Saturday, November 26, 2022 is Small Business Saturday – a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. This year, we know that small businesses need our support now more than ever as they navigate, retool and pivot from the effects of the coronavirus...
By: Office of Disability Employment Policy • October 4, 2022 A strong workforce is the sum of many parts and perspectives, and this year’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month theme, “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation,” celebrates the essential role individuals with disabilities play in the workplace. Disability is and always has been part of the...
My name is Lois Whittaker. I am the owner of Physician Coding & Education Solutions. I was born in Chicago, Illinois. I grew up in Englewood which is located in the south side of Chicago. I started my first candy store at the age of 19. I graduated with my...
Even before the pandemic, the number of Americans self-employed or working on a side hustle had been growing, with more than 27 million taxpayers reporting “sole proprietor” income to the IRS in 2018. After the COVID-19 pandemic began, a record 4.3 million individuals started new businesses in the U.S. in...
You found your big idea; now it is time to start planning for a successful business launch. Before you open your doors, establishing a small business checking account should be at the top of your to-do list. Starting a business is an exciting time. Many new business owners start funding expenses...
Sixty percent of Indiana’s creative workforce is self-employed, while only twenty percent of the nation’s creative workforce is self-employed. If you’re an artist or creative professional in Indiana, you’re an entrepreneur. Do you feel like it? Artists don’t usually consider themselves business-oriented professionals, yet they are characteristically inventive, inquisitive, and resilient. What...
Innovation and problem-solving are synonymous. Successful new products and services simply solve real problems for real people. The most successful innovations solve those problems at scale. Earlier this month, problem-solving was on full display when Purdue University Northwest and the Society of Innovators at PNW hosted the Region 6 (Northwest Indiana)...
The connection between acceptance of the COVID vaccine and small business is very simple: they can greatly benefit each other. Now that the vaccines are available for all small business employees, employers will have to worry much less about being short-staffed or having a team member’s positive coronavirus test negatively affect...
I can’t put all on my experiences as a small business owner into an article but I will list the most important lessons I have learned as an entrepreneur that can hopefully help those of you who are trying to start a business and be ‘successful.’ As you read some...
“Regular or Unleaded?” “Fill’er up!” I remember like it was yesterday! My parents owned a gas station on Gary, Indiana’s West side for nearly 35 years, and I had the distinct pleasure of pumping gas for customers at the tender of age of 7! I was proud to be the daughter of...
