The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking nominations for its annual Tibbetts and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Hall of Fame Awards. Nominations can be submitted online at http://www.sbir.gov/news/2014-tibbetts-and-hall-fame-award-nominations.  The deadline is 11:59 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2014. The Tibbetts Awards are presented to those small businesses and individuals judged to exemplify the best […]

On April 25-27th, 2014, Purdue Entrepreneurship Center in Northwest Indiana will host the first local Startup Weekend Event, with prizes ranging from Lunch with a VC to startup office space in the NWI Purdue Technology Center. They are giving entrepreneurs and innovators a platform, process and an audience to build a startup team, test their

VALPARAISO — United Way of Porter County (UWPC) is pleased to announce it received one out of the three coveted GEM Awards given out each year, along with several first and third place wins and an honorable mention in the 2014 GEM Awards. Golden Excellence in Media (GEM) entries are judged on innovation, accomplishment of

By generously donating their time and talents, several Porter physicians and nurses made a difference in the lives of children and adults in Nicaragua in February. Traveling with the nonprofit organization, Healing, Health & Hope, the volunteer medical team comprised of Plastic Surgeon Nicholas Retson, M.D., Anesthesiologist Vikram Appannagari, M.D., Nancy Lijewski, RN, Martha Schweizer,

HAMMOND  — Purdue University Calumet has pledged to join the Institute of International Education (IIE)’s Generation Study Abroad initiative to double the number of American students who study abroad by the end of the decade. Fewer than 10 percent of all U.S. college students study abroad at some point in their academic careers. In an

The U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP are again teaming up to host National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month targeted at entrepreneurs over the age of 50.  Building on the success of a joint SBA and AARP Mentor Month in April 2013, the two organizations will match “encore entrepreneurs” with successful business owners and community leaders

Women’s Fund of Central Indiana announced the creation of an “incubator” designed to attract social service entrepreneurs to Indianapolis in an effort to develop solutions that will improve the lives of emerging adult women (ages 18 to 24) and move them toward economic stability. Women’s Fund is dedicating ten-years and millions of dollars to fund