Entrepreneurship

Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.

SoundWalk allows anyone with access to a smartphone to experience a solo music adventure.

Mix up your social distancing this summer with a made-in-Fort-Wayne solo music adventure

SoundWalk is a free smartphone app that pairs music and stories to places. Learn how Fort Wayne artists are using it. 

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The Holiday Inn Purdue - Fort Wayne is a local franchise hurting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Batten down the hatches’: How hotels are weathering the COVID-19 storm

Fort Wayne's hospitality industry has been hit hard by COVID-19. Here's how some hotels are responding.

Pet Wants Fort Wayne is an online and event-based business.
Blog: How is COVID-19 impacting your business? Pet Wants Fort Wayne shares their story

"There are two encouraging effects of COVID-19 I’m noticing that I would like to see continue after this pandemic is over."

Shalonda "Pinky" Saunders owns Sew Pinky on South Calhoun Street.
‘This is it’: A small business owner’s grand opening amidst the COVID-19 shutdown

There's a new shop on South Calhoun Street, and since you can’t visit yet, you should know its story.

Since many restaurants aren't open for service, locals are finding creative ways to support service industry workers.
Meet Fund the Fort: Your one-stop resource to support COVID-19 relief efforts in Fort Wayne

“As much as it’s a tragedy, it’s also a tremendous opportunity to make a mark on our lives here in Fort Wayne and beyond.”

Lofthouse Creative Co. is located at 1434 N Wells St.
Move over, downtown: Fort Wayne’s corridors are where it’s at, just ask this rising creative company

Lofthouse Creative Co. fills us in on the story behind their work and their recent move to the Wells Street Corridor.

Leslee Hill coaches entrepreneurial women and minorities as director of the NIIC's Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC).
How can entrepreneur coaches better serve clients? Going through the development process themselves

Why the Director of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Opportunity Center (WEOC) in northeast Indiana is launching her own app.  

Owners Abby Greutman, left, and Brianna Dailey at All the Rage, 2307 Spy Run Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
Ever get the urge to break something? All the Rage in Fort Wayne can help

Whether you're stressed at your job, you want a respite from studying, or you're looking for a fun date (or anti-date), this business wants you to come ready to rage.

Matt Ayers owns Anchor Films.
Creative conversations: 7 questions with Fort Wayne filmmaker Matt Ayers of Anchor Films

Ayers shares about his work, why he’s staying in Fort Wayne, and his advice to aspiring filmmakers.

Jonathan Morales owns Jonathan Morales: Allstate Insurance at 3714 South Calhoun St.
Feeling the difference in Fort Wayne: A Latino business owner shares his journey

Business owner Jonathan Morales shares how Fort Wayne is growing to support minority entrepreneurs like himself.

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