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BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Crate Escapes, Dog Park + Bar
March 21, 2025
CRATE ESCAPES IS A NEW FAMILY-FRIENDLY DOG PARK AND BAR THAT IS ALREADY EXPANDING IT'S SERVICES FOR PET LOVERS.
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Your taxes and retirement
March 20, 2025
STYLE HOST, CODY ADAMS RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH ED WRIGHT FROM 'GOLDEN RESERVE' TO GET IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES AND RETIREMENT.
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Tariffs are already having an impact on Indiana business… and more
March 19, 2025
THE STAKES ARE HIGH IN THE GLOBAL MAKETPLACE AS YOU'VE LIKELY SEEN IN THE NEWS. CHANGES IN THE INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL BUSINESS LANDSCAPES CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR BOTTOM LINE. JANE...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – Race to Rally Launches
March 18, 2025
THE RALLY INNOVATION CONFERENCE $5 MILLION PITCH COMPETION APPLICATIONS ARE NOW LIVE AFTER THIS MONTH'S OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY. WE CAUGHT UP WITH CHRISTOPHER DAY THE CEO OF ELEVATE VENTURES AND THE...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Wealth Management
March 17, 2025
BUSINESS LEADERS AND INVESTORS ARE FREQUENT VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY OFTEN TIED TO SPORTING EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND EXPOS. DURING LAST SEASONS ALL-STAR EVENT, WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH JAMES...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Don’t be Afraid to Fail
March 16, 2025
EXPERTS CAUTION THAT COMMON FEARS CAN KEEP A BUSINESS OWNER FROM FINDING SUCCESS.THE FEAR OF FAILURE IN PARTICULAR OFTEN GETS IN THEIR WAY.LEADERSHIP COACH, ANDREA LIEBROSS HAS TIPS ON HOW...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Real Talk Season 3 Premier
March 15, 2025
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, WHAT WE BELIEVE, IS ONE OF OUR COMMNITY SUCCESS STORIES. REAL TALK IS A UNIQUE SERIES THE GIVES VOICE TO THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY. WISH...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Blaizing Academy
March 14, 2025
BLAIZING ACADEMY AND INNOPOWER HAVE LAUNCHED AN AI TRAINING INITIATIVE, PROMISING TO TRAIN 1000 PEOPLE IN INDIANA TO HAVE ESSENTIAL AI SKILLS BY THIS JULY. WE SPOKE WITH JOHN QUALLS, THE...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – WISH 70TH Anniversary Tornados
March 13, 2025
HISTORY TELLS US THAT NATURAL DISASTERS CAN BE DEVESTATING. HOW YOU PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY (AND RESPOND TO THE REALITY) CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOUR BUSINESS RECOVERS. IN INDIANA,...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Why your CPA will likely be filing an extension
March 12, 2025
IF YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT YOUR TAX DEADLINES ARE COMING UP. FOR MANY, YOU OR YOUR CPA MAY BE FILING AN EXTENSIONS.COURTNEY KINCAID EXPLAINS...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – IMS Museum
March 11, 2025
EXCITING NEWS THAT SHOULD DRAW MORE PEOPLE TO THE MANY SMALL BUSINESSES IN SPEEDWAY, THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEWAY MUSEUM OPENS IN LESS THAN ONE MONTH.JOE HALE IS PRESIDENT AND STOPPED...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Attracting companies to invest in sports in Indy
March 10, 2025
SPORTS TECH HQ AIMS TO ADVANCE INDIANA'S GROWING SPORTS TECHNOLGY SECTORS. ALONG WITH INNOPOWER, SPORTS TECH HQ HOSTED AN EVENT DURING THE NFL COMBINE THAT DREW THE ATTENTION OF TECH COMPANIES...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Connor Painting
March 09, 2025
WE ARE 'GETTING STARTED WITH A VISIT TO THE 'CERTIFIED VENDOR OF THE MONTH' FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.IT'S CONNOR PAINTING AND JANMARIE CONNOR IS...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Violet T. Lewis, Indiana business pioneer
March 08, 2025
VIOLET T. LEWIS OPENED A BUSINESS SCHOOL TO TRAIN BLACK SECRETARIES IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, OWNED A VARIETY OF SMALL BUSINESSES, AND WOULD GO ON TO OPEN THE LEWIS COLLEGE OF...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Ag Threats & Security Conference
March 07, 2025
