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For decades, resourceful women in Whitley County have been pursuing their dreams of business ownership largely on their own, researching options and seeking their own creative solutions. While many have achieved great pinnacles of success, the struggles involved in...
These Goshen High School seniors represent hundreds of students trained this past year through Premier Nursing Academy, based in Fort Wayne with additional locations in Warsaw and Goshen. Taylor Coulter is a Goshen High School senior, who is completing her Certified...
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has added more than two dozen members to its board of directors. The additions include executives industries, such as tech, agriculture, manufacturing, law and healthcare. All of the new members will serve...
January 15, 2018—Three online/digital companies began the new Launch Women Business Builder Program to accelerate the launch and growth of their businesses. “We are impressed by the creativity in defining unmet business needs, the determination, ambition, and...
Seated: Mitchell Skees, Ashley Spurr | Standing: Rick Erickson, Jeff Erickson, Ralph Mrcuccilli, Nick Deeter, Lisa Harris, and Connor Skees A successful business venture may be born of inspiration, but it takes more than wishful thinking to make the leap from an idea...
December 13, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. –Northeast Indiana professionals can hone their communications skills through a new workshop series being offered through the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC). The first of four workshops focuses on Present...
November 30, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – Female founders of online-digital companies (e-commerce, apps and IT-related ventures) have a new way to accelerate the launch and growth of their companies. Launch Women Business Builder Program is being offered through a...
During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017, we’re seizing the opportunity to brag on a couple of Women’s Entrepreneurship Opportunity Center (WEOC) clients. It is our pleasure to serve them and watch their ventures grow and evolve. Here are examples of exemplary...
In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we want to share with you about some exemplary student entrepreneurs we’ve seen through The NIIC Student Venture Lab Program. Meet Mitchell Skees. The high-schooler co-founded a software development and apps company, 3B Apps...
November 2, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – November 13-19, 2017, is Global Entrepreneurship Week, with the intent of helping people unleash ideas to start or grow and scale their existing business through being more innovative. Several events are scheduled at The NIIC to...
October 31, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – October is National Women’s Small Business Month, a fitting time for the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center to receive renewed funding for 2017-2018 Women’s Business Center from the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)....
Excerpt “Did you know Fort Wayne is home to one of two U.S. Small Business Administration-designated women’s business centers in Indiana? The Women’s Economic Opportunity Center is at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, which is its host...
October 16, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. –Students enrolled in entrepreneurial studies are invited to Launch Your Dream—The Thrill of Entrepreneurism Event to learn from local entrepreneur Jamal Robinson, Founder and President, Desiar Handcrafted Eyewear. The event is...
NOTE: This collaborative news release is distributed on behalf of CapeAble Sensory Products, LLC, and by Fort Wayne Chapter of SCORE, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC), Northeast Indiana Small Business Development Center (Northeast ISBDC), Brightpoint,...
October 5, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) recently received notification of its re-registration as an ISO 9001:2008 program whose conformance relates to the scope of a comprehensive portfolio of business acceleration and...
October 4, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – IPMG, LLC, a wholly owned for-profit subsidiary of The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) recently announced investments into two downtown Fort Wayne initiatives—Hop River Brewing Company and Innovative Riverscape Group,...
Entrepreneurs Ashley Spurr, Founder, Elevare, and Alice Martin-Page, Founder, Stay-Cation, were selected as winners Saturday, September 23, 2017, of the Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC) Launch Women Pitch Competition at the Northeast Indiana Innovation...
Today the Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC) announced the finalists for its Launch Women Pitch Competition taking place on September 23, 2017, at The NIIC. Entrepreneurs Melissa Hall (Simple Sample Solutions), Ashley Spurr (Elevare), Nicole Hayden (Creative...
Silicon Valley investor Danielle Strachman is scheduled to serve as keynote at the Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC) Launch Women Pitch Competition on September 23, 2017 at The NIIC. Strachman, a cofounder and general partner at the early stage investment...
Doug LeDuc’s article in Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly reminds entrepreneurs of the upcoming WEOC Launch Women Pitch Competition deadline. “The Women’s Economic Opportunity Center created a business plan pitch competition to provide early capital for...