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11.16.16
Building a Culture of Innovation
By: Karl R. LaPan, President and CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Everyone benefits from building a culture of intrapreneurship at the workplace. It’s just that sometimes business owners don’t know where to begin when it comes to encouraging innovation on the job. Here are 4 tips for building a culture of innovation. Let go (Get […]
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Making space for creativity
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center This is the first of five blogs on creativity and innovation.We all need a certain amount of structure to get things done at work. But like anything, there’s such thing as too much self-discipline. Just like you plan your day around your to-do list, […]
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What makes an expert?
By: Karl R. Lapan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center What makes you an expert? Today, there is a really low threshold for self-proclaiming your awesomeness in any field, especially on the web. By blogging, I might be considered a journalist. By taking an online, DIY course in drywalling, I might be construed as […]
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Growing Beyond a Solo Entrepreneur
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center In a recent Kauffman Growthology Report on proposed visa changes called “the international entrepreneur rule”, Kauffman opined “Many entrepreneurs use revenue as their investment capital, yet bootstrapping is not recognized in the proposed rule as a legitimate way to finance business growth.” While this […]
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How to Weather Economic Ups and Downs
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Highs and lows are part of life—and business in no exception. No enterprise is immune to the fickle and unpredictable nature of a competitive marketplace. The truth is that all business climates are entrenched in cyclical patterns, that business leaders must accept in exchange […]
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