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12.30.24
Top 4 in 2024
The New Year is a time to look ahead and also an appropriate time to reflect on the year gone by. At the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center — the NIIC — we’re celebrating “Four for 2024,” a quartet of notable achievements from the past 12 months. The Fort Wayne-based NIIC serves a 16-county area of […]
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Driving Local Success: How Andy’s Car Wash Blends Tradition, Innovation, and Comm...
Andy’s Car Wash finds itself a small business in a big world these days, and it is nimbly navigating that world through a combination of social media and community involvement. Niki Anderson is co-owner of Andy’s with her husband Ben, who is the grandson of the business’s namesake, James Forrest “Andy” Anderson, who established the […]
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The Journey of Owning Builder Box USA
Business careers are often described as a “journey” because they seldom follow a straight line. Journeys imply starts and stops, twists and turns, peaks and valleys. Each one of those can result in a course correction. Katie Austin knows all about that, and how bold decisions can yield great outcomes. Katie, a Fort Wayne native […]
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How One Woman Is Creating a Cultural Hub in the Heart of Fort Wayne
What do you do if you’re a vendor seeking events where you can sell your products on a consistent basis? If your name is Johanna Barrera, you create your own! Learn how this dynamic entrepreneur developed Unity Market in the heart of Fort Wayne. Q: What is your business? Unity Market is a place where […]
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Turning a Personal Setback into an Opportunity
Many small business owners discover their inner entrepreneur through personal adversity, and Irina Beltrán is no exception. After losing her job of 20 years, she began to look for ways to serve others. In the process, she discovered a new opportunity, and Beltrán Group Documentation Services was born. Q: What is your business? Beltrán Group […]
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