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02.05.19
IT’S WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS
As a Fort Wayne native, my path has crossed The NIIC’s Campus several times. Whether I have been driving through town or going to school at Purdue Fort Wayne, the mysterious brick building on the corner has always caught my eye. A few years after I completed my undergrad degree, I found myself desiring to […]
Read More02.04.19
Ball State Entrepreneurship Fort Wayne Learning Journey
Photo by Griff Hulecki, Ball State Entrepreneurship Center On a cloudy Monday, Ball State’s 2019 senior Entrepreneurial Management class found the light in 4 of Ft. Wayne’s most successful businesses. Not only were we greeted by a handful of savvy speakers and enterprise owners, but their knowledge and experience of applying an entrepreneurial approach to […]
Read More02.01.19
3 Lessons from Popular Super Bowl Ads
Photo by Wade Austin Ellis on Unsplash Sports fans and pop culture enthusiasts alike are gearing up for Super Sunday. Whether you genuinely love the on-field action or just tune in for the commercials, I think we can all agree that the Super Bowl offers entertainment value. Athletic performance and highly-anticipated ads produce a winning combination. […]
More01.30.19
Startup Tips—Knowledge Shared from a Serial Entrepreneur
I had the pleasure of hearing serial entrepreneur Marlin Stutzman speak at First Fridays Fort Wayne. He’s Principal Partner, The Stutzman Group, LLC. You may also recognize his name as Former Congressman Indiana 03. Afterward, we talked about the one piece of advice he would give to individuals starting their businesses. And because he is generous to share his […]
Read More01.25.19
Creating a sense of belonging in the business building workplace
Photo by Amer Mughawish on Unsplash It is no accident that The NIIC tag line is “an entrepreneurial community”. But what is community? Peter Block wrote a book that has profoundly influenced and provoked my thinking about community. In his book, Community: The Structure of Belonging, he opined, “The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into […]
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