Indy Chamber Hosts Second Annual Pitch Competition for Ex-Offenders ‘KITe’ Web and Mobile App Takes Top Prize On Wednesday evening, the Indy Chamber and Business Ownership Initiative’s ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi) hosted its second public pitch competition for ex-offenders in Central Indiana. REDi, funded by CICF Community Crime Prevention…
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Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council launches new executive education program for growth-oriented local ‘Latinx’ employers & entrepreneurs ‘Accelerate Latinx powered by Interise’ offers nationally-proven curriculum to support Hispanic-owned businesses, boost their $1.1 billion contribution to Indy’s regional economy (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 28, 2019) The Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council (HBC)…
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Managing finances strategically, timely, and correctly is an important task of any small business owner. Here are four ways the Indy Chamber’s Entrepreneur Services Division and Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) can help make it easier to navigate: Discuss finances with a business coach. We know that accounting, bookkeeping, and…
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Indy Chamber Names Rick Proctor New Executive Director of Business Ownership Initiative The Indy Chamber has hired banking expert and community leader Rick Proctor as the Executive Director of Business Ownership Initiative (BOI), the anchor organization of the Indy Chamber’s Entrepreneur Services division. As Executive Director of BOI, Proctor will…
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Meet local entrepreneur Jairo Vinasco, CEO of Right Tactic. “My name is Jairo Vinasco. I am a multimedia designer and work in the fields of graphic and web design, and photography and video production for marketing purposes. After working for different companies I decided to start my own agency…
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The Indy Chamber is dedicated to growing small business and providing support to all small business owners! Through our Entrepreneur Services division (Business Ownership Initiative, the Central Indiana Women’s Business Center, and the Hispanic Business Council), we offer access to small business loans, free one on-one business coaching, and…
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The Indy Chamber’s Entrepreneur Services division reported today on its successes supporting Indy-based businesses and aspiring employers in 2018, providing another year of 10,000+ hours of free business coaching and training opportunities and strengthening programs focused on ex-offender re-entry, urban preschool providers and Hispanic-owned businesses. Entrepreneur Services includes Business Ownership…
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One of the most common issues a business owner will face is deciding when to expand and how to finance the expansion. Local entrepreneur Kelsey Rardon faced this very issue when she was evaluating the success of her business, Breathing Space Yoga + Meditation, which offers group and private…
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Urban Contessa flower and gift boutique isn’t your typical roses and daisies. They arrange the highest quality flowers in original, organic styles. What makes Urban Contessa even more unique? It is owned and operated by a mother and daughter, Asia and Olivia. In our interview, Asia explained how their arrangements…
View MoreEmmy-winner Catt Sadler & Linda Rendleman of Women Like Us Foundation headline agenda built to ‘Inspire, Influence and Impact,’ February 28-March 1 INDIANAPOLIS, December 17, 2018: The Indy Chamber’s Central Indiana Women’s Business Center, a cooperative program in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced the 16th annual Women…
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