Big Sell offers entrepreneurs opportunity to promote ideas

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

How many Hoosiers does it take to get to Mars?

Having graduated from Indiana University's School of Business a couple of decades ago, give or take one or two, one might find this title to be a little perplexing, given my business background.

Business plan seminar

Donna Crisp, left, of Gary, and Becky Clark, of Griffith, review material during a business plan seminar at Purdue Calumet in Hammond Thursday night for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to start their own business and learn how to develop a plan for success.

Business plan seminar

Dushan Nikolovski, director of University of Purdue Calumet's Center for Entrepreneurship Success, center, talks Thursday night with Angela Buckman, left, and Lurlene Haworth, both of Crown Poin, in the Alumni room at the Library Center on PUC campus. Nikolovski was leading a business plan s…

Business plan seminar

Nearly 250 aspiring entrepreneurs attend a free seminar Thursday night at Purdue University Calumet. Led by Purdue University Calumet's Center for Entrepreneurship Success director Dushan Nikolovski, the seminar was open to both the community and students who want to start their own business…

State-based initiative looks to raise $18 million for entrepreneurs

A program to spark entrepreneurial growth in northern Indiana launched this week.

Workshop focuses on business ownership

MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is offering its business feasibility workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Room 246 at the Purdue University Calumet Academic Learning Center, 9900 Connecticut Drive.

Business plan workshop launches Saturday

MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will open its business plan writing workshop with Session 1 from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Purdue University Calumet Academic Learning Center, 9900 Connecticut Drive, in room 233.

PUC Small Business Institute offers consulting services

HAMMOND | Purdue University Calumet's Small Business Institute is offering free consulting assistance to Northwest Indiana small businesses.

NWI workshops will outline business plan writing process

MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will open its business plan writing workshop with Session 1 from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 17 at the Purdue University Calumet Academic Learning Center, 9900 Connecticut Drive, in room 233.

Finding investors remains obstacle for NWI startups

The long recession and the slow pace of the economic recovery have thrown more than the usual challenges at entrepreneurs across the region. So-called "angel investors" are just now getting back to making investments in startups.

Finding investors remains obstacle for NWI startups

The long recession and the slow pace of the economic recovery have thrown more than the usual challenges at entrepreneurs across the region, according to those who work to promote their cause.

Latitude 41 offers Italian comfort food, more

CEDAR LAKE | With a site on both the 41st parallel and U.S. 41, Paul Banter, Gerry Contro and Don Sikma had an easy times naming their new eatery and pub, Latitute 41.

Region's young entrepreneurs grasp recovery's opportunities

If not for the recession, the world might not have the Battery Go! iPhone app, and one of its developers still might be tending bar at Don Pablo's in Hobart.

Young entrepreneurs grasp recovery's opportunities

Young entrepreneurs across the region have stories to tell of the unique ways both the recession and the recovery have influenced their drive for a better world-or at least one where people can have a little more fun.

SBA hosts loan program at Hammond INnovation Center

HAMMOND | The Small Business Administration is hosting a financing workshop for small business owners at the Hammond INnovation Center, 5209 Hohman Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 30.

Workshop outlines steps for business ownership

HAMMOND | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is presenting its business feasibility workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Hammond INnovation Center, 5209 Hohman Ave.

Jump-starting the local economy

JumpStart, a program in Ohio funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to create jobs and investments in that state, is developing a regional entrepreneurship action plan in Northwest Indiana.