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MoshPit Workshop — Reinvent Your Business @ The NIIC

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Intensive Program Helps Small Business Owners in Indiana Survive and Grow. Indiana Business Owners: Sign Up Now, It’s FREE, Starts August 12th. I’m excited to be working with The NIIC ( North East Indiana Innovation Center ) to conduct a workshop for business leaders in Indiana. They Choose to Dance.

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Rewards of a Diverse Nonprofit Board: Making a Commitment to LGBTQ and DEI

Board Effect

With these critical issues at the helm, we’re providing an overview of the benefits your organization can receive by taking a positive stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion , how to achieve it, and how to maximize the potential of a diverse nonprofit organization. Understanding the Benefits of Diversity and Inclusion.

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Podcast on the future of VC and how mindfulness can help founders

The Equity Kicker

He explains why they chose Indiana Jones, Yoda, and Leonardo Da Vinci as the three individuals who capture what they want to be at Forward. Nic says that at Forward Partners they look up to characters who inspire and inform their work. Nic’s introduction to mindfulness. “It It was totally the wrong time of year to go to India.

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Making Forward Partners a company we are proud of: Our culture

The Equity Kicker

We started our process by identifying the archetypes we relate to (explorer and sage, represented by Indiana Jones and Yoda, hence the whip and the light sabre) and then went from there to our values. I think that’s a good process that other firms could copy, and which is explained in more detail in David’s post.

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Want $50k in Seed Funding? Apply now.

ReadWriteStart

The $50k seed money isn't a grant, but an equity investment by Capital Innovators. One of the applicants that didn't make the initial cut and is re-applying is Intellitek Systems in Fort Wayne, Indiana; operating at break even with five employees selling SMB ERP packaged software. DiningCircle.com , a restaurant reservation service.

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Remote Work, Not Taxes, Threatens Cities: Why That Threat has Peaked but Others Remain

This is going to be BIG.

They make money off of equity and stock option gains, as well as investment partnership interests that are taxed at lower capital gains rates. It’s not like you can choose between a fully detached house in Manhattan versus one in Indiana. The very wealthy don’t make their entire income through wages.

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Founder Connects Business Experts and Coaches to Professionals

Hearpreneur

Her previous role was the founder of a third party marketing consultancy, West River Partners, that raised capital for Emerging Markets-based equity hedge funds. During the 2016 election, there was a national news story about the potential closing of the Carrier factory in Indiana. Francie previously worked in the fashion industry.

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