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Business & Finance
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Mike Trotzke: A Tech Visionary Helping Transform Bloomington
Entrepreneur Mike Trotzke sees the pieces falling into place for Bloomington to become a successful launch pad for new technology businesses
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One Life-Changing Moment for Wealth Manager John Hurlow
For most people, being shot is a life-changing experience. For John Hurlow, it was also a career-changing one.
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Money Matters: Take Sensible Steps to Start a Small Business
This is Part 1 of a series about starting a business.
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CDFI Friendly Bloomington Offers Capital Resources for Civic Projects
Bloomington, like many cities, has infrastructure, housing, and transportation challenges that need to be addressed. But the solutions to those problems donât offer the…
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Black Business Affinity Group Makes Chamber More Diverse
When Erin Predmore, president and CEO of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, attended the cityâs 2019 State of the Black Community address last…
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Bloomingtonâs Entrepreneurial Spirit on Display at the Combine
On its surface, the Combine looks like a tech conference. But conference chair Mike Trotzke says itâs really not. âItâs a conference for people…
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Money Matters: Donât Fear Good Debt
Due to massive asset loss, many Americans purchased debt at an alarming rate over the past decade. MarketWatch reports that at the start of…
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IU Prof Is âThought Leaderâ In the Fight for Cyberpeace
In September 2019, an international consortium with corporate funding launched the CyberPeace Institute, an independent nongovernmental agency created to address the growing impact of…
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Hoosier Farmers Show New Interest in Hemp
For the first time since the 1930s, Indiana farmers have been harvesting hemp. Owen Countyâs Trietsch Farms was one of a select group approved…
