator class, a 12-week crash course designed to help high-potential urban businesses get up to speed quickly.
Chief financial officer Millard leaving Angie’s List
Robert Millard, chief financial officer at Angie’s List for less than two years, will step down at the quarter’s end, the company announced Thursday.
Ex-Marcadia executive co-founds software firm
A fixture in Indianapolis' startup community, Marcadia Biotech co-founder Kent Hawryluk is backing a project management software firm.
Online used-car marketplace expands into Cincinnati
MaxTradein, which allows dealers to bid on cars, adds former ChaCha executive to pursue roll-out to 30 markets.
Carmel-based tech startup shifts strategy
As important as business planning is, the path to success is rarely without obstacles—or opportunities. Savvy entrepreneurs like Janell Shaffer and Danielle McDowell recognize that and adjust along the way.
Angie’s List grows bullish on e-commerce effort
Angie’s List Inc. is taking a page from the Groupon playbook to build its new e-commerce initiative into a genuine revenue generator.
Indiana tech startups deemed seeds of promise
There’s the company founded by a college kid, in his dorm room. Another firm was launched by a guru from the shadowy world of cyber security. And the other was founded by tech veterans old enough to remember IBM punch cards. Three Indiana tech companies have surfaced among standouts in the notes of judges for TechPoint’s annual Mira Awards—the Hoosier tech version of the Oscars.
Tech startup PatentStatus counting victories
PatentStatus was named the Entrepreneurship Advancement Center’s Top Emerging Business for 2013. But founder James Burnes is just as proud of another milestone: It’s making money.
WOJTOWICZ: Prepare, then apply for small-business loan
To write (or refresh) your mission statement, think about what you do, how you do it and why you want to do it.
Crowdfunding startup ready to make connections
The founders of Indianapolis-based LocalStake aren’t in any rush for the SEC to write the rules governing crowdfunding. It can match private companies with small investors now.
Carmel tech firm plans to expand, add 36 jobs
Cloud computing firm Polleo Systems Inc. said it will add the jobs by 2016 as part of a $2.5 million expansion of its Carmel City Center headquarters
New microbrewer embraces history of near-east-side headquarters
A bottling house, which is all that’s left of a brewing campus closed by Prohibition, will be home to two partners’ startup this spring.
Grant-funded projects aim to make Indianapolis nicer
Ten winning proposals were selected from almost 200 applications for “Nice Grants” from local Web marketing firm SmallBox and consumer-ratings service Angie’s List.
Three years after opening, Indiana Design Center fills
Tenants include interior designers, artists, kitchen cabinet firms.
Allos Ventures raises $40 million for early-stage tech firms
Allos Ventures has raised $40 million from local tech industry luminaries and others to invest in early-stage tech companies in the Midwest, a segment that has seen funding dry up. The fund, Allos II, aims to invest $3 million to $7 million each in about a dozen early-stage companies—not upstarts but those already generating solid revenue streams.
Does hybrid-tech startup have investors too revved up?
Echo Automotive trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Wild West of investing—where cheap stock prices and low trading volumes can translate into wild swings in stock price.
Local survey offers peek at social media strategy
Preliminary survey results of Carmel marketing firm Roundpeg’s annual survey show more than 30 percent of small businesses devote at least an hour to social media each day. Is the impact worth the effort?
’12 worst year for life sciences since 1990s
To understand why Indiana’s life sciences entrepreneurs are frustrated with the flow of venture capital, look no further than this statistic from a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report: 2012 was the slowest year for first-time life sciences investment since 1995.