Category: Entrepreneurship

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Dec. 22, 2020) — Last week, Startup South Bend – Elkhart, an initiative of the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership (Regional Partnership), concluded its second pre-accelerator program. Graduating eight participating companies, Startup South Bend – Elkhart’s Pre-Accelerator program is designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs validate (or invalidate) their ideas while adding…

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Nov. 19, 2020) — As a part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), 14 South Bend – Elkhart regionally-based entrepreneurship support organizations (ESOs) met virtually to share information and latest activities with one another to foster a more transparent and effective network of support for local entrepreneurs. Each organization shared their valuable service…

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Last week, we (the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership) launched the first episode of our “WE+YOU Regional Impact Series”, a six-part video-series developed to showcase the work of the Regional Partnership powered by many of you! Each episode highlights an initiative of the Regional Partnership and includes an overview provided by a committee co-chair…

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SBIR | STTR SEMINAR SERIES: INTRODUCTION TO SBIR | STTR Want to get your share of the $3B in research and development (R&D) that the United States Federal Government is awarding each year to businesses like yours? Think that millions in non-dilutive R&D funding for your business is too good to be true? Think again….

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Sept. 25, 2020) — The South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership (Regional Partnership) is pleased to announce the hiring of Sarah Kovich, who joins the economic development organization as the Executive Assistant and Office Manager. In this new role, Kovich will be responsible for providing a wide range of office management and…

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