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Education Counts Michiana – Innovation Moshpit

Click here to view this segment. Excerpt About this Segment: Innovation Moshpit For small business owners, the name of the game is innovation, but learning how to innovate isn’t always easy. Through the Innovation Moshpit at the Northeast Indiana Innovation...

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Family turns dad’s hobby into business venture

Excerpt What does a mechanical engineer do in his spare time? In the case of the late Fred Erickson, over the course of 25 years he built and perfected a new type of engine, one that could have military and commercial uses. Erickson, a Purdue graduate, was a...

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Inclusive Entrepreneurship Programs Create New Opportunities for Hoosiers

Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic, U.S. small businesses accounted for 44 percent of U.S. economic activity. Indiana-based nonprofit The NIIC believes small businesses will help to drive the Post-COVID-19 economy. The NIIC is working to narrow the opportunity gap for Indiana business owners through five inclusive entrepreneurship programs. The programs expand services to traditionally underserved groups in Northeast Indiana and across the state.

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Opportunity Amid Distress

Great Reimagination aims to jump-start post-COVID-19 economy by innovation COVID-19 hijacked the American economy. Early estimates suggest more than 20% of small businesses will close permanently. Companies with underrepresented, diverse founders reportedly face even...

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It’s a moshpit for business reimagination

Excerpt The Equity and Prosperity for Women Reimagining Their Businesses program at the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center plans to bring an Innovation Moshpit Workshop Series to Fort Wayne and much of the rest of the state. The WEOC at the Northeast Indiana...

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NIIC Adds Two

Excerpt The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center has hired Sarah Lance as project manager and Jennifer Romano as community engagement coordinator for the EmPWR (Equity & Prosperity for Women Reimagining) Their Businesses Program. The EmPWR Program is a 12-month...

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Fort Wayne HR Startup Prepping for Expansion

Excerpt FORT WAYNE – A Fort Wayne-based startup focused on providing professional services for job seekers and employers is preparing for growth. Evotek Recruiting says it plans to move to a new headquarters later this summer after launching at the Northeast...

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NIIC Launches Program to Help Minority Business Creators

Exerpt FORT WAYNE – The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne has launched the first cohort of a program intended to help people in underserved communities become entrepreneurs. The business incubator says the Connected Communities Breakthrough...

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