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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...
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)....