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Category: Cover Story
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Annual awards honor drive, perseverance and innovation.
by Rick A. Richards
It might be going too far to describe entrepreneurs as gamblers, but they are risk takers. Bill Gregory, interim director of the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center, says there is something in their nature that pushes them to take risks.
“They all have a drive and perseverance,” says Gregory. “They are creative, energetic …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Current Issue, Entrepreneurship, Winter 2012
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Honoring Innovators
Making a difference by pursuing new ideas.
by Rick A. Richards
Innovation starts as a spark of inspiration. And once the fire is lit, there is no putting it out.
The idea that you can create something new or do something in a different way motivates innovators. It may take years before an idea blooms, but what matters to innovators is exploring their idea as …
Posted in Cover Story, Fall 2011, Innovation
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The Cutting Edge
Northwest Indiana emerging as a great place to turn research into products.
by Rick A. Richards
The buckle of the nation’s industrial belt is firmly cinched in Northwest Indiana. Steel and its affiliated suppliers and businesses have been a part of the region’s landscape for generations.
And just a few miles south, Indiana’s cornbelt begins. Within minutes of leaving the northern part of Lake and …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Economic Development, Research, Summer 2011, Technology
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Entrepreneurial Excellence
The willingness to take a chance, to step into uncharted territory, is the common denominator among the nine recipients of the 19th annual Entrepreneurship “E-Day” Excellence Awards presented by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center.
Each has been willing to take a chance, and in the process created an opportunity in Northwest Indiana.
Guest speaker Tim Smithe of Walter E. Smithe Furniture in Chicago …
Posted in Cover Story, Winter 2011
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Honoring Innovation
Remarkable is a word that can easily be overused. But when it comes to the accomplishments of the 2010 Fellows of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, remarkable doesn’t come close to describing their vision.
One wondered why a system couldn’t be set up to feed the world’s 1.2 billion hungry. Another created a way to give mobility to those who couldn’t walk. Another …
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Posted in Cover Story, Fall 2010
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Making a Change, Following a Dream
“I can do this” is on the lips and in the mind of every successful man and woman who launches a business. Some take the experience of working for others for years and start up in the same field. Some bravely adopt the phrase after suffering the trauma of job loss. Others simply decide that the time is finally right to follow their dream, not …
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Posted in Business Features, Cover Story, Summer 2010
Tagged Business, Chicago, Construction, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, Small business, United States
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Best of Northwest Indiana 2010
For the Past few months, readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly have been casting their votes for the Best of Northwest Indiana. But this year, instead of mailing or faxing in their ballots, readers simply clicked their mouse.
It took a bit of time to page through the numerous categories, and to all those who took the time, we thank you. By voting, you not …
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Posted in Business Features, Cover Story, Spring 2010
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Entrepreneurial Excellence
Being unafraid of failure is the common thread among the 13 recipients of the 15th Annual Entrepreneurship “E-Day” Excellence Awards presented by the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center.
Each knows the region and its character, traits guest speaker Penny Lewandowski says are vital for growing businesses. “Talking about community is my mantra,” says Lewandowski, director of entrepreneurship development at the Edward Lowe Foundation in …
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Posted in Cover Story, Winter 2010
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