This morning I was driving to an early lunch at Blackbird Café with Jon Groth, who happens to be one of my favorite guys in Valpo for about a billion reasons. Mostly just because he's always nice and helpful no matter what he has going on, and...
Click here to visit the "Shop Family Owned & Operated Businesses Locally!" Facebook page 1. Community Well-Being Locally owned businesses build strong neighborhoods by sustaining communities, linking neighbors, and by contributing more to local...
Entering my third decade of being a heavy user of the internet, it has been interesting to see the web evolve in to what it is today. The way we communicate online and the tools we use to do so generally get the most attention in terms of the...
When asked, most Americans are likely to define themselves more as a product of their state or city. For example: "I’m from Indiana and I’m a Hoosier." "I’m from Brooklyn and I’m a New Yorker." "I’m from Boston and I’m a Bostonian."...
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We had a great time last night at the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce's 7th Annual Business Opportunity Night! Hundreds of people got to see 80 businesses and organizations serving Portage that were showcasing some of their great products and...
Porter County Business League, a networking forum for business people in Northwest Indiana, awarded a $1,000 grant to Junior Achievement, Northwest Indiana Division. The group awards two grants each year to area non-profit organizations that promote...
Administrator Mills presses for longer-term extension for successful programs President Barack Obama signed legislation yesterday providing $80 million in additional funding to continue important enhancements in the U.S. Small Business...
The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is hosting a Business Feasibility Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday April 27 at the Purdue Academic Learning Center, 9900 Connecticut Drive, in Room 277. “Want to Start a Business?” helps...
It’s such a big, lumbering word for what should be a straightforward process. Procurement is the 11-letter moniker for what I like to call bringing buyers and sellers together. Or simply doing business. And now a new ePortal — Indiana Supplier...