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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

New tech entrepreneurs can find it difficult to surmount the onslaught of obstacles to getting a new business off the ground. An engineering services firm, TRISTAR is the first woman and minority-owned firm based in Indiana to offer the Department of Defense (DoD) technical support services. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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Minimum Wage Boost in Silicon Valley Ups the Cinderella Factor

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Don’t we want the little school from Hickory, Indiana to win the state championship? I’d personally like to see Silicon Valley open its doors to immigrants from distant lands like Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama — even Hoosiers from Indiana. Sorry for the Hoosiers reference).

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

In the mid-90s, late '94, early '95 my buddy and I were trying to figure out the best way to listen to Indiana basketball and we had to have a speakerphone where we had one set up in Bloomington, Indiana, one in Dallas, Texas. Start-ups don't always interact with the government. MC : Then took a couple of years off.

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Retro Motorcycles Signal Innovation In Goshen, IN

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Janus Motorcycles in Goshen, Indiana is creating hand-crafted, small batch motorcycles. Honest-to-God thirty-something entrepreneurs who are building something with love and passion. Next, they’re American and making something almost entirely in Northern, Indiana. If you want to be inspired as an entrepreneur, have a look.

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Founder Connects Business Experts and Coaches to Professionals

Hearpreneur

The two-time entrepreneur, Terawatt is Francie’s second for-profit endeavor. During the 2016 election, there was a national news story about the potential closing of the Carrier factory in Indiana. government mandates that employers offer placement services to their former employees. Tell us your story.

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Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment

crowdSPRING Blog

Driving to Bloomington a few weeks ago on my way to the older son’s graduation from IU, I was struck as I always am by the sight of a massive windfarm along I65 in central Indiana. A combination of government incentives and high oil prices have made projects like this one feasible and profitable for the companies that build them.

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government. He gave me the opportunity to answer questions about our proposal, and share the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating job all over America, including the Senators home state of Indiana. Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.