Kristin’s Kafe “Great Food with a Personal Touch”
Kristin Billings is the owner of Kristin’s Kafé located in Mishawaka Indiana. Kristin came to the Indiana Small Business Development Center in September of 2011 seeking business startup assistance. She wanted to lease a building on 4th Street in Mishawaka and buy the contents of a restaurant that had been closed for some time. The [...]
North Central ISBDC / January 20, 2012
PrecisionPoint, Inc. Uses Cutting Edge Technology to Serve Clients
PrecisionPoint, Inc. is a geospatial and surveying professional services firm that provides cutting edge 3D spatial solutions for the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Power/Process, and Facility Management, Gaming/Entertainment industries. PrecisionPoint employs the latest 3D Laser Scanning technology, combined with Building Information Modeling (BIM), to provide highly accurate and precise 3D solutions for the built environment. PrecisionPoint [...]
Central ISBDC / January 11, 2012
The Comfy Couch Finds Gently Used Items New Home
Julie Glenn, owner of The Comfy Couch in Highland, sees the potential of her gently used merchandise, which ranges from lamps and pillows to antiques and furniture. “We are an outlet for people to sell their items,” Glenn said. “I have some old items, some antique items, some new items. They are all in beautiful [...]
Northwest ISBDC /
Family Time Turns Into A Nationally Featured Business
What started as a way for the family of 10 to connect, milking goats and making soap, became a full-time business in 2008. Two years after opening, the business had become profitable and more than doubled in sales. They came to the Southeast ISBDC to get some strategic planning advice and started working on a [...]
ISBDC / December 29, 2011
Riddell National Bank A Hometown Wabash Valley Bank
Riddell National Bank is a hometown Wabash Valley Bank with over 100 years serving the community. Riddell has built its excellent reputation by providing excellent customer service to their clients as well as products and services that are geared towards the business owner. Business Development Manager, Brad Bush explains some of the services and resources [...]
West Central ISBDC / December 20, 2011
INnovation Center Joins ISBDC To Support Region Start-ups
The Hammond INnovation Center strives to boost the business climate in Northwest Indiana by supporting start-up companies as a business incubator. The center offers not only office space but also office and consulting services for entrepreneurs in the region. The center has full-time and associate programs as well as the new Small-Biz-on-the-Go format where participants [...]
Northwest ISBDC / December 13, 2011
Voice To Print Captures Words For Those With Hearing Loss
Voice to Print Captioning President Kathy Cortopassi realized her court reporting roots could benefit those with hearing loss after the issue hit close to home. “Twenty-five years ago I began as a court reporter. Then we discovered my daughter had hearing loss, and I knew court reporters were helping people with hearing loss, so I decided [...]
Northwest ISBDC /
New Winery Next Chapter For 160 Year Old Family Farm
Dave Muir is the founder of Fruit Hills Winery, a start-up business located just south of Bristol, Indiana. The business is located on a farm that has been in the family since 1851 and has produced fruit since 1898. Dave began making wine as a hobby several years ago and considered turning his hobby into a business. He eventually [...]
North Central ISBDC / December 9, 2011
Dr. Beth Brown – Your Other Family Doctor
After practicing veterinary medicine for over 13 years at a local animal clinic in Terre Haute, Dr. Beth Brown decided it was time for her to open her own veterinary clinic and animal hospital. She contacted the West Central ISBDC for help in developing detailed business and marketing plans, obtained financing on the strength of [...]
West Central ISBDC / December 1, 2011
Expanding Adventures
In August of 2010, Cheryl Boggs came to the ISBDC seeking advice on how to start a business. The ISBDC provided Cheryl with answers to her start-up questions as well as access to Small Business Navigator to create her business plan. Since then, Cheryl opened Personalized Kids Adventures in the small town of Guilford, Indiana. [...]
Southeast ISBDC / November 11, 2011