EXPERTS CAUTION THAT AGRICULTURE IN INDIANA AND ACROSS THE NATION IS FACING THREATS AND SECUTITY ISSUES BOTH BIOLOGICAL AND TECH-BASED. THE INDIANA FARM BUREAU, THE FBI, AND SEVERAL PARTNERS ARE HOLDING...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – LED Indy earns Mainstream Master Award by AES Indiana
March 06, 2025
L-E-D INDY IS AN INDIANA-BASED COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONSTHE COMPANY RECENTLY EARNED THE 'MIDSTREAM MASTER AWARD' FROM AES INDIANA - FOR OUTSTANDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – How to plan for unexpected changes in your business
March 05, 2025
THE INDIANA LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS SLATED TO ADJOURN BY THE END OF APRIL. AS LAWMAKERS WORK, BUSINESS OWNERS MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY MAY HANDLE MOVES THE STATEHOUSE DECISIONS...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – International Women’s Day
March 04, 2025
RUPAL THANAWALA, CEO OF TRIDENT SYSTEMS, ONCE AGAIN, IS THE EVENT CHAIR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY EVENT COMING UP ON TUESDAY. SHE GIVES US A PREVIEW OF THE SPEAKERS AND...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Sports Tech HQ update
March 03, 2025
THIS YEAR'S NFL SCOUTING COMBINE WRAPS UP TODAY. THE EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER MORE THAN 300 OF THE BEST COLLEGE PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY TO INDIANAPOLIS AS THEY HOPE TO MAKE THE...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Generative AI
March 02, 2025
WE ARE GETTING STARTED WITH A LOOK BACK AT A GUEST THAT WE FIRST MET AT LAST YEAR'S ALL-STAR MINORITY BUSINESS EVENT. ANDREA BARTLETT, THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF UNIQUE MINDS...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Rock-A-Block
March 01, 2025
ROCKLAND PAGE IS AN ARSENAL TECH AND BALL STATE GRADUATE WHOSE INITIAL CAREER IN GRAPHIC DESIGN TOOK A TURN WHEN HE TRANSFORMED A CREATIVE OUTLET INTO A BOOMING BUSINESS.HE HAS RETURNED...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Global Real Estate Market
February 28, 2025
SPENCER LEVY IS A TOP STRATEGIST ON THE SUBJECT OF 'GLOBAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE'. HE WAS IN INDIANAPOLIS LAST WEEK, SPEAKING AT AN 'INDY CREW' LUNCHEON.HE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT THE...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Building Better Relationships at Work
February 27, 2025
WE GET TO SPEND SOME TIME TODAY WITH LORRAINE KAY LEE. HER LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS LONG. SHE IS A JOURNALIST, AN AUTHOR, A SPEAKER OF NOTE, HER WORK HAS APPEARED IN...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Controversial beneficial ownership information reports
February 26, 2025
COURTNEY KINCAID IS BACK WITH ANOTHER UPDATE ON THOSE NEW 'BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION' REPORTS THAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS NEED TO FILE.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – Wealth & Wisdom
February 25, 2025
LAST WEEK AT THE ELEVATE VENTURES COMPLEX WE CAUGHT UP WITH INNOPOWER'S EMIL EKIYOR, THE HOST FOR 'WEALTH AND WISDOM'. IT'S A NETWORKING EVENT THAT HAD SENATOR TOOD YOUNG AS A...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Present your business ideas at the Rally Pitch Contest
February 24, 2025
ONE OF THE LARGEST PITCH COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AT 'RALLY'.ENTREPRENEURS AND INVENTORS CAN PRESENT THEIR BUSINESS IDEAS AND CONCEPTS TO A PANEL OF PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS. THE GLOBAL...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Rally 2025 kickoff
February 23, 2025
AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CROSS-SECTOR INNOVATION CONFERENCE IS 'GETTING STARTED' ON PREPARATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND BIG WINNERS WE MET...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – 45th Minority Achievers Awards & Scholars Gala
February 22, 2025
MARCH 20TH, BUSINESS, CORPORATE, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL GATHER AT THE INDIANA CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE ANNUAL 'MINORITY ACHIEVERS AWARDS AND SCHOLARS GALA.' IT'S NOT ONLY AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, IT'S ALSO...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Freedom Award Winner
February 21, 2025
