Business, Equity and Opportunities Podcast

As part of our celebration of Hispanic heritage, we're 'Getting Started' with a visit to local artist Ita Garcia, an award-winning art teacher at Lawrence township's Spanish Immersion School.  

Her art career started in Puerto Rico as a mosaic artist, but now she extends her talents through painting and mixed media celebrating the richness of her heritage. 

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The Queen City Women in Business Indiana Chapter was established to connect women-owned businesses to supplier diversity partners. The founder and the Indiana chapter president stopped by our studios to share their vision and future plan to provide a platform for women owned business leaders to connect.  

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The October We Brunch Indy event has assembled an impressive panel of women who have each faced many of the challenges others are running into on their way to the top. We Brunch co-founder and this month's moderator, Amanda Bonilla gives us a preview. 

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The National Small Business Association is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that represents small businesses throughout the country. It is a non-partisan organization that advocates and supports small business. We asked them the question, “how important is it for small business owners to stay informed during this year's election?”

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When you run a business, you will almost certainly operate with some type of technology. That leads to the questions of how to manage technology and find the right people to help you. Courtney Kincaid walks us through some tips on how to handle IT 'in-house' or 'outsourced' and how to find the right provider.

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Our next-door neighbors at Citizen's Energy Group are having a party next Saturday and they’re inviting the neighborhood. Jeffrey Harrison, the president and CEO of Citizens Energy Group, gives us all the details. 

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Many businesses and organizations are looking at non-traditional ways to 'Access Capital.' WISH-TV is partnering with 'LISC-Indianapolis' for the annual 'Love Thy Neighborhood Awards'. The awards celebrate and recognize 'game changers' in the community as they help transform their neighborhoods and improve 'livability' throughout Indianapolis. Today we salute 'New Hope of Indiana', this years 'People's Choice' award winner. 

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Independence Day in Nigeria is celebrated on October 1st. It marks the day that Nigeria gained its independence from British rule. For more than 6 decades the United States has enjoyed a strong partnership with Nigeria, built on shared interests and values. Nigeria is west Africa’s most populated country and has one of the largest economies on the continent... And has a strong emphasis on entrepreneurship. Last month, during the Innopower Minority Business Week at Rally, we sat down with one of Nigeria’s most renowned entrepreneurs and philanthropists, the founder of the Ugwumba center for leadership development.

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This month brought a celebration of a much anticipated reopening of a historic even venue long known as Buggs Temple. Built back in the early 1900's as a religious gathering place, it played an important part of the black community living in the Indiana Avenue neighborhood. It is now Canal Pointe. Cebronica Luft is an event planner and owner of Pavilion 360 Event Group. She has big plans to return the building, and the area around the canal, back into a community gathering place.

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Aaron Farrer is a local entrepreneur and inventor whose family owned company, Practical Products, works to develop products to make life easier. We caught up with him inside the demo arena at this year's Rally Innovation Conference.

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