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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

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. You might see your own business reflected in these case studies — which may provide insights into areas of growth for your business. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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

The Equity Kicker

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. But secondly, it’s important that Forward Partners is a great place to work. Forward Partners Uncategorized'

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Cash Crunch? 5 Unconventional Ways To Fund Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

by Daniel Pigg , director of business engagement and an instructor at Indiana State University. Seek potential partners. These potential investors make wonderful partners. In essence, your silent partner will play the part of an angel investor — but with more say. Would you bet money on an inexperienced horse?

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Smart Like VanDerveer: Four Lessons Leaders Can Learn From The Coach Of Stanford’s Women’s Basketball Team

YoungUpstarts

As a student, she watched Knight coach every single Indiana University home game and every practice during Indiana’s greatest season. Karlgaard is also a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded Upside magazine, Garage Technology Partners, and Silicon Valley’s premier public business forum, the 7,500-member Churchill Club.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Luckily I didn’t have to – a friend ended up texting me and my business partner, suggesting the name Codal. My business partner, Adam Hale, and I were both in Fort Wayne, Indiana when the company was founded. It’s code and portal combined, and it just took someone close to us to. understand what we were going for.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

Every state also specifies whether sole proprietors, single member LLCs, partners, and family farms are considered employees and may opt-out or into workers’ comp. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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

The Equity Kicker

We discussed a number of themes close to my heart, including the future of venture, Forward Partners culture and the power of mindfulness practice. The culture at Forward Partners. Nic says that at Forward Partners they look up to characters who inspire and inform their work. Originally published on Product Hunt last week.).

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