LAST SUNDAY WE SHARED THE POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT THE 'DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, FREEDOM AWARD WINNER', DENNIS E. BLAND GAVE AT THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY. LAST WEEK WE MET...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – McDonalds franchisee giving back
February 20, 2025
GARY ELEY IS THE LONG TIME OWNER/OPERATOR OF A McDONALD'S FRANCHISE. HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT RUNNING A BUSINESS DAY-TO-DAY.HE AIMS TO GIVE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY AND USE THE FAMILY BUSINESS...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – How Indiana Business are doing on the NYSE
February 19, 2025
TIME NOW FOR OUR MONTHLY CHECK IN WITH THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND JANE KING.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – Project Will
February 18, 2025
IN 2023, 'PROJECT WILL' WAS THE PEOPLE CHOICE AWARD WINNER IN THE 'LOVE THY NEIGHBORHOOD AWARDS’. WE CAUGHT UP WITH JEANNIE COLEMAN LAST WEEK AT THE OPEN HOUSE FOR THE PROJET'S...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Champions of Diversity Innovation in Tech Award
February 17, 2025
FEBRUARY 16TH, IS 'NATIONAL INNOVATION DAY'. IT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO LOOK AT THE WORK OF THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY INNOVATION IN TECH AWARD.WE SPOKE WITH...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Vendor of the Month
February 16, 2025
TODAY ON 'GETTING STARTED' WE INTRODUCE YOU TO FEBRUARY'S CERTIFIED XBE VENDOR OF THE MONTH. CITY WIDE PAVING IS A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS SERVICING CENTERAL INDIANA SINCE 1988. FYZAL OHAB IS THE OWNER.
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. Freedom Award
February 15, 2025
DENNIS BLAND IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 'CENTER OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT'.HE'S ALSO THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE 'CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY 'DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FREEDOM AWARD.
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Eskenazi Health’s dedication to recruitment and helping build careers
February 14, 2025
CICELY OVERTON IS THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING AND CLINICAL PRACTICE AT ESKENAZI HEALTH.SHE IS DEDICATED TO RECURITMENT AND HELPING BUILD CAREERS.
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Gem Drop – A Guide to Elevating Your Communication Strategies in the New Year and Beyond
February 13, 2025
CASEY HARRISON SPECIALIZES IN HELPING BUSINESSES BUILD EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES. WITH THE HELP OF A NEW DIGITAL WORKBOOK, SHE IS WORKING TO MAKE THOSE STRATEGIES MORE ACCESSIBLE.
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Indiana Society of CPA’s partnering with NABA
February 12, 2025
THE INDIANA SOCIETY OF CPA'S IS JOINING FORCES WITH THE 'NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ACCOUNTANTS' TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING... AND TO HELP FILL TALENT SHORTAGES IN ACCOUNTING AND...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – AI Video Analytics: The MVP of Super Bowl Security You Haven’t Heard About
February 11, 2025
WALL STREET, SILICON VALLEY, AND THE HALLS OF GOVERNMENT ARE ALL STILL DIGESTING THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHOCKWAVE THAT HIT LATE LAST MONTH: THE CLAIMS OF A COMPANY CALLED 'DEEPSEEK' AND...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Pier 70 Ventures
February 10, 2025
'ACCESSING CAPITAL' IS SOMETIMES VERY BUSINESSS-SPECIFIC. THE GROUP AT 'PIER SEVENTY VENTURES' SAYS IT BACKS IMPACT-DRIVEN INNOVATION FUNDING DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO SHAKE UP THE STATUS QUO IN HEALTHCARE.WE...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Champions of Diversity Breaking Barriers Award
February 09, 2025
TODAY WE'RE 'GETTING STARTED' BY TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE 'CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY' 'BREAKING BARRIERS AWARD', TRAVIS BROWN.HE'S THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF 'MOJO UP MARKETING +...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – William G. Mays Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award
February 08, 2025
REGINALD AND TRACEY JONES ARE THE OWNER/OPERATORS OF LOCAL McDONALD'S FRANCHISES. THEY ARE ALSO THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE 'WILLIAM G. MAYS EXCELLENCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP' AWARD.
