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Business Disaster Loans – Up to $2 Million Businesses and nonprofits can get loans to repair or replace disaster-damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery, equipment, inventory, other business assets, and to prepare for future disasters. Economic Injury...
WASHINGTON – Indiana businesses and residents affected by the derecho windstorm on June 13-14 may apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced today. Administrator Guzman made...
If you ask people what entrepreneurs need the most to succeed, they will often tell you it’s money. Having the capital to operate and grow a business is important. Yet, I am convinced something else tops the list. It’s something business builders...
If you ask people what entrepreneurs need the most to succeed, they will often tell you it’s money. Having the capital to operate and grow a business is important. Yet, I am convinced something else tops the list. It’s something business builders themselves are often unaware they need.
For Small Businesses and Non Profits in the Region and Beyond Marketing and advertising agency talent in Northeast Indiana tends to gravitate toward lucrative accounts with larger clients, in many cases leaving small businesses and not-for-profit agencies out of the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT WAYNE, Ind.—46 Graphics, co-owned by Nikki and Bret Keister, received the Dr. Mike Mirro Founder Award. Philanthropist and business owner Cheryl Taylor received the Dr. Daryl Yost Excellence in Philanthropy Award. The awards presentations...
Business ownership is on the rise. The pandemic’s impact on the traditional workplace led many people to pursue this path. It also challenged some existing business owners to find ways to recover. Northeast Indiana small businesses are getting a boost through many...
Story shared from 963xke.com FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Sharon Tucker has announced the next Project Activate SouthEast (PASE) Fort Wayne, an innovative program designed to engage and empower entrepreneurs to locate their service-based...
FORT WAYNE, Ind.—(June 1, 2022)—Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Allied Payment Network, Inc. (Allied), the industry’s most progressive provider of online and mobile money movement services to banks and credit unions, announced today that it has for the third consecutive...
Just a week ago, many Fort Wayne residents and area leaders were taken by storm when Jay Bailey arrived in town. Not only was Bailey a joy to listen to, but his message left an atmosphere of optimism, encouragement, and hope for entrepreneurs in our community. Jay was...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Combining the power of Purdue University engineers and veterinarians, a technology with “a very clear clinical need” is aiming to take a bite out of the electronic textile industry. Clothes that are embedded with electronic functions to...
InsurTech venture capital firm Markd on Thursday (March 24) closed its $100 million debut fund for early- and growth-stage startups “with the potential to propel the digital transformation of the insurance industry,” according to a company press release. Markd founder...
Northeast Indiana entrepreneurs and businesses have no-charge access to programs designed to help businesses grow. Register today! This training is made available by Purdue Extension Community Development, a NIIC Community Navigator Program Partner Spoke....
Photo by Mammoth Research An Interview with Tommy Martin, CEO and Operations Manager, Mammoth Research By leveraging local and national resources, connections with world-class physicians, and its own propriety technology, Mammoth Research has launched highly...
What five people surround you the most? Choose wisely. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with,” says Jim Rohn, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and highly-respected author. Can you list your five people? People coming together creates...
The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne has hired Rhonda Ladig as program manager. She is also owner of Ladig Consulting LLC. Ladig holds a bachelor’s degree from the Indiana Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from Purdue University Fort...
Renewed Focus with Initiative Partners FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The NIIC announces the relaunch of the Connected Health Lab (CHL) Program, with new employee Rhonda Ladig leading the initiative as the program manager. The relaunch considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Applications will be accepted until April 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 32.5 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced the...
Long before the pandemic, connectivity was evolving. Health-related market clusters – including health care services and delivery, medical devices and insurance – are the bedrock of Indiana’s economy. This underscores the importance of initiatives supporting...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Pacific Defense pairs up with the NIIC to make Fort Wayne its first home in the Midwest. Pacific Defense, a company that makes electromagnetic spectrum technology solutions for the Department of Defense, will open a new office in Fort Wayne....