Northeast Indiana ISBDC
Hobson Center
4312 Hobson Road, Suite B
Fort Wayne, IN 46815
Mailing Address:
IPFW ATTN: SBDC
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN46805
Phone: (260) 481-0500
Fax: (260) 481-0499
Email: [email protected]
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Mary Popovich – As business advisors working with entrepreneurs on a daily basis at the ISBDC, we have seen it all. We have listened to a teary-eyed client describing her husband’s efforts to sabotage their business dream. We have watched a fledgling business fail after the wife who controls the couple’s check book refused to [...]
Wes Shie – Finding the funds to start a new business can be as challenging as starting a business itself. Many times it is difficult for a startup business to get a conventional business loan; therefore, many entrepreneurs have to look at other means for funding startup cost. There are many entrepreneurs that are reluctant [...]
Scot Goskowicz – Those of us who pay attention to our current national political scene and the nightly news likely hear about how difficult times are for the average small business owner. Additionally people’s fears are compounded by the unknown effect of things like the National Healthcare Law and with the negative feelings that are [...]
Mary Popovich – One of the biggest misconceptions I encounter when working with small business owners through my position with the Indiana Small Business Development Center is that you have to spend a ton of money on advertising to win customers and increase sales. But, as I learned from operating my own public relations firm [...]
View the entire success story video below or view a specific segment: Totally Inclusive Travel’s Background & Growth Story | ISBDC Assistance | Advice Toni Miller founded a home-based travel agency, Totally Inclusive Travel, in June 2010. She was referred to Business Advisor/Marketing Coordinator Mary Popovich, and her first appointment was on June 3, 2011. [...]
Lisa Compton, the founder of Second Steps, LLC, began her journey with this new business in August, 2011. She first met with the ISBDC over 7 years ago, as she started her first business, SensoryCritters.com. Lisa is a woman who has faced many personal and professional challenges and overcame adversity to create a business doing [...]
Eric Kranz – Regardless of the business you run, the industry you are in or the customers you target the simple fact is that you need a web presence. Hiring a web design firm to create and maintain a professional web site can be a daunting expense for entrepreneurs and often falls by the wayside. [...]
Brent Minnick, President and Owner of Indiana Benefits Recovery, LLC started his business in August 2008. He first contacted the ISBDC for counseling support in December 2008. The most pressing issue the ISBDC helped with was related to developing a market strategy to build credibility for Indiana Benefits Recovery within the community. The ISBDC has met [...]
Marsha Wulpi initially contacted the NEISBDC for assistance in obtaining WBE certification with the State, which she received in 2007. In January 2010, after attending a marketing roundtable facilitated by the NEISBDC, the business began working with the NEISBDC to develop and implement a strategic plan, create projections to improve her financial performance, increase her [...]
Jim Gregory is majoring in Anthropology at the Center for Business Preparation at Hanover College. He has always dreamed of entrepreneurship. This combination of interests led Jim to use his great grandmother’s soap recipe (updated with vegetable oils, in place of animal fats) to start his his soap and body products company “Grandma Gee’s, Esoteria [...]