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Medicaid ban on TV ads
February 07, 2025
AN ISSUE PLAYING OUT IN THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT NOW IS WORTH WATCHING AS AN ENTREPRENEUR BECAUSE IT MAY SET SOME PRECEDENT ABOUT WHO CAN DECIDE FOR YOU WHERE AND...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Champions of Diversity “Emerald Leadership Award”
February 06, 2025
SETH MORALES IS THE CEO OF THE MORALES GROUP - A STAFFING AND TALENT-SOURCING AGENCY THAT SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES. HE IS ALSO THIS YEAR'S WINNER...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – The role the US Attorney’s office has in protecting small business
February 05, 2025
TIME FOR MORE OF OUR SALUTE TO THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S 'CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY AWARDS'. ZACHARY MYERS IS THE OUTGOING US ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA. HE WON THE...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – A Seat at the Table
February 04, 2025
'SEAT AT THE TABLE' IS A POPULAR SERIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THE ASIAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE HOSTS EACH YEAR. LAST WEEK, DR. LATHA RAMCHAND, IU INDIANAPOLIS CHANCELLOR, WAS THE LEAD GUEST...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Supplier Diversity
February 03, 2025
DR. SHAWN SMITH IS SUPERINTENDENT OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.LIKE MANY OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, LAWRENCE HAS FOUND THAT USING LOCAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS CAN BE GOOD BUSINESS AND BRING...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Retail in The Stutz Building
February 02, 2025
WE DROP IN ON A LOCAL RETAILER FINDING SUCCESS IN THE GROWING COMMUNITY OF BUSINESSES THAT CALL 'THE STUTZ' HOME. THE ICONIC 7-BUILDING FACTORY COMPLEX IS THE FORMER HOME OF THE...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Champions of Diversity Rosa Parks Trailblazer Award
February 01, 2025
SHANNON WILLIAMS IS THE CEO & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF 'THE MIND TRUST'. SHE'S ALSO THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE 'CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY ROSA PARKS TRAILBLAZER' AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Grounded Plant + Floral Co.
January 31, 2025
ACCORDING TO THE SBA'S 2024 SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE: SMALL BUSINESSES (THOSE WITH FEWER THAN 500 EMPLOYEES) ACCOUNT FOR 99.4 PERCENT OF INDIANA BUSINESSES. THE RETAIL SECTOR PROVIDES FOR ABOUT 40% OF...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – His Place Eatery
January 30, 2025
JAMES JONES, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE SHAWN, OPENED 'HIS PLACE EATERY' TO REDEFINE SOUL FOOD, LEVERAGING HIS CULINARY TRAINING AND CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL.THEY ARE NOW GROWING THEIR BUSINESS AND...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Bookkeeping tips you may have missed
January 29, 2025
COURTNEY KINCAID HAS TIMELY INFORMATION TO SHARE TO HELP YOUR BUSINESS SUCCEED.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – Champions of Diversity Recap
January 28, 2025
LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, MORE THAN 1,000 LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE 2025 CHAMPONS OF DIVERSITY.THE EVENT IS NOW IN ITS 18TH YEAR. IT'S A...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Security to help protect the capital you access
January 27, 2025
WE CAUGHT UP WITH LAMONT HATCHER, CEO, OF APEX INFINITE SOLUTIONS LAST FRIDAY AT THE CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY AWARDS. HE IS IN THE BUSINESS OF CREATING SECURITY AND IT SOLUTIONS TO...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Black State Lawmakers Blast DEI Bans
January 26, 2025
WE'RE 'GETTING STARTED' WITH SOME OF THE STRONG REACTION FORMING OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW D-E-I MOVES.I MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS A MOMENT AGO; GOVERNOR MKIKE BRAUN ISSUED SIMILAR ONES...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – 2024 Champions of Diversity Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award
January 25, 2025
FRIDAY NIGHT WE WERE PROUD BE A PART OF THE '2025 CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY AWARDS'. THE EVENING CELEBRATES OUTSTANDING PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING DIVERSITY AND...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Family foam manufacturing business in Wabash
January 24, 2025
OUR INDUSTRY FOCUS COMES TO US FROM MIKE DYSON AND FAMILY, OWNER/OPERATORS OF CENTRAL URETHANE IN WABASH, INDIANA.
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Jose Hernandez Ice Sculpture
January 23, 2025
AS THE DEEP FREEZE KEEPS GRIPPING INDIANA, THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES THAT EMBRACE THE ICE.
