West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center

01/17/2025

🚀 Applications Open for the 2025 Community Collaboration Fund (CCF)! 🚀

The IEDC is excited to announce that applications for the 2025 CCF are now open!

This fund aims to foster new collaborations between Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) to enhance Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Grants ranging from $5K to $40K are available for projects focused on entrepreneur education, connection, and acceleration.

💡 Need guidance? Connect with your regional Ecosystem Navigator: Jared Ell

🗓️ Deadline: Monday, February 17th, 5 PM ET

Learn more below and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g_QbJwju

01/17/2025

🌟 Attention Indiana Small Business Owners! 🌟

Are you looking to take your business to the next level? The Indiana Technical Assistance Program (INTAP) is here to help! 🎉

Apply Now to Secure Funding for Your Business Project!

Contact us today to see if your project qualifies and to get started. Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in your business’s growth!

💻 Visit: https://isbdc.org/locations/west-central-indiana-sbdc/

01/02/2025

Happy New Year!

Did you finally decide your new year's resolution is to start that business you've been dreaming about? Still trying to figure it all out? Let us help!

This is your LAST CHANCE to sign up for our New Entrepreneurs cohort for the first half of 2025. You'll be grouped with other first-time entrepreneurs as we help you hone your business idea, create your business plan, and launch your business together! We'll work through all the pitfalls and bumps of entrepreneurship as a cohort.

Did we mention this cohort is 100% no cost? Sign up today. Cohort invites are going out Monday, January 5th!

The West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center is hosting a New Entrepreneurs Cohort in 2025. The cohort will meet monthly from January to June. Members will work individually to start their respective businesses, and use the meeting times to connect and support each other, supported by....

12/24/2024

This is a terrific program offered by our state office, check it out as the deadline will be here soon!

The Indiana Small Business Development Center is encouraging small-business owners to apply for a no-cost assistance program that can help drive their growth and improvement. The program provides a small business with up to $15,000 in professional services.

12/20/2024

Happy Holidays from the West Central team to you! May 2025 be your most prosperous year yet!

As a reminder our office will be closed until January 2nd, to enjoy the holidays with friends and family. See you next year!

12/19/2024

LAST CHANCE! 2025 is your year to start that business you've been thinking about!

If you want to start together with a group of new entrepreneurs and tackle each step together, sign up for our new business owners cohort below!

The West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center is hosting a New Entrepreneurs Cohort in 2025. The cohort will meet monthly from January to June. Members will work individually to start their respective businesses, and use the meeting times to connect and support each other, supported by....

12/10/2024

Are you interested in starting a business in 2025? Let's work together! We're starting a cohort of new business owners to start and grow their businesses together in 2025.

Meet monthly with your cohort to solve problems, develop your business plan, and finally get that business off the ground! As always, our business advising services are no cost, and so is this cohort! If you're ready to start your new journey, complete our quick application today!

Seeing this and just know your friend needs to start their own side hustle? Here's your permission to share this with them and give them the push they need!

The West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center is hosting a New Entrepreneurs Cohort in 2025. The cohort will meet monthly from January to June. Members will work individually to start their respective businesses, and use the meeting times to connect and support each other, supported by....

12/09/2024

Are you an artist looking to get your art in local businesses? What about a brick and mortar store looking to enhance your walls with beautiful local artwork?

We've partnered with Arts Illiana to help connect local artists and brick and mortar stores and we're so excited about this new program!

Level up your artist business, increase your community support as a brick and mortar, and let us help promote you! Learn about the program at the link below, and be sure to SHARE this with artist and shop owners everywhere in the Wabash Valley!

Arts and cultural information, news, events in the Wabash Vallery, Terre Haute, Indiana

12/06/2024

Calling all makers, market organizers, crafters, artists, builders and festival/bazaar organizers! Do you want to level up your business? Get more folks to your market? Want to learn about resources for your business? We're working on an exciting new event for 2025 and we need YOUR feedback! Please take 20-30 seconds to complete this quick survey to help us create the best event for you!

The West-Central Indiana Small Business Development Center is working with state-wide partners interested in hosting a state-wide convention for makers, artists, crafters, builders, and market organizers in Terre Haute, IN. Please take 30 seconds to complete this interest survey below.

11/30/2024

Looking for a great gift of wellness?
Check out this collaboration between TB Health and Wellness and One Love Photography, LLC to help you make some great lifestyle changes:

Tayler from TB Health and Wellness and I are teaming up and designing a 1% Better 12 week challenge for the start of the new year and you will not want to miss this! We are putting tons of hours into this to make sure this is the challenge that will change your life.

This is not a fitness challenge, this is a challenge designed to improve your life 1% at a time over 12 weeks.(Which we hope to lead to a lifestyle change forever)

I know it is still November, but we truly have a passion for helping people, and we can not keep this to ourselves any longer!! lol. This will set you on a path to learning better routines and self-love awareness!!!
Invest in yourself for 2025!!

If you are or think you will be interested, just sign up at the link below for updates on this!

https://onelove.myflodesk.com/1better

11/30/2024

Ashley is very excited about her new business opening in The Emporium soon, Epione Therapeutic Massage Spa! She's letting folks know today that her new space is almost ready for business and it's going to be a beautiful and calming spot. Stay tuned!

11/30/2024

You can check out Katie's business at the Small Business Saturday @ The Emporium until 5pm. If you need custom engraving, check out her cool new fiber laser engraver at Almost Anything Imprinting:

11/30/2024

There's still time to find some great gifts and goodies at this event! Some vendors are there until 4pm, most are there until 5pm today. Check it out at Small Business Saturday @ The Emporium !
Epione Therapeutic Massage Spa Nana's Kitchen Almost Anything Imprinting

11/30/2024

Santa is at The Emporium today! Come see Santa and all the wonderful small businesses at the Emporium and the. Check out all the businesses participating in the Hometown Christmas Passport by the Clay County Chamber of Commerce and Brazil Main Street !

11/30/2024

Check out all the vendors here today at The Meadows! Small businesses at their best with unique holiday gift ideas!

11/30/2024

Another great Small Business Saturday event! Catch us there from 10am - 12pm as we help promote local small businesses today! 😁