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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Business Ownership Initiative, the Indy Chamber’s entrepreneurship division, is rolling out a new coaching system using GrowthWheel, a visual toolbox and cloud-based online platform used by business advisors, incubators, and entrepreneurship educators around the country to help businesses make decisions and take action. GrowthWheel was designed around the observation…
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Owner Gus Mariscal was inspired to start Solar Earth, Indiana’s first eco-friendly lawn care company, when he found out about the harmful effects that small engines have on the environment. After more research and planning, Solar Earth Lawn care was created with the mission to keep lawns beautiful while…
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Thomas Burnette, owner Mix Masters LLC Thomas Burnett began his entrepreneurial journey with a passion for food sustainability and the culinary arts after seeing how much waste there is in the food industry. As a graduate of Second Helpings Culinary Job Training Program and Ivy…
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On Monday night, Business Ownership Initiative’s ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi) hosted it’s first public pitch competition for ex-offenders in Central Indiana. A program of Business Ownership Initiative and funded by CICF and the SBA, the ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi) addresses the likely connection between entrepreneurship and reducing the…
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Dedicated to providing opportunities for Hispanic businesses to grow in Indianapolis, every year the Indy Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council selects two companies to participate in their Mentor-Protégé Program. Pairing Hispanic entrepreneurs with larger mentor firms, the Mentor-Protégé Program has been a catalyst for many Hispanic small business owners. This year,…
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The Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) has received a $150,000 PRIME grant from the Small Business Administration for the third year of BOI’s Re-Entry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDi), a program that provides business technical assistance in the form of a six-week workshop and one-on-one business coaching to currently- and…
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BOI is hosting a suite tickets raffle for the upcoming Fleetwood Mac concert at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse on October 16. We’ll be raffling three (3) sets of two (2) tickets, which means there will be three chances to win! Suite tickets include the event, food, and drinks. Tickets…
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REDi receives $40,000 CICF Crime Prevention grant; program provides free intensive small business training, one-on-one coaching and access to capital for ex-offenders building a fresh start in the small business economy. The Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) has received a $40,000 grant from the Indianapolis Foundation Community Crime…
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