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – How to plan for unexpected changes in your business
January 22, 2025
NAVIGATING UNEXPECTED CHANGES IN ANY BUSINESS CAN BE STRESSFUL. HOW YOU PREPARE NOW, CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – What is happening with Indiana companies at the NYSE
January 21, 2025
JANE KING GIVES US A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH INDIANA COMPANIES FROM THE FLOOR OF THE NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Accessing Capital basics
January 20, 2025
MATTHEW B. MURPHY THE THIRD IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF 'EMBOSS PARTNERS'. HE TAKES US THROUGH SOME OF THE BASICS OF 'ACCESSING CAPITAL'
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Patent on Fire protection foam
January 19, 2025
WE MEET A LOCAL INVENTOR WHO HAS A BIG IDEA THAT COULD SAVE HOMES AND LIVES FROM THE DEVASTATION THAT RESULTS FOR FIRES.
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – A Look ahead to what is coming up for IBE in 2025
January 18, 2025
The Indiana Black Expo says it has had a very successful 2024, in part through the small businesses and entrepreneurs the Expo's efforts have touched. President and CEO, Alice Watson dropped...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – North Mass Boulder
January 17, 2025
According Globe Newswire, the climbing gym market is expected to become a $6.12 billion dollar industry by 2030. North Mass Boulder located on Mass Avenue is one of the largest privately...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Employees returning to the office
January 16, 2025
While the number of people working remotely continues to grow, many national companies like Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, Walmart, and Disney are implementing full-time, return-to-office mandates for 2025 and some...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – What’s coming in 2005
January 15, 2025
Courtney Kincaid breaks down some of the issues that small businesses need to consider financially in 2025.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – Upcoming leadership changes in Indiana
January 14, 2025
The inauguration of Governor-Elect Mike Braun marks a leadership change for Indiana. On the eve of that change, we share thoughts from Governor Eric Holcomb about small business, economic growth and...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Washington Township grants $100 million in contracts to diverse suppliers
January 13, 2025
Schools are not generally the first place contracts look for opportunities, however in Indiana they spend millions on construction and other projects each year. Washington Township has recently been awarded over...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Leadership 199
January 12, 2025
At the recent Governor's Luncheon For Scouting, outgoing governor Eric Holcomb introduced the rebranding of the Boy Scouts Of America to Scouting America. The change is schedule to take effect on...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – SBA grant helping move business to Indy from Merrillville
January 11, 2025
Rockland Page started his business apparel Design and Manufacturing company in the basement of his home in Merrillville, Indiana. A recent grant from the Small Business Administration has made it possible...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – The Scouting America rebrand
January 10, 2025
On WISH-TV, we aired a one-hour special highlighting the Governor's Luncheon For Scouting. National President and CEO of the newly rebranded Scouting America was in town for the event and chatted...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – How to have a digital advantage in 2025
January 09, 2025
We look at ways your company can build up a digital advantage in 2025.
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – 2025 Indiana Latino Legislative Breakfast
January 08, 2025
The 2025 Legislative Breakfast is coming up later this month. It is a bi-partisan opportunity to look at legislation that could pass in the upcoming statehouse session and the economic...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – What’s coming up for Indy Biz Pass in 2025
January 07, 2025
Emil Ekiyor joins us again to update us on the Indy Biz Pass and what is coming up this year.
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – Veteran and Woman-owned business
January 06, 2025
Andrea Sloan is a veteran of the U.S. Army Reserve. She's also the president and owner of Groundbreakers considered one of Indiana’s fastest-growing companies. She shares her road to Accessing Capital, and...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Minority Woman owned business
January 05, 2025
We want you to meet an entrepreneur who started her business as a way of improving her own health. Now she's sharing what she learned.
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – 2024 Year End Recap
January 04, 2025
We are proud to be able to offer local businesses an opportunity to share their own stories of success. We feel it is a great way to challenge and inspire entrepreneurs...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – 2024 Year End Recap
January 03, 2025
Each week, our Industry Focus gives you a deep dive into the world of a specific field from those who know it best.Even if it's not an area you know,...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – 2024 Year End Recap
January 02, 2025
Each week we present various business owners, community leaders and experts in the field of running a business to offer insider tips to help other businesses succeed.Often this information unfolds...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – 2024 Year End Recap
January 01, 2025
Every week, we fill our Accounting and Bookkeeping segments with timely updates on taxes, scams, tools and basic advice on how you can navigate one of the most crucial aspects...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – 2024 Year End Recap
December 31, 2024
Through each of the 52 weeks of every year we want to make sure you are on top of This Week in Business.
