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The NIIC Moves Signature Event Date to May 12, 2022, Announces Upcoming Webinars for Small Businesses
For immediate release December 30, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The NIIC moved the Dr. Daryl Yost Ideas@Work Event https://niic.net/ideasatwork/ date to May 12, 2022. “We have all endured much during the pandemic. It is important to us at The NIIC to maintain the...
Five Questions for Mike Fritsch
1 For people who’ve heard of The NIIC (Northeast Indiana Innovation Center) but may not understand how it drives regional innovation, please give us a brief tutorial. We work with aspiring and serial entrepreneurs in many ways. Sometimes we guide them to...
Fort Wayne Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Recognizes WEOC Women’s Business Center Director for Community Economic Development
For immediate release December 20, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.—The Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. recognized Leslee Hill, Director WEOC Women’s Business Center, for outstanding commitment and service for Economic Development in the...
NIIC Names New Chief Executive Officer
FORT WAYNE – The executive committee of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne has named Mike Fritsch president and chief executive officer, succeeding Ted Baker, who held the role on an interim basis. Baker stepped in following the April...
Leading Business Incubator-Accelerator Promotes from Within
Mike Fritsch Named President and CEO of The NIIC For immediate release December 6, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The NIIC Executive Committee announced the promotion of Mike Fritsch to President and CEO of The NIIC. “We conducted a nationwide search for the...
Grant to aid area’s small businesses, $1 million to reduce barriers
Excerpts The region’s small businesses are about to get a boost. The U.S. Small Business Administration has selected The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center as one of 51 designated Community Navigator Pilot Program Hubs, officials announced Wednesday. The...
NIIC Selected as SBA Community Navigator
Excerpts FORT WAYNE – The Northeast Indiana Innovation Center in Fort Wayne says it has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as one of 51 designated Community Navigator Pilot Program Hubs. The federal program is designed to reduce barriers...
Northeast Indiana Selected for U.S. SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program
Northeast Indiana Selected for U.S. SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program, $1 Million Award to Power Six Entrepreneurial Support Organizations to Serve Women, Minorities, Rural Entrepreneurs For immediate release November 17, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.— The U.S. Small...
US SBA Selects The NIIC for $1M Pilot Program
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Northeast Indiana Innovation Center receives $1M to help minority entrepreneurs
Excerpt The NIIC (Northeast Indiana Innovation Center) has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as one of 51 designated Community Navigator Pilot Program Hubs. The NIIC will receive a $1 million award over two years to fund the collaborative work...
5 area organizations to receive part of $1M awarded to Northeast Indiana Innovation Center
Excerpt FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has selected the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) as one of two Community Navigator Pilot Program hubs in Indiana. This will give NIIC and five area organizations funding to...
Women’s Business Center Receives $200K from SBA
Excerpt FORT WAYNE – The WEOC Women’s Business Center in Fort Wayne has received $200,000 from the federal government to continue its work supporting woman-owned small businesses, especially those impacted by the pandemic. The grant was one of 14 awarded by the...
Northeast Indiana’s WEOC Women’s Business Center Receives Grant to Help Rural Women Business Owners
For immediate release November 2, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.—The WEOC Women’s Business Center in Fort Wayne has received $200,000 from the federal government to continue its work supporting woman-owned small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Administration issued...
James A. Bailey to Keynote The NIIC Annual Signature Event
Inspiring through the Exponential Power of Inclusive Prosperity: Advancing Black Entrepreneurs For Immediate Release November 1, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind.—Change agent, thought leader, entrepreneur, and emerging philanthropist James (Jay) A. Bailey will keynote the Dr....
SBA Administrator Guzman, Biden-Harris Administration Announce Community Navigator Pilot Program Grantees
The NIIC (Northeast Indiana Innovation Center) selected as one of 51 U.S. SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program Hub/Lead Organizations
LTC Ombudsman Program receives Mayoral Proclamation: October Residents’ Rights Month
LTC Ombudsman Program receives Proclamation signed by Mayor Tom Henry to honor October Residents’ Rights Month and for their advocacy efforts for those living in our area nursing homes. The LTC Ombudsman Program will be kicking off their annual fundraising event,...
Advocating Kindness
Excerpt The Long-Term Care Ombudsman program promotes and protects residents’ rights through advocacy, respect and kindness. If there is one thing Aisha Arrington wishes people would remember, it’s that nursing home residents are people; they just can’t care for...
First BioPoly® Great Toe Surgery Performed in U.S.
October 1, 2021, Fort Wayne, Ind. – BioPoly LLC has announced that the first BioPoly® Great Toe surgery in the U.S. was completed on September 30, 2021. The surgery was performed by Dr. Steve Herbst of Central Indiana Orthopedics in Muncie, Indiana. “The BioPoly Great...