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The word Indigan is a mash-up of Indiana and Michigan. I had the pleasure of participating in the debut performance evening of the Indigan Storytellers group last Friday night. As Rocky Balboa once said “you shoulda been there.” MORE
Indiana’s Kelley School of Business has entered the social entrepreneurship space, focusing on undergraduates. via Kelley Institute for Social Impact supports increasing business student interest in engagement: IU News Room: Indiana University. MORE
Task Force Tips, a fire hose nozzle manufacturer in Valparaiso, Indiana is an example of a local factory that is growing thanks to robotics. MORE
Employees who do this are priceless because they accelerate a culture of business innovation in the workplace,” says Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow, clinical assistant professor of management and business law at Indiana University Kelley School of Business. MORE
This is the kind of message successful entrepreneurs and public figures share at Failfest, an annual celebration of failure that brings together entrepreneurs in Indiana. By John Wechsler, Founder & CEO of Launch Fishers. MORE
Purdue University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Toronto; Arizona State University; Indiana University; Marietta College; University. NetSuite has announced that thirteen North American university accounting programs have adopted its software as a key component of their degree curricula. Industry Commentary MORE
Qualitative Research & Facilitation: GFi worked with Hiler Industries , a high value cast iron manufacturer based in LaPorte, Indiana. Recent Projects at GFi. GFi is the consultancy of Gregg Fraley and specialist associates he brings in to execute projects. This is a periodic update. MORE
Indiana is bringing a cohort of ten community leaders, Washington is bringing five, and Maryland is bringing three. VCs love to talk about Unicorns, where a giant return is possible. Some friends in the impact investing world have recently started talking about generating giant returns by investing in Zebras (such as a nonprofit building in rural Colorado) and Ponies (an immigrant restaurant in Seattle currently using payday lending at 35% for their working capital). MORE
While working at The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers, Indiana, Zack qualified for and played in the 2012 and 2013 Indiana Open tournaments. Oakville’s Zack Creed would say golf was in his blood. MORE
South Bend, Indiana went from Rust Belt to Tech Belt with EdTech in the Bend. After eight years in San Francisco, the Lean Startup Company's annual flagship conference is moving to downtown Las Vegas. From November 14 - 16, at the Zappos Campus, Lean Startup Conference 2018 will feature all-new workshops, speakers, and networking events covering all the latest Lean Startup insights and innovations. I'm excited to tell you more about it. When Zappos approached Lean Startup Co. MORE
Ironic that they are starting their roll out in Nappanee, Indiana — Amish country. Eric is the President of the Indiana Development Corporation. MORE
On the New Florence blog John Deere’s FarmSight Virgin Galactic seeking pilot-astronauts Mattel games and brain-machine interfaces Hamilton County, Indiana next-gen 911 Lexmark Genesis – printer for our social, mobile, cloud times. Innovative Business Uses of Technology MORE
3) Indiana University — Bloomington. Here are the top 10 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs for 2010 according to US News and World Report: 1) Babson College. 2) University of Pennsylvania. 4) University of Southern California. 5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6) University of Arizona. 7) University of Texas — Austin. University of California — Berkeley. 9) Syracuse University. 10) Ball State University. Looks like the usual suspects. MORE
So, when I was researching my book, I looked into what actually happened to the manufacturing workers in Michigan, Indiana and in the South. MORE
In 2007 when he left CU Boulder to become the Dean of the School of Informatics and Computer at Indiana University I was bummed for CU Boulder (but happy for Bobby and Indiana University.) Bobby Schnabel has returned to CU Boulder as the College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty director for entrepreneurial leadership , external chair of computer science, and campus thought-leader on computing. MORE
Main Street Venture Fund LLC, an angel fund of about 25 private investors, was formed by Ruffolo Benson LLC in northeast Indiana with the intention of bringing together area entrepreneurs and private investors to create economic value for the region. By Joseph A. MORE
Lopez holds a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Gender Studies from Indiana University Bloomington. ‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. MORE
No, it has to be real and serious and buttressed by what famed Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight calls in his best-selling book The Power of Negative Thinking. For many businesses, in these pre-Labor Day workdays and the unofficial “ End of Summer ” things slow painfully down. Projects and deals take twice as long and sometimes feel twice as hard. MORE
I do have piles of stuff to take: KILN IdeaKeg boxes , large mural paper, Post-it’s, iPad, iPod, Garmin, pocket knives, sunflower seeds, water, dirty bucks, and an Indiana brand guitar in a battered case. Gotto go Gonzeaux now, more later, on the Innovation in the State of Indiana. MORE
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. MORE
