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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...
The Women’s Economic Opportunity Center (WEOC) hosted by the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (NIIC) announced today the Launch Women Pitch Competition, to support women entrepreneurs throughout the WEOC service area (see below). Women who have recently started or...
Leaders of emerging businesses are invited to an exclusive lunch to learn about overcoming the six unique challenges of emerging businesses on August 24 or September 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC). Todd Schrock, CEO...
How to Overcome the Unique Challenges of Emerging Businesses (20-100 Employees) Article #3 in the series. You never imagined. The year your business’s revenues finally broke through. In a big way. Years of hard work and sacrifice building to this moment of—a drained...
How to Overcome the Unique Challenges of Emerging Businesses (20-100 Employees) Article #2 in the series. “Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business,” Richard...
Local CEO Advantage™ Certified Advisor Todd Schrock is partnering with Northeast Indiana Innovation Center (The NIIC) to form CEO Rhythms Forum. This is essentially a peer group for CEOs, presidents and owners of emerging businesses. The forum is facilitated by The...
Nicole Kurut’s article in LIVING FORT WAYNE features The NIIC Student Venture Lab Client 3B Apps. Here’s an excerpt and a link to read the full story. “If you are looking for motivation this week, look no further than Mitchell Skees and his two...
The NIIC loves to brag on its clients! Lisa Esquivel Long of The News Sentinel featured LiveOn Goods, LLC in this article. Cutline (left to right) Laura Rao, Mary Briscoe, Helen Huser Nill, Gretchen Dahm, Maria Krach...
“CapeAble Sensory Products won the InnovateHER Competition hosted by Fort Wayne SCORE Chapter and held at The NIIC Cole Auditorium on April 26, 2017. The purpose of the competition is to amplify products or services that fill a need in the marketplace and have...
Business People (magazine), The Scene, May edition featured The NIIC’s annual Ideas@Work Signature Event. Cutline – Ideas@Work Signature Event Keynote Speaker Donald F. Kuratko (Dr. K.), Myths & Realities of the Entrepreneurial Mindset: An Indiana...
CapeAble Sensory Products won the InnovateHER Competition recently hosted by Fort Wayne SCORE Chapter and held at The NIIC. The purpose of the competition as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (U.S. SBA) is to amplify products or services that fill a...
Do you know myths vs. realities of entrepreneurship? More than 500 entrepreneurs, business leaders and students recently convened at The NIIC Ideas@Work Event at the Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation to be educated and inspired on the topic. Keynote...