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Business advisor named at SBDC
CROWN POINT – Bill Gregory has been named a business advisor by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center. Gregory will concentrate on Lake County.
“I believe I can impact the business community by continuing to beat the drum loudly about the need for economic growth in the entire region and how that can happen by assisting small businesses get started, then helping them …
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Horizon to increase small business loans
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bancorp, the parent of Horizon Bank, has announced it will increase the money it makes available for small business loans over the next two years.
Horizon has received $12.5 million as its share of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program. Horizon had purchased preferred shares in the program that was created as part of the Small Business …
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Tasty Growth
Waffle-making executive earns Small Business Person of the Year honors.
by Steve Kaelble
What’s it take to bring about dramatic business growth? Some revolutionary new technology? Maybe. Or maybe just a new way to present a traditional ware, even an old product. And what could be more traditional than a piping hot breakfast, with delicious Belgian waffles?
Rick McKeel’s company has been making waffle mixes …
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The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Northwest Indiana. Small business incubators dot the region’s landscape – from Valparaiso to Hammond, from Merrillville to South Bend.
As the landscape for small business changes from traditional pursuits in manufacturing to high-tech ventures, new questions arise among entrepreneurs on how to ensure success.
To help answer those questions, Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly has asked experts from …
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Minority-owned businesses help drive the economy.
by Michael Puente
Northwest Indiana was buried in snow in early February. Schools and businesses were forced to shut down for several days. The situation in Chicago wasn’t much better, with hundreds of motorists stranded on Lakeshore Drive during the 2011 blizzard.
But even as the region went into a deep freeze, Northwest Indiana saw the launch of a …
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Posted in Business Features, Small Business, Spring 2011
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