His heroes were Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman growing up and the fictional Indiana Jones. Jason Seats loved playing with Lego blocks as a kid and even did college projects with Legos as a young adult. At the age of eight, he thought he wanted to be an archaeologist. But even as a little kid […] The post Techstars Austin’s Jason Seats on Startup Grind San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
Creativity, Innovation, and Economic Development — Embracing the Challenge. Better Questions Means Better Answers for Regional Economic Development. It’s about Attitudes, Projects, and Baby Steps. Economic Development is important and challenging work. MORE
One of the most talked about Fireside Chat’s of the 2-day Upfront Summit was the talk between my friend Joe Green and Pete Buttigieg , the mayor of South Bend, Indiana aka “The Happy Warrior” currently in a bid to become the new head of the DNC ( you can learn more here ). MORE
Since Apple introduced the Siri personal assistant with the new iPhone 4S I have read several blogs how much better it is compared to Google Voice Search or to GPS and other voice recognition products. How about compared to IBM. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP MORE
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. MORE
The law recently passed in Indiana (Religious Freedom Restoration Act) is being fiercely debated. Open for Business . It’s a real joy when a business opens its doors for the first time. “Open for Business” sounds and feels like hope and possibility to me. MORE
Take the example of Indianas Passageways. Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. Take the example of Indianas Passageways. MORE
By Scott Fadness, Mayor of Fishers, Indiana. As the first Mayor of Fishers, Indiana , Scott Fadness is committed to seeing it become a smart, vibrant, entrepreneurial city. 90 percent of startups fail. MORE
Janus Motorcycles in Goshen, Indiana is creating hand-crafted, small batch motorcycles. Next, they’re American and making something almost entirely in Northern, Indiana. Manufacturing in America — Using the Past to Create an Innovative Future. MORE
I’m watching South Bend, Indiana develop an amazing start-up culture at the Idea Center connected to Notre Dame. Economic Development and the “Home Run” Complex. Amazon has finally made a decision about it’s new HQ. MORE
He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University — Kelley School of Business. by Evan Stephens, Senior Tax Manager at Sensiba San Filippo and Carlos Freitas, Director with Hull & Knarr LLP. MORE
first under a graduate student Visa at Indiana University and later as a […] The post The Movie “For Here or to Go?” Rishi Bhilawadikar created the movie, “For Here or to Go?” ” to tell the story of H1-B Visa workers in the U.S. living in limbo. He knows the story firsthand. For 12 years, Bhilawadikar, a native of India, has been in the U.S. MORE
This is the company’s first office outside of its Indiana headquarters. […] The post SmarterHQ Opens Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills. SmarterHQ, an online marketing platform, announced this week the opening of its new office in Austin. The company, based in Indianapolis, recently received $8 million in financing led by the Simon Venture Group. The five year old startup has raised $20 million to date. MORE
Bloomington, Indiana, Tuesday May 8, Gonzeaux #2. Indiana is the state of Nick Tippmann. The future of Indiana Innovation that’s who (and not Bobby Knight). More on Nick and Bobby below, but first, Observations: Indiana is very flat. MORE
Welcome to the new year. What will it bring? Hopefully a lot less hatred, greed, stupidity, and angst than 2017. But we’re not holding our breath. We emerged from the winter break pondering several of the year’s burning biopharma questions, including the volatility of the U.S. president and what it means for the biopharmaceutical business, a frequent target of his scattershot rants. MORE
The Trump campaign rolled out a new logo last week after announcing that Governor Pence of Indiana would be joining the ticket. Good morning everyone, and welcome to another Monday! MORE
Located in Crown Point, Indiana, Hoosier Cupcake? offers a decadent and delicious assortment of cupcakes ranging from the Vixen to the Tinsel Town to the Fighting Irish! . Hoosier Cupcake? is offering $2 off delivery on Small Business Saturday. MORE
One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch. MORE
As a student, she watched Knight coach every single Indiana University home game and every practice during Indiana’s greatest season. MORE
Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…). Benton Harbor, Michigan, have you heard of it? MORE
Indiana Related Topics deal architect
OCTOBER 29, 2011
Since Apple introduced the Siri personal assistant with the new iPhone 4S I have read several blogs how much better it is compared to Google Voice Search or to GPS and other voice recognition products. How about compared to IBM. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MAY 8, 2012
Bloomington, Indiana, Tuesday May 8, Gonzeaux #2. Indiana is the state of Nick Tippmann. The future of Indiana Innovation that’s who (and not Bobby Knight). More on Nick and Bobby below, but first, Observations: Indiana is very flat.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Janus Motorcycles in Goshen, Indiana is creating hand-crafted, small batch motorcycles. Next, they’re American and making something almost entirely in Northern, Indiana. Manufacturing in America — Using the Past to Create an Innovative Future.
