Region’s E-Day award-winning serial entrepreneurs share experiences of business successes and failures Like most opportunistic kids, Jeff Conti not only worked on his newspaper route, he also shoveled snow and mowed lawns for his first entrepreneurial experiences. Conti explored other unconventional ways to challenge himself while growing up in the late 1970s and early ’80s […]
Indiana Economic Development Corp. president says state’s climate right for small business growth
Creating a business-friendly environment in Indiana didn’t happen overnight, and there’s still opportunity to make conditions even better. That was the message shared by Elaine Bedel, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., during the annual Entrepreneurial Excellence (E-Day) Awards event Nov. 15 hosted by Avalon Manor in Merrillville and presented by the Northwest Indiana […]