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Congratulations to WEOC Launch Women Business Builders who have advanced to Phase 2 of the Program. Jen Petro, Virtual Business Coach; Tricia Cavender, Rhapsody Art Gallery & Studio; Melissa Hall, Sample Snap; Alice Payne and Morgan Refakis; Hali Ruisard, Rhapsody...
EXCERPT The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center became the nation’s only technology park last month with a program boasting the latest version of the flagship 9001 quality management systems standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization. The...
Fort Wayne resident, The Verbal Edge business owner, communications skills trainer, and coach Elizabeth MacDonald is also now an author. Her experience in television broadcasting, communications, high school teaching, the airline industry, and her current role...
The NIIC received confirmation of achieving ISO 9001:2015 Registration on June 26, 2018. This means the organization is officially transitioning to the new risk-based quality and management standard. This designation reaffirms The NIIC’s commitment to quality...
Karl R. LaPan, President & CEO, The NIIC, has joined the Ball State University Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board. The Center is one of the most recognized entrepreneurship programs in the country. “I am excited Karl LaPan has agreed to serve on the...
June 25, 2018, Fort Wayne, Ind.—Mentoring relationships are like any relationship in that they have to be built on trust. Trust is complex and multi-faceted, which makes it difficult to navigate at times. The entrepreneurial community is invited to attend The Trust...
Excerpt “Ball State University is working with the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center on a national research project the university has started in a search of ways technology-driven entrepreneurs can achieve more with their businesses through accelerated...
Excerpt “In honor of Father’s Day, Business Weekly examines the evolving role of dads in the workplace. As mothers continue to climb corporate ladders and shatter glass ceilings, fathers need to not only take on larger domestic roles, but continue providing...
Each year United States businesses lose over $1 Trillion of revenue due to fraudulent accounting practices and embezzlement. Small business owners are invited to attend an anti-fraud workshop to learn 10 No-Cost Ways to Reduce Financial Fraud Risk. “Financial fraud...
May 30, 2018, Fort Wayne, Ind.—Successful entrepreneurs are driven to address unmet market and customer needs. In that same spirit, a national research project is underway to accelerate learning for technology-driven entrepreneurs. “This research is focused on founder...
Your company could unknowingly be sitting on benefits—Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone benefits. Businesses may qualify for benefits if at least 35 percent of their employees live in a HUBZone, the business is 51 percent owned by a U.S. citizen, and...
Excerpt “A new federal initiative might bring sizable new private-sector investments to low-income areas of Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana. Or not. Local economic development officials hailed this month’s designation by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb of 156...
Effective April 30, 2018, Northeast Indiana entrepreneurs can conveniently meet with SCORE, The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) and Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC) all under the same roof. Also, located across the street from The NIIC...
Supporting and recognizing student and women entrepreneurs April 17, 2018, Fort Wayne, Ind.–When home-schooled, high school junior Mitchell Skees decided to take the first steps to form a software development and app business, he contacted The NIIC. At that time,...
EXCERPT “An open mind and solid team are crucial for business owners, says a Fort Wayne native whose consumer review website became a nationally known enterprise. “You always need to be open to ideas and things that may not have been obvious to you,” said Angie...
The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) and The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) are combining their expertise and networks to expand support for aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs. The goal is to help more Northeast Indiana entrepreneurs make their...
The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) is excited to announce Leslee Hill is the new Director, Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC). Previously, she owned and operated Hill Image Consulting. “Leslee Hill brings passion and contagious optimism...
WOWnet Members at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana Bowling for Kids’ Sake fundraiser. Shown left to right, front row: Carrie Stuckey, Mortgage Loan Officer, Caliber Home Loans; Laura Kapp Miller, Financial Advisor, UBS Financial; Carolyn Spake-Leeper,...
How many of you feel like leaving your current job will be a job in itself? Your resume may be solid if you are staying in your current field. The problem is that jobs are limited in many fields and require people to leave the region if they want to advance in your...
Indiana’s own Angie Hicks, Co-Founder of Angie’s List and Chief Customer Officer at ANGI Homeservices, will serve as the keynote speaker for The NIIC’s Ideas@Work Signature Conference on April 17, 2018, at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation. Her...