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Best of Northwest Indiana Business/Greater South Bend
Our readers pick their favorites in dozens of categories.
by NWIBQ Editorial Staff
Businesses across Northwest Indiana all have a single goal – to be the very best at what they do. There are lots of ways to reach that goal from creating a work place that nurtures excellence among employees to making sure the products and services provided are second to none.
The proof, …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Current Issue, Spring 2013
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Entrepreneurial Success
Setting an example with perseverance and hard work.
by Rick A. Richards
The 2012 Entrepreneurial Excellence Award recipients have one thing in common: Not one of them expected to be where they are today and none anticipated they would be held up as a mentor for others.
But when the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center named its 2012 recipients, each of the nine became …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Entrepreneurship, Winter 2013
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Honoring Innovation
Society of Innovators announces its 2012 Fellows.
by Rick A. Richards
People who do what they do because they love doing it don’t see themselves as doing anything special. At least that’s the case with the people chosen as Fellows of the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana for 2012.
Those Fellows and two research teams that share the Chanute Prize for Innovation are quick …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Fall 2012, Innovation
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Communities for a Lifetime
“When we do what’s good for the elderly, it’s good for the entire community.”
Over the next 40 years, Indiana’s population is expected to increase by 1 million people to nearly 7.5 million Hoosiers. That growth isn’t unexpected, but one thing that has caught the attention of demographers is that Indiana’s population is getting older.
According to the Indiana Business Review, a publication of the …
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Posted in A & E, Cover Story, Fall 2012, Retirement Living, Seniors
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Innovating the Future
Northwest Indiana has been a brawny region for generations, with an image led by steel manufacturing. In the coming years, it may become just as famous for its brains.
by Rick A. Richards
Northwest Indiana is known for a lot of things – steel mills, urban sprawl and traffic jams, but soon the list could include being a hub for technology research and development.
Few …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Innovation, Summer 2012
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The Best of Greater South Bend/Michiana Business
Our readers choose top business and lifestyle options.
by Rick A. Richards
Unsolicited gifts are the best kind. Just ask several Greater South Bend and Mishawaka businesses. Thanks to readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly, several businesses were chosen to be the best at what they do.
For Thom Villing, president of Villing & Co., a public relations and marketing firm, the recognition was both …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Recognition, Spring 2012
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The Best of Northwest Indiana Business
Our readers’ picks of the region’s top business and lifestyle choices.
by Rick A. Richards
All businesses strive to be the best at what they do. Companies create a culture to nurture excellence in hiring the right employees and providing the services and products customers want, but they seldom receive unsolicited validation that what they’re doing works.
Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly’s annual reader’s survey does …
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Posted in Business, Cover Story, Recognition, Spring 2012
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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, 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, 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, Technology
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