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Home runs wow baseball fans, but base hits win pennants. The series-winning grand slam is among the rarest events in baseball. Consistent performance over time is the smart strategy for winning games and building championship teams. Confident, high-achieving teams...
September 28, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The NIIC (www.niic.net) is pleased to host SBIR Week in the Midwest – Indiana. All events during the week are open to any resident of Indiana or a border state. Click on https://www.sbirroadtour.com/dates/2020-midwest/ and select...
Indiana women starting and growing new technology companies are invited to apply through Oct. 9 for the Launch Women Business Builders program, an initiative of the WEOC Women’s Business Center at the NIIC.
WEOC Invites Applicants for Launch Women Business Builder Program For immediate release September 21, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— Gensyn Design Founder and Design Thinker Jennifer Hunter credits Launch Women Business Builder Program and WEOC Women’s Business Center...
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...
For immediate release FORT WAYNE, IN – BioPoly LLC has announced that the Company has further expanded its intellectual property portfolio. The Company was granted another international patent for its partial resurfacing implants which protects the...
For Immediate Release September 9, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) will host workshops in September to equip businesses with essential skills in innovation, commercialization, and more. Registration details for all events are...
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...
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.
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...
Reach New Levels with Customers During COVID-19 Pandemic For Immediate Release August 10, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— Beginning this month, small business owners have an opportunity to learn how to deepen customer engagement and relationships through KARE for your...
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...
Virtual Webinar Series to Educate About SBIR/STTR For Immediate Release July 13, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— Each year $2.5 billion non-dilutive grant and contract funding is awarded to qualified small businesses through the federal Small Business Innovation Research...
Collide Ideas to Reimagine, Reinvent During COVID-19 Pandemic For Immediate Release July 23, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.—How often are the words moshpit and innovation used in the same sentence? WBC EmPWR’s Innovation Moshpit™ Workshop Series will be like concertgoers...
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...
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...
CONTACT: Ed San Inocencio, ed@evotekrecruiting.com, (260) 615-3692 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind. — Fort Wayne-based Evotek Recruiting is set for expansion two years after they placed their first recruit. They credit their success to a solid...
Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash July 7, 2020, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center will host two webinars in July for entrepreneurs and business builders. On July 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (EDT), the Connected Health Lab (CHL) of The...
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...
Excerpt The International Business Innovation Association honored the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne with two awards late last month during a fireside chat at its International Conference on Business Incubation. The NIIC received the Dinah...