Startups

SOUTH BEND -- The River Park Business Association, aiming to join the Indiana Main Street program, is strengthening its organizational structure as it seeks to leverage opportunities around the growing campus of Indiana University South Bend. "We'd...

SOUTH BEND -- Between them, Tim Hindes and Kurt LaDow have nearly 50 years in the trucking industry. Hindes, a driver long ago, has been involved in three logistics startups in his 25 years in the industry and LaDow has been involved with two in his 23...

Dicor Corp. is rebranding its companies, which operate independently of each other, to create a uniformity of design, message, websites and packaging. "All of our companies share some very basic philosophies and basic competencies," said Gregg Fore,...

WESTVILLE — Purdue University North Central is recruiting area high-tech startup companies to participate in a new program called Interns for Indiana.It’s a competitive program that will assist startup companies by providing partial funding...

SOUTH BEND - Stephen Luecke talks about the seasons as he looks out from his 14th-floor office. The starkness of winter. The budding green of spring. The lushness of summer. The way fall colors make the city look as if it’s been covered with a...

Where My Dogs At is a new social networking app angled at dog lovers and their four-legged friends looking for local dog-friendly places to go and people to meet. Think Facebook for Fido, with a "Yelp for dogs" approach, built around a location-based...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration...

By Sarah McBride and Olivia Oran SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 (Reuters) - Strong debuts in the initial public offerings of two business software companies on Friday underscored a pattern in the market: While consumer companies like Facebook Inc get the buzz,...

Dropping out of college doesn't have to be a career setback. Just ask Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg — or Kevin Wang. Wang, 18, a Vernon Hills native and graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, is among this year's 22 recipients...

(Repeats with no changes to text or headline) * Amazon has built up network of more than 4,000 cloud partners * Partners help satisfy more demanding enterprise customers * Crucial as Amazon targets $300 billion market By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO,...

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Reuters) - Apptio, a start-up that helps big companies like Boeing Co track billions of dollars in technology spending, said on Wednesday that it raised $45 million from institutional investment firms including...

Chicago-based Tech Cocktail, a media company that covers news and organizes events for entrepreneurs, has raised $2.5 million in funding from an initiative led by Zappos.com Chief Executive Tony Hsieh. It's the first time Tech Cocktail has taken...