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Entrepreneurship - Indiana

Statewide

INBiz
"INBiz is the state of Indiana’s one-stop resource for registering and managing your business and ensuring it complies with state laws and regulations."
Indiana Small Business Development Center
"[H]elps small businesses start, grow, finance, innovate, and transition through no-cost, confidential business advising and training." This link is to the Hoosier Heartland regional offices in West Lafayette and Kokomo.
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of commerce for the entire state.
Indiana Business Research Center
Part of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, the IBRC maintains databases on numerous topics such as income, employment, taxes, sectors of the economy, education, demographics and a host of other economic indicators for the nation, the state and local areas.
Indiana Business Review
"Quarterly analysis and insight on Indiana’s economic and demographic issues" via the Indiana Business Research Center at IU.
Indiana Economic Digest
"Daily news from newspapers around the state focusing on hot business topics."
STATS Indiana
STATS Indiana provides access to economic and demographic statistics for states, counties, cities and towns, townships, regions, census tracts and more.
Hoosiers by the Numbers
Labor market information for Indiana, with workforce statistics including the annual change in the number of businesses over time, wages, manufacturing jobs, etc. Searchable by county, region, and more.

Regional and Local

Indianapolis Business Journal
Leading business newspaper with particularly detailed coverage of the Indianapolis metro area.
Greater Lafayette Commerce
Local chamber of commerce for the greater Lafayette metro area.
Forbes: Lafayette, IN
Overview profile of the greater Lafayette metro area from the influential business magazine, Forbes.
Purdue Innovates
"Purdue Innovates is a streamlined system providing innovators support and resources for technology commercialization, intellectual property protection and licensing, enterprise creation, and venture capital."
Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization
"Services provided by this office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university’s academic activities through commercializing, licensing and protecting Purdue intellectual property."
MatchBOX Coworking Studio
24/7 shared office space and makerspace in downtown Lafayette.

Public Libraries

Even if you aren't affiliated with a university, public libraries often have many resources that can be helpful for entrepreneurship and market research. Below are a few local examples. Additionally, anyone in Indiana has access to the INSPIRE databases through the Indiana State Library!

INSPIRE
INSPIRE offers access to a range of commercial databases and other electronic resources to support the educational, cultural, personal and economic interests of Hoosiers from their homes, offices, libraries, schools and businesses in Indiana.