VOTE for Richmond, Indiana-based Skates US to win national competition and $25,000 grand prize

Rally, Indy! We have four days to help Richmond, Indiana-based Skates US collect the most votes and win the Comcast Business Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs national competition that rewards entrepreneurs who are leveraging technology to enhance customer and employee experiences. Skates US is the exclusive U.S. importer and distributor for the world's three top brands of competitive ice skates […]

Entrepreneurs say free WI-FI for customers earns more sales

If you want to draw new customers and repeat buyers to your small business, offer them free WI-FI and heavily promote the perk. New and repeat customers are just two of the rewards entrepreneurs and IT decision-makers say they have reaped by making WI-FI a free amenity, according to results from the Small Business WI-FI […]

Mira Awards tech success stories reach audience of 191 million viewers, listeners and readers

Creative production partners bring “Gatsby” theme to life Indiana’s tech sector took center stage on May 3, as another sold out Mira Awards crowd came together to celebrate the year’s many tech success stories and honor the nominees and winners in 14 award categories. “The media coverage alone reached a total combined audience of more […]

Double Mira winner DoubleMap presents transit technology to Tech Thursday crowd

The three managing partners of DoubleMap met at Indiana University in Bloomington, where the idea for a bus tracking application sprang from a desire to stay in bed as long as possible while still making it to class on time. Ilya Rekhter and Eric Jiang joined Tech Thursday attendees last night to tell the story […]

#FightForSmall launching Hoosier small-business revolution

Although I work in customer service and marketing, I’m also a social justice activist. That’s probably why the word “fight” drew me to the #FightForSmall launch party. That’s not an understatement. Hoosier businesses have a fight on our hands. In an evolve-or-die world, 53 percent of Hoosier small businesses do not even have a website. […]