FailFest sprung up out of the desire to flip the way we all look at failure. Smart people realize that without failure there would be no success. It’s important that we each recognize our failures and what we can learn from them in order to...
If you’re attending FailFest for the first time this year, you’re in for a real treat. At last year’s FailFest—the inaugural fest!—we had a great number of speakers tell us about some of their trials and tribulations as business leaders, and the way they learned...
Launch Fishers announced today their popular FailFest event will return this winter. The one-day conference will celebrate failure’s role in innovation at Tom Wood Aviation on December 9. Launch Fishers recently received international recognition from the International Economic Development Council for FailFest 2014 and the supportive...
The seventh annual Innovation Showcase took place last week at the Dallara IndyCar Factory. Over 70 companies were given 60 seconds each to pitch to potential investors. At the end of the day it was Pi Lab and their product Edwin the Duck that took...
We’re excited to share that the Launch Fishers member community has officially hit 500! Actually, we’re at 518. But who’s counting? When we opened in November of 2012 we set a goal of 200 members by the time we hit our two-year anniversary. When November 2014 rolled...
Join us at the new home of Launch Fishers for the Entrepreneurship Week Celebration on Thursday, June 18! We’re bringing together the leading supporters of innovation and entrepreneurship in Indiana for an evening filled with live music, local food and socializing. The party begins at 6:00PM...
It's one thing to talk about how education should be changed, but it's something completely different to actually experience it. This past year, I've had the pleasure of being a part of a revolutionary class called "Innovations." Instructed by Don Wettrick, this class teaches students...
Launch Indiana SBDC is heading to MatchBOX in Lafayette for our July 25 bootcamp.MatchBOX Coworking Studio opened on April 11 and has already reached its two-year membership goal! MatchBOX is a nonprofit venture that draws together creative people pursuing new ideas. Space is flexible and...
By Cathy Langlois, Launch Fishers Program Director This is an exciting time for the Terre Haute startup scene. Our March road trip crew, made up of Launch Fishers, TechPoint, and ISBDC leaders, made a stop in Terre Haute to get a first-hand tour of the initiatives...
The future of entrepreneurship and business is dependent on multiple factors, including changing technology, cost of business, and leadership skills. Jason Nazar, a Forbes columnist, highlights five ways the future will look different in the entrepreneurship world. His predictions include: -The workforce will be 50 percent distributed -Two...