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – 2024 Year End Recap
December 30, 2024
One of biggest issues facing any business is how to Access Capital, not only get started, but also to keep things running and growing. There are many funding options available for...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – 2024 Year End Recap
December 29, 2024
Each week we present information to help you get your business off the ground. We talk with new and established business owners to find out how they began - and their...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Santa based business advice
December 28, 2024
There has been massive speculation over they year's about how Santa Claus accomplishes so much in such a short time each year. There would seem to be some strong lessons to...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – IBE Business Initiative recap
December 27, 2024
The Indiana Black Expo says it has had a very successful 2024, in part through the small businesses and entrepreneurs the expo's efforts have touched. President and CEO, Alice Watson dropped...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Kwanzaa
December 26, 2024
December 26 marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration of African-American culture and history. Alecia Barnes is the head Care and Literature Coach at Ujamma Community Bookstore. She helps us understand...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – Year End wrap up
December 25, 2024
Jane King has moved from the NASDAQ in Chicago to center stage and the New York Stock Exchange. She catches us up on how Indiana companies are doing as they wrap...
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – MIRA Award Finalists
December 24, 2024
Now in its 26th year, the MIRA Awards are Indiana’s largest and most prestigious technology awards. Tech Point President and CEO, Ting Gootee talks about why just being on this list...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – 2025 Financial outlook
December 23, 2024
An interview with economist Tom Jalics who puts some perspective on the outlook for 2025.
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – Young author with a new book
December 22, 2024
We catch up with a young entrepreneur we first introduced you to last march during the Minority All-Star Business Week. He was organizing a special promo event for 8th graders -...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Percussive Arts Society International Convention
December 21, 2024
The Percussive Arts Society International Convention wrapped up its 2024 event last month.It's unusual for a convention in that it's open to the public as well as people in the...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Author/Publisher on getting your work published
December 20, 2024
Last week we introduced you to Indiana author and publisher, Julia Royston, from Jeffersonville. She shared insights into the publishing business. In part two of that conversation, she talks about writing books...
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Workforce Development
December 19, 2024
Last week you met the Certified Minority Veteran Vendor of The Month, Danny Portee, President of Professional Management Enterprises. This week we dropped in on one of his many enterprises, Welltrans. Its...
BE&O Podcast – Accounting and Bookkeeping – The importance of BOI reports and Wrapping up the year
December 18, 2024
Beneficial ownership information reports are due by the end of this year. Courtney Kincaid has important information you need to know, now.
BE&O Podcast – This Week in Business – How PRI is expanding the workforce in Indiana and Racing
December 17, 2024
Yesterday the Performance Racing Industry wrapped up its 3-day PRI trade show at the Indiana Convention Center. We had a chance before the show to talk with PRI President, Michael Good...
BE&O Podcast – Access to Capital – The Botanical Bar
December 16, 2024
We first visited with Victoria Beaty at her Botanical Bar in August of 2023. It's a black-owned and woman-owned plant shop. In our first conversation, she was creating a platform for underrepresented...
BE&O Podcast – Getting Started – How Veteran Businesses Get Started
December 15, 2024
We're getting started with local veteran Drew Mullee. He shares his personal journey from military service, and challenges he has faced and overcome, to getting his business off the ground. We caught...
BE&O Podcast – Success Story – Mozel Sanders Foundation Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
December 14, 2024
It’s a Success Story more than a half century in the making. The annual Thanksgiving Dinner from the Mozel Sanders Foundation fed nearly 10,000 people this yearMozel Sanders passed away in...
BE&O Podcast – Industry Focus – Publishing
December 13, 2024
Julia Royston is a Jeffersonville, Indiana-based author and publisher who has helped hundreds of writers realize their dream to see their work in print.
BE&O Podcast – Running Your Business – Small Business Banking
December 12, 2024
Iesha Vaughn is the Banking Center Manager at the Avondale-Meadows branch of First Merchants Bank. She offers suggestions for small businesses owners on how they can do a better job of...