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09.08.16
Entrepreneurs Wanted: A Practical Approach to Promoting Entrepreneurship
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Our economy depends on entrepreneurs to thrive. From job creation to innovation to social influence — there is a whole host of reasons policymakers need to support and embrace their efforts. But how? I’ve included a few actionable steps to meaningfully leverage entrepreneurship […]
Read More08.31.16
The Case for Supporting Immigrant Entrepreneurship
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) I know you might be expecting me to comment in advance of Trump’s big immigration reform speech today, but I am not. Instead, I want to talk about the economic and business case for immigrant entrepreneurship. It is my belief that […]
Read More08.24.16
Reducing the Performance Dip
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) Recently, I have talked a lot about issues that face current business owners. But I would be remiss not to mention imperatives pertaining to starting a new business. Here are 3 very practical things you need to take into account before you […]
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Cultural DNA – A Growth Imperative
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center In graduate school, one of my professors described culture as “the way you are doing things around here.” Her definition stuck with me. As you think of some really great companies (like Zappos, Google, Disney, Ritz-Carlton, Starbucks) a business’ culture is one factor that […]
Read More08.11.16
From the Cradle to the Workplace: A Study of Leader-Follower Relationships
By: Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center Many of us have heard about helicopter parents. That’s defined as a “parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their child or children.” One of my graduate school organizational behavior professors once said, “99% of the people in the world […]
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