March 1 is application deadline for Big Sell competition

HAMMOND | Entrepreneurs who want to test their start-up business idea can enter The Big Sell Entrepreneurs in Action competition, set for March 23.

Big Sell offers entrepreneurs opportunity to promote ideas

Bringing the next big idea to market requires resources and opportunities to come together.

Big Sell winner creates practical solutions for everyday problems

As an inventor, Darnelius Hill creates what he calls "practical solutions to everyday problems." The 30–year old Merrillville resident captured the imaginations of both audience members and judges to take first prize in The Big Sell Entrepreneurs in Action competition on March 31.

M'ville man nabs first for innovative idea at The Big Sell contest

Audience members use electronic devices to vote Saturday on presentations at The Big Sell entrepreneurial competition at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville.

M'ville man nabs first for innovative idea at The Big Sell contest

Alexis Manka, 16, left, and Michelle Buckman, 13, of Highland, wait to make their presentation Saturday at The Big Sell entrepreneurial competition at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville. They pitched their Teen Tree Tracers, a way for people who aren't computer-savvy to documen…

M'ville man nabs first for innovative idea at The Big Sell contest

Tinia Pina, of New York City, gives her proposal for Re-Nuble, a waste management service, at The Big Sell entrepreneurial competition Saturday at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville.

M'ville man nabs first for innovative idea at The Big Sell contest

Valerie Sucich, of Lowell, places her vote Saturday at The Big Sell entrepreneurial competition at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville.

M'ville man nabs first for innovative idea at The Big Sell contest

Darnelius Hill, of Merrillville, gives a presentation on a safe way to wash jewelry in a dishwasher during The Big Sell entrepreneurial competition Saturday at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza in Merrillville. Hill captured first place in the contest.

Competition makes push for region entreprenurs

HAMMOND | Regional entrepreneurs still have time to prepare a pitch for dazzling peers with their ideas and to vie for prizes in a local competition.

PUC course to focus on business plan development

HAMMOND | Helping aspiring entrepreneurs develop a business plan is the focus of a three–part Big Sell Business Plan Course offered by Purdue University Calumet's Center for Entrepreneurship Success.