Campus Entrepreneurship
MARCH 21, 2011
Indiana’s Kelley School of Business has entered the social entrepreneurship space, focusing on undergraduates. via Kelley Institute for Social Impact supports increasing business student interest in engagement: IU News Room: Indiana University.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MARCH 18, 2014
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.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 5, 2018
Welcome to the new year. What will it bring? Hopefully a lot less hatred, greed, stupidity, and angst than 2017. But we’re not holding our breath. We emerged from the winter break pondering several of the year’s burning biopharma questions, including the volatility of the U.S. president and what it means for the biopharmaceutical business, a frequent target of his scattershot rants.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
AUGUST 23, 2013
Ironic that they are starting their roll out in Nappanee, Indiana — Amish country. Eric is the President of the Indiana Development Corporation.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MARCH 5, 2015
Creativity, Innovation, and Economic Development — Embracing the Challenge. Better Questions Means Better Answers for Regional Economic Development. It’s about Attitudes, Projects, and Baby Steps. Economic Development is important and challenging work.
deal architect
APRIL 16, 2011
On the New Florence blog John Deere’s FarmSight Virgin Galactic seeking pilot-astronauts Mattel games and brain-machine interfaces Hamilton County, Indiana next-gen 911 Lexmark Genesis – printer for our social, mobile, cloud times. Innovative Business Uses of Technology
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Purdue University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Toronto; Arizona State University; Indiana University; Marietta College; University. NetSuite has announced that thirteen North American university accounting programs have adopted its software as a key component of their degree curricula. Industry Commentary
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 7, 2017
In 2007 when he left CU Boulder to become the Dean of the School of Informatics and Computer at Indiana University I was bummed for CU Boulder (but happy for Bobby and Indiana University.) Bobby Schnabel has returned to CU Boulder as the College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty director for entrepreneurial leadership , external chair of computer science, and campus thought-leader on computing.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 1, 2019
While working at The Hawthorns Golf & Country Club in Fishers, Indiana, Zack qualified for and played in the 2012 and 2013 Indiana Open tournaments. Oakville’s Zack Creed would say golf was in his blood.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
One of the most talked about Fireside Chat’s of the 2-day Upfront Summit was the talk between my friend Joe Green and Pete Buttigieg , the mayor of South Bend, Indiana aka “The Happy Warrior” currently in a bid to become the new head of the DNC ( you can learn more here ).
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
This is the company’s first office outside of its Indiana headquarters. […] The post SmarterHQ Opens Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills. SmarterHQ, an online marketing platform, announced this week the opening of its new office in Austin. The company, based in Indianapolis, recently received $8 million in financing led by the Simon Venture Group. The five year old startup has raised $20 million to date.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
MARCH 15, 2010
Fortune named their Top 5 schools for entrepreneurship : Babson College Indiana University University of Texas St. Louis University Belmont University -- How about that!!
SiliconHills
JUNE 20, 2017
first under a graduate student Visa at Indiana University and later as a […] The post The Movie “For Here or to Go?” Rishi Bhilawadikar created the movie, “For Here or to Go?” ” to tell the story of H1-B Visa workers in the U.S. living in limbo. He knows the story firsthand. For 12 years, Bhilawadikar, a native of India, has been in the U.S.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 24, 2011
Located in Crown Point, Indiana, Hoosier Cupcake? offers a decadent and delicious assortment of cupcakes ranging from the Vixen to the Tinsel Town to the Fighting Irish! . Hoosier Cupcake? is offering $2 off delivery on Small Business Saturday.
SiliconHills
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
His heroes were Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman growing up and the fictional Indiana Jones. Jason Seats loved playing with Lego blocks as a kid and even did college projects with Legos as a young adult. At the age of eight, he thought he wanted to be an archaeologist. But even as a little kid […] The post Techstars Austin’s Jason Seats on Startup Grind San Antonio appeared first on SiliconHills.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 11, 2017
Indiana is bringing a cohort of ten community leaders, Washington is bringing five, and Maryland is bringing three. VCs love to talk about Unicorns, where a giant return is possible. Some friends in the impact investing world have recently started talking about generating giant returns by investing in Zebras (such as a nonprofit building in rural Colorado) and Ponies (an immigrant restaurant in Seattle currently using payday lending at 35% for their working capital).
