Happy Happy Hour Hour

8. February 2010 member

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Limited Time! Get $10 tickets to this year’s “Time for Three” Stella Artois Happy Hour Symphony on February 18 at 5 pm (show starts at 6:30) !!!! Normally,tickets are $20, BUT if you call the box office (639-4300) with the code ABCD AND the source code 7826, you get them for $10 each!

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A Big Date, and A Big Idea

3. February 2010 member

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We’ve got a big date this weekend, with a big fat book that we’re getting ready to unleash on the world, just for young professionals!

But, we’ll leave you instead with an idea (since your brains are already on the SuperBowl anyway…) that is this: is the term ’social entrepreneur’ an oxymoron? (As posed today by Tina Seelig on Twitter.) I don’t think so. There are companies out there that are traditionally entrepreneurial, but they focus only on maximizing profits. Very a la Gordon Gekko.

On the other hand, social entrepreneurs to me are those who have 2 goals in mind - making money AND doing the world better. Sometimes in the traditional capitalistic market those two ideas clash. Hence, we think it’s ok to use this term, as it is slightly different than the traditional ‘entrepreneur’.

Greed, my friends, isn’t always good.

This is our last post before our big date this weekend. Go Colts!

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Spurring Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, et al.

27. January 2010 member

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So, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to get people fired up about entrepreneurship and innovation. Both usually lead to bigger and better things, like economic development. We could use a lot more of that these days.

I’ve also been studying tax rates (I know, what can I say? I like pain!) North Dakota, for example, has one of the lowest rates of unemployment (at least as of Oct 2009 it did), and has a tiered structure for corporate taxation based upon income. Indiana’s corporate tax rate is, from my understanding, a flat 8.5% rate, which is relatively high compared to other states.

Furthermore, US corporations pay some of the highest taxes in the world relative to other countries. Conversely, Irish and Hungarian companies pay some of the lowest corporate taxes. However, one seemingly would think Ireland is still booming, when in fact it is not. I’m not sure how to explain that, other than to say it takes more than just decent tax rates to get peeps fired up about economic development and creating new stuff.

Instead of the federal govt bailing out big, bad behavior in corporations in the US - why not let the smaller start up businesses (the ones that REALLY need the capital) keep a higher percentage of their income? Like, ALL of it? What if start ups or small businesses could keep all of their income up to a certain level, say, $100K for the first year? That way, instead of bailing out bad behavior, we are rewarding good, innovative, daring, and entrepreneurial behavior. Maybe that in turn would inspire others to start their own endeavors, instead of waiting for someone else to create a job for them, which, by the way, people are really playing Russian Roulette with, as the person who can best define what type of work s/he wants to do is the individual, not someone else.

Last but not least, what if the state government could actually find ways to generate revenue without taxing its corporations and people? The toll road example in Indiana is a good one, and I’ve ranted about this before. Government, just because it is government, doesn’t mean its employees should check their innovative, creative minds at the door.

If we as business owners–the bold, daring and slightly crazy–have to be sustainable or die, shouldn’t our government be held to that same (or an even higher) standard?

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Indy Guide: Dos

24. January 2010 member

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So, as I’ve shared previously, we are working feverishly on the 2nd edition of, Indianapolis: A Young Professional’s Guide. Edition two is going to be FANTASTIC!

If you want to reach the Indy young professional (and who doesn’t?) consider advertising with us. Just contact us and we’ll give you the specs.

In edition 2, we’ve got new categories, streamlined information, and the best part of all: interviews by city and civic experts and young professionals too! Yay!

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Data & Dating

22. January 2010 member

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If you dig data and dating, this post is for you.

Cupid.com actually did some research on what features are good and bad in an online dating profile photo. Check it out here.

Despite their results, gentlemen, please keep your shirts on.

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Hot. Singles.

22. January 2010 member

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Indy Monthly Magazine’s Hot Singles Annual Party is February 11 from 6-8 pm @ Nicky Blaine’s. Only $10 at the door, and proceeds go to the Starfish Initiative.

Hot!

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Pursed with Silence…and Fun!

22. January 2010 member

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The Cornea Research Foundation of America’s Annual Women’s Luncheon is coming up in April - mark your calendars now! April 22, 2010 at the Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel from 11:30am-1pm will be a designer purse silent auction, prizes ranging from hotel stays to theater tickets to wine tastings. And of course, lunch - oh yea, and helping out a great cause! Tickets are $35 per person, or $250 for a table of 8. Proceeds obviously go to the Cornea Research Foundation…but of course, the fun goes to YOU if you participate!

Go to www.cornea.org or friend the Cornea Research Foundation on Facebook to find out more!

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Dee-lish

19. January 2010 member

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Devour Downtown is back! Go here and book your tables!!!!

We’re drooling just thinking about it!

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Ten Non Traditional/Wacky, Off The Hook Ideas for Indiana

14. January 2010 member

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Let’s Roll!

1. Legalize marijuana and tax the HADES out of it!

2. Meet Market Mondays - EVERY grocery store in the city should have a 2 hr block of time where people can meet each other - for singles, for business development, for WHATEVER, just have different themes each night (singles Monday, business Tuesday, etc.) Grocery shop AND meet cool peeps? Sign me up!

3. NO TAXES on royalties - up to $100K. SAVE the creative class!

4. RENT out more public space! Let’s grow some biofuels, or crops, or FLOWERS on the sides of roads so we can improve the beauty of our state, AND generate some revenue up in here!

5. DITTO to #4 except with SOLAR panels and Windmills! If we could harness the power of the sun to be self sustaining and not depend on foreign oil, that would be PHAT!

6. GET RID of business taxes - why should businesses be taxed? THAT would encourage people to START businesses!

7. The Biz Development channel - WFYI, or someone else, could create a business development/entrepreneurship TV channel, where it is all entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, 24/7/365. Rocktacular!

8. The entrepreneur bank - not so much money, but a place where people can be ‘fellows’ for a year who are trying to grow businesses, where they can apply, get resources, and actually be fellows in residence and work with/collaborate with each other for one year.

9. Fedex Fridays For All - Ok, I’m violating something here (trademark, copyright, blah blah) but there’s a company out there that gives ALL its employees Fridays off - to do/work on WHATEVER they want - the only stipulation is, the stuff they did they have to report back to the group on Monday (aka deliver overnight)! WHAT IF we ALL had Fedex Fridays and had the chance to be creative AND spark innovation?

10. SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES! TAX me double on Sunday - I don’t care, but GIVE ME THE OPTION to buy the alcohol on Sundays - please. After all, aren’t we in a democracy, rather than a communist or socialist regime?

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11. (another one added for a bonus): Instead of having ALL local news formatted the same (news, weather, sports, rinse, repeat) could SOMEONE take a risk and have, instead of sports on the news, just one night a week, arts and entertainment venues OTHER than sports, please? DITTO with late night TV - do ALL the channels have to be exactly the same? How about a woman on late night? How about a panel of women on late night? How about ANYTHING DIFFERENT on late night?

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