Comments for Steve Franks - Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fort Wayne, IN Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on One More Startup Hub by Chris Pelz http://stevefranksinnovation.com/one-more-startup-hub/#comment-27 Chris Pelz Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:20:00 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=484#comment-27 I agree.  Fort Wayne can actually be a great place to start a business.  We have great resources and great people focused on developing the start up base.  We also are beginning to have some success stories, TrustBearer Labs for one.  The cost of living is a bonus and downtown is actually starting to feel like a downtown!  Keep up the good work Steve.  You really do make a difference in our community. I agree.  Fort Wayne can actually be a great place to start a business.  We have great resources and great people focused on developing the start up base.  We also are beginning to have some success stories, TrustBearer Labs for one.  The cost of living is a bonus and downtown is actually starting to feel like a downtown!  Keep up the good work Steve.  You really do make a difference in our community.

]]> Comment on Technology and Arts Business Incubation by Legacy | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com/technology-and-arts-business-incubation/#comment-24 Legacy | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:39:55 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=424#comment-24 [...] A downtown space for artists, some of whom are supported by seed fund investments.  This would be exactly what I am already working to establish.  I wrote about it a while ago here. [...] [...] A downtown space for artists, some of whom are supported by seed fund investments.  This would be exactly what I am already working to establish.  I wrote about it a while ago here. [...]

]]> Comment on Who is This “Ted X” and Why is He Coming to Fort Wayne? by Steve Franks http://stevefranksinnovation.com/who-is-this-ted-x-and-why-is-he-coming-to-fort-wayne/#comment-23 Steve Franks Sun, 08 May 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=387#comment-23 Hey, @kevinmullett:disqus and @facebook-1371740780:disqus , you guys and the rest of the team are making a great event happen at http://tedxfortwayne.com Hey, @kevinmullett:disqus and @facebook-1371740780:disqus , you guys and the rest of the team are making a great event happen at http://tedxfortwayne.com

]]> Comment on Who is This “Ted X” and Why is He Coming to Fort Wayne? by Kevin Mullett http://stevefranksinnovation.com/who-is-this-ted-x-and-why-is-he-coming-to-fort-wayne/#comment-22 Kevin Mullett Sat, 07 May 2011 19:07:00 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=387#comment-22 Excellent write up Steve and as you well know I am super excited for Fort Wayne to have such a high caliber event. I ask Fort Wayne techies, entertainers, and designers of all sorts to support this awesome event. Excellent write up Steve and as you well know I am super excited for Fort Wayne to have such a high caliber event. I ask Fort Wayne techies, entertainers, and designers of all sorts to support this awesome event.

]]> Comment on Who is This “Ted X” and Why is He Coming to Fort Wayne? by Craig Crook http://stevefranksinnovation.com/who-is-this-ted-x-and-why-is-he-coming-to-fort-wayne/#comment-21 Craig Crook Thu, 05 May 2011 18:18:00 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=387#comment-21 Great explanation Steve -- so excited by the line up of speakers -- so thankful for the countless volunteer hours!! Great explanation Steve — so excited by the line up of speakers — so thankful for the countless volunteer hours!!

]]> Comment on Forming GrabaChat – the Power of Community by Techfest – 9 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com/forming-grabachat-the-power-of-community/#comment-19 Techfest – 9 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:49:28 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=302#comment-19 [...] signing people up for the upcoming beta release.  For more written here about GrabaChat, read this earlier post about how it was [...] [...] signing people up for the upcoming beta release.  For more written here about GrabaChat, read this earlier post about how it was [...]

]]> Comment on Techfest – 2 by Techfest – 4 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com/techfest-2/#comment-18 Techfest – 4 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:18:14 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=317#comment-18 [...] talk about coincidences – it turns out that I know Taylor Hansen’s dad.  Dale Hansen has a venture called Virtual Reality Cardio that works with the Northeast [...] [...] talk about coincidences – it turns out that I know Taylor Hansen’s dad.  Dale Hansen has a venture called Virtual Reality Cardio that works with the Northeast [...]

]]> Comment on Young Innovators – Part 5 by This Is What All Business Plan Competitions Should Do | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com/young-innovators-part-5/#comment-16 This Is What All Business Plan Competitions Should Do | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:44:02 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=221#comment-16 [...] I participated in the press conference that announced the new competition I had first discussed in this post.  Ivy Tech Northeast, together with the Innovation Center as a collaborator, announced Launch: [...] [...] I participated in the press conference that announced the new competition I had first discussed in this post.  Ivy Tech Northeast, together with the Innovation Center as a collaborator, announced Launch: [...]

]]> Comment on Young Innovators – Part 1 by Young Innovators – Part 6 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship http://stevefranksinnovation.com/young-innovators-part-1/#comment-15 Young Innovators – Part 6 | Steve Franks – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:47:41 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=188#comment-15 [...] annual Innovation  Awards Luncheon, a team of student entrepreneurs mentioned in the first post of the series, the Dugans from Honor Education, won Innovator of the [...] [...] annual Innovation  Awards Luncheon, a team of student entrepreneurs mentioned in the first post of the series, the Dugans from Honor Education, won Innovator of the [...]

]]> Comment on Young Innovators – Part 5 by admin http://stevefranksinnovation.com/young-innovators-part-5/#comment-13 admin Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:07:20 +0000 http://stevefranksinnovation.com/?p=221#comment-13 They will vote each other off. The "losing" team of multiple ventures will have to select one venture/entrepreneur to leave. Evil, you think? p.s. this IS a class, so leaving means they go to another session and continue exercises in parallel with those still on the island. They will vote each other off. The “losing” team of multiple ventures will have to select one venture/entrepreneur to leave. Evil, you think?

p.s. this IS a class, so leaving means they go to another session and continue exercises in parallel with those still on the island.

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