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
South Bend, Indiana went from Rust Belt to Tech Belt with EdTech in the Bend. After eight years in San Francisco, the Lean Startup Company's annual flagship conference is moving to downtown Las Vegas. From November 14 - 16, at the Zappos Campus, Lean Startup Conference 2018 will feature all-new workshops, speakers, and networking events covering all the latest Lean Startup insights and innovations. I'm excited to tell you more about it. When Zappos approached Lean Startup Co.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
By Scott Fadness, Mayor of Fishers, Indiana. As the first Mayor of Fishers, Indiana , Scott Fadness is committed to seeing it become a smart, vibrant, entrepreneurial city. 90 percent of startups fail.
Austin Startup
JANUARY 24, 2019
Employees who do this are priceless because they accelerate a culture of business innovation in the workplace,” says Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow, clinical assistant professor of management and business law at Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
I’m watching South Bend, Indiana develop an amazing start-up culture at the Idea Center connected to Notre Dame. Economic Development and the “Home Run” Complex. Amazon has finally made a decision about it’s new HQ.
The Equity Kicker
DECEMBER 10, 2014
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.
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 18, 2016
The Trump campaign rolled out a new logo last week after announcing that Governor Pence of Indiana would be joining the ticket. Good morning everyone, and welcome to another Monday!
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MAY 7, 2012
I do have piles of stuff to take: KILN IdeaKeg boxes , large mural paper, Post-it’s, iPad, iPod, Garmin, pocket knives, sunflower seeds, water, dirty bucks, and an Indiana brand guitar in a battered case. Gotto go Gonzeaux now, more later, on the Innovation in the State of Indiana.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JANUARY 20, 2014
The word Indigan is a mash-up of Indiana and Michigan. I had the pleasure of participating in the debut performance evening of the Indigan Storytellers group last Friday night. As Rocky Balboa once said “you shoulda been there.”
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
So, when I was researching my book, I looked into what actually happened to the manufacturing workers in Michigan, Indiana and in the South.
Campus Entrepreneurship
AUGUST 25, 2010
3) Indiana University — Bloomington. Here are the top 10 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs for 2010 according to US News and World Report: 1) Babson College. 2) University of Pennsylvania. 4) University of Southern California. 5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6) University of Arizona. 7) University of Texas — Austin. University of California — Berkeley. 9) Syracuse University. 10) Ball State University. Looks like the usual suspects.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2012
One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
Main Street Venture Fund LLC, an angel fund of about 25 private investors, was formed by Ruffolo Benson LLC in northeast Indiana with the intention of bringing together area entrepreneurs and private investors to create economic value for the region. By Joseph A.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 10, 2014
As a student, she watched Knight coach every single Indiana University home game and every practice during Indiana’s greatest season.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
APRIL 21, 2019
Task Force Tips, a fire hose nozzle manufacturer in Valparaiso, Indiana is an example of a local factory that is growing thanks to robotics.
Growthink Blog
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
No, it has to be real and serious and buttressed by what famed Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight calls in his best-selling book The Power of Negative Thinking. For many businesses, in these pre-Labor Day workdays and the unofficial “ End of Summer ” things slow painfully down. Projects and deals take twice as long and sometimes feel twice as hard.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JANUARY 29, 2013
Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…). Benton Harbor, Michigan, have you heard of it?
Transformify
JULY 17, 2019
Lopez holds a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism and Gender Studies from Indiana University Bloomington. ‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 24, 2016
This is the kind of message successful entrepreneurs and public figures share at Failfest, an annual celebration of failure that brings together entrepreneurs in Indiana. By John Wechsler, Founder & CEO of Launch Fishers.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JULY 27, 2018
Qualitative Research & Facilitation: GFi worked with Hiler Industries , a high value cast iron manufacturer based in LaPorte, Indiana. Recent Projects at GFi. GFi is the consultancy of Gregg Fraley and specialist associates he brings in to execute projects. This is a periodic update.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 6, 2017
He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University — Kelley School of Business. by Evan Stephens, Senior Tax Manager at Sensiba San Filippo and Carlos Freitas, Director with Hull & Knarr LLP.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 22, 2010
Take the example of Indianas Passageways. Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. Take the example of Indianas Passageways.
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