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Northeast Indiana businesses have a new resource for their mechanical engineering and quality machining needs. Erickson Motors, the commercial division of Engine Research associates, Inc. (ERA), has expanded its offerings. “At Erickson Motors, we recognize that...
BioPoly LLC has announced that two additional U.S. patents have been granted, which protect its unique material, orthopaedic devices, and methods of implantation. BioPoly’s patent portfolio totals 12 for this subject matter thus far. According to Company President,...
“FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA 21) –Looking for a change in career or a start to a career. Opportunity is knocking with Premier Nursing Placement. Premier Nursing Placement is a fairly new program. It got started about three months ago when the organizers noticed...
January 17, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) invites corporate and organizational event planning professionals to breakfast and a tour to learn how The NIIC Conference Center can serve them in meeting their event planning...
January 4, 2017, Fort Wayne, Ind. – Immersion, gamification, user centered design (UCD), and user driven development (UDD) are evolving as critical components for successfully solving real-world problems. To support industries who are driving innovation using this...
December 6, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind. – Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) received a $45,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of its Entrepreneurship is a Career Option Initiative. The NIIC’s student entrepreneurship experience is...
Muncie, IN – Muncie Innovation Connector recently hosted the second annual Excellence in Innovation Awards at the Horizon Convention Center. This celebration recognized leaders in business innovation including those who are well established and others who are...
Innovators are disruptors. Innovative Livestock Group, LLC (ILG), a new company formed by local entrepreneur Brent Davis and Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, intends to disrupt. Livestock systems are a significant global asset with a value of at least $1.4...
District Director Stacey Poynter, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), presented the 2016 SBA Growth Accelerator Fund, in the amount of $50,000, to The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC). The award recipients were announced last month, and The NIIC...
October 31, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.– The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) is the single Indiana winner and one of 85 winners throughout the U.S. of the 2016 U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. “The goal of the...
FORT WAYNE – The chief executive officer of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center says in its first year, the Women’s Economic Opportunity Center in Fort Wayne has helped women-owned businesses secure more than $500,000 in funding. Karl LaPan says the...
October 25, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.–Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) Student Venture Lab Program recently accepted seven qualifying ventures to start-up on The NIIC’s certified technology park campus. This includes six companies and one aspiring...
Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC) Client Live On Goods was selected as one of four companies to pitch its idea for scalable business to a select panel of judges at the Indiana Conference for Women. Maria Krach, Co-Founder, Live On Goods, will be...
October 24, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.–The Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC), hosted by the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC), recently completed its first year of operation and is celebrating significant milestones. As one of two women’s business...
October 18, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.–The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Donald F. Kuratko (“Dr. K”), The Jack M. Gill Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship; and Executive & Academic...
Live On Goods, a local startup company and client of The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, was selected after a stringent evaluation process as one of the four finalists in the Pitch Competition at the Indiana Conference for Women, to be held October 26, 2016, in...
September 7, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.–Live On Goods, LLC, a Fort Wayne, Indiana based startup company, is pleased to announce placement of its bonTop Collection in its first local retail location. The bonTops™ are now available at the Lutheran Hospital Gift Shop located...
September 6, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind.–The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC), a comprehensive entrepreneurial resource center based in Fort Wayne, Ind., announces the addition of Gary Fry as a new Business Coach. Fry will lead the NIIC Student Venture Lab (SVL)...
August 31, 2016, Fort Wayne, Ind. – A strategic partnership among four key resources in the entrepreneurial community has led to development and launch of a pilot program to train Chinese students for careers in entrepreneurship. The Northeast Indiana Innovation...
“Northeast Indiana Innovation Center President Karl LaPan says the organization’s Student Venture Lab allows high school students to ‘create their own internship’ for the jobs they want in the future. The program, which is currently seeking its...