Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2019

Attention Michiana, NW Indiana, Chicago. The Society of Innovators at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) aims to contribute to economic and community development throughout the region as the champion of innovation in Northwest Indiana. Located in Northwest Indiana, near Chicago, PNW fosters a vibrant academic community through high quality and engaging undergraduate and graduate education. Public Training Offering — Getting Innovation Started.

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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

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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. How many state cops does Indiana employ? Yes, Indiana is the home of Gary and Hammond, former industrial centers, but Indiana, just by observation, is a small business state.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 7, 2020

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. If you’re an Indiana business leader, it’s FREE. MoshPits, those crazy human-smashing dance scenes at heavy metal concerts are deliberate chaos.

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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.

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Gregg Fraley

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. Goshen, Indiana, which for those of you who read this around the country is something like Andy Griffith’s Mayberry, but without the southern accents. Manufacturing in America — Using the Past to Create an Innovative Future.

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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. Sometimes Cinderella Boys Hit Innovation Holes-in-One. Let’s put politics aside for a moment and pretend the minimum wage is not a party-centric issue. Let’s look at it from a pragmatic perspective if possible.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 27, 2015

The law recently passed in Indiana (Religious Freedom Restoration Act) is being fiercely debated. Creativity and Self-Expression Customer Service Economic Development Entrepreneurial Innovation Politics & Government civil rights Creativity discrimination entrepreneurship Governor Mike Pence Indiana Open for Business religious freedom Religious Freedom Restoration Act Wilkes-Barre PA Open for Business . It’s a real joy when a business opens its doors for the first time.

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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. This post is about an innovative company called aXess America , but first… Do you assume that broadband web access is nearly universal? It’s not. Millions of rural Americans have no, or quite poor, web access. Our government allocated part of the 2.9

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 5, 2015

Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Creativity and Self-Expression Entrepreneurial Innovation Leadership Reshoring Start-ups Baby Steps Bill Murray Bob Eckert CPS creative effectiveness Creativity Economic Development Four Baby Steps for Economic Developers Indiana innovation culture innovation in Economic Development Jack''s Notebook Joseph Juran Kodak leadership regional culture regional development regional economic development Richard Florida South Bend What About Bob

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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

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

FYI:I’m doing a public workshop in Portage, Indiana, in association with the Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest, on September 19th, where this is the main topic. The Classic Pitfalls of Innovation. Mandates, Training, Process, Talent, Conflict, Risk. Where Have Your Initiatives Failed? Innovation programs are like a labyrinth designed to have you lose your way — and die! Organizations fail with initiatives for many reasons, with lots of good intentions.

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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!!

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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.

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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.

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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. While working as the co-first assistant professional at the Highland Golf & Country Club in Indianapolis in 2014, he was a finalist for Indiana Professional of the Year. Oakville’s Zack Creed would say golf was in his blood.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2020

by Daniel Pigg , director of business engagement and an instructor at Indiana State University. Daniel Pigg is the director of business engagement and an instructor at Indiana State University.

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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. Check out their mouthwatering selection at www.hoosiercupcake.com. Business Planning

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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.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 30, 2020

billion USD, used to sell stamps door-to-door as a kid and gave disco lessons to meet his educational expenses through Indiana University. Finding an entrepreneur you admire is a way to model your own behavior toward success.

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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.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Disney, for example, has managed to maintain its broad entertainment appeal by evolving from Mickey Mouse cartoons, to Old Yeller type movies, Pixar animation movies, to Star Wars and Indiana Jones. In my experience as a business consultant, I find than most people still believe that technology drives business disruption. I’m more convinced that technology merely enables disruption, and changing customer interests and needs really causes it.

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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. With such a high failure rate, why would I, the leader of a municipality thousands of miles from Silicon Valley, model my leadership style after that of an entrepreneur?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2020

by Veronica Baxter. Perhaps. Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The number and type of employees triggering the workers’ compensation insurance requirement varies, and each state has different exceptions to that requirement. The Number of Employees You Have Matters.

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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.

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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).

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OnlyOnce

JULY 14, 2020

For example, the State of Indiana passed a law intended to not force people to do things that contravened their religious beliefs but it had the side effect of legal descrimination against LGBT citizens. I haven’t taken a poll to figure out the overlap between people who read this blog and people that bought the first edition of Startup CEO, but I’m guessing there’s a high degree of it.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2020

Indiana Lee is a professional writer who resides in the Pacific Northwest. Most people want to choose a career for more than monetary rewards. Whether they work for an employer or decide to run their own small business, many want to find meaning in what they do.

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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. Arts Education Preps Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs ZACH Theatre Education?—?Collaboration, Collaboration, Resilience, and Fanning a Creative Spark ZACH Theatre Education Students. AxelB Photography. Austin, TX)?—?The

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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. by Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard and author of “ The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success “ The Stanford University women’s basketball team almost always makes the Final Four. This year is no exception.

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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.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2020

Indiana Lee is a professional writer who resides in the Pacific Northwest. More than 15 million Americans have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, and they are only part of the vast number of citizens that are struggling financially due to the virus.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

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. A couple of weeks back I did an interview with Abadesi Osunsade from Product Hunt. We discussed a number of themes close to my heart, including the future of venture, Forward Partners culture and the power of mindfulness practice. Embed here, and more detail of what we discussed below. Originally published on Product Hunt last week.).

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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. Starting in 2016, Research and Development (R&D) tax credits can be used to offset payroll taxes. Previously, these credits could only be used to offset income taxes.

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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 ). The Mayor talked a lot about voter suppression in Indiana and how having a super majority in a state led by Mike Pence “wasn’t pretty.”

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Gregg Fraley

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.

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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.

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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. Forward Partners is a venture firm, but the size of our startup team and the way we support our partner companies makes us very different from conventional venture capitalists.

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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. Exploring The Everyday is an interview series exploring interesting individuals or companies who are trying to make an impact on the lives of everyday people. You can learn more about this series here. Universal Basic Income is a hot dinner party topic around the country right now.

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