Development

Like him or not, Frank Luntz is known nationally by many in the political arena as a top pollster. One of his most recent polls, however, focuses instead on the basketball arena, and shows very encouraging results for the Indiana Pacers. Luntz...

At any business or networking event people are always excited to talk about their business.  Business owners front expenses to attend the events, investing their own and staff time to come along and spread the word as well.  They do this knowing...

Eight finalists have been selected to compete for $100,000 on Nov. 10 at the sixth Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, which highlights promising entrepreneurship efforts in the life sciences arena. The companies chosen to make...

Pack your bags, we’re going to Vegas! Or maybe a Caribbean cruise is more your style. Those are the top domestic and international destinations Hoosier travelers are booking for the rest of 2009, according to a Travel Leaders survey. The travel...

Porter-Starke Services, Inc and Chester, Inc hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking today, October 13, at the site of future new Porter-Starke Services building, located at 3176 Lancer Road, Portage, Ind. The ceremony opened with welcomes by David...

Porter-Starke Services, Inc and Chester, Inc. will host a ceremonial groundbreaking of Porter-Starke Services’ new site on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. The site is located at 3176 Lancer Road, Portage, Ind. (one block east of...

Crown Point, IN – Carl and Lorrie Lisek of Legacy Environmental Services hope Kinetic participants take away a key message: Small businesses can impact the green movement. “What’s GREEN got to do with it?” will focus on how small businesses...

Nancy Lublin, CEO of Do Something, wrote an interesting piece recently for Fast Company magazine about what she learned years ago in poker rooms, and how it’s helped her run a not-for-profit: You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em … Every poker...

When you are marketing your business or organization in and around the Valparaiso area, you have several different avenues through which you can broadcast your messages. You have advertising, public relations, direct mail, e-mail marketing, and a...

Writing for BizVoice magazine has afforded me many eye-opening experiences. Case in point: While interviewing an interesting new company, Road Rage Fun Signs, I also met with Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana (an Indiana Chamber member, btw)....