Articles in: Entrepreneurial Spirit
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When entrepreneur Kelly West started Mimi’s Gourmet Pasta Sauce, Inc. in 2010, she never dreamed it would one day be sitting on grocery store...
- 11 weeks 14 hours ago
Bill Fulkerson remembers as a kid watching a development being built behind his home. Every day, he would sit and watch as the workers constructed...
- 1 year 14 weeks ago
When the neighboring business moved out of the space at 1412 S. Green River Road, the thought of moving never occurred to Curt Jones, owner of...
- 1 year 21 weeks ago
Glen Miller has been in business all his life. His grandfather started their family business, Miller Plating, in 1916, which Miller eventually took...
- 1 year 31 weeks ago
Boutique fitness has not always been a part of the business life for Jeff and Bussie Cox. Owners of the Club Pilates studio located at 111 S. Green...
- 1 year 40 weeks ago
Since first opening on Evansville’s West Side in 2014, Azzip Pizza has worked toward rapid growth. Five years later, the company employs 144...
- 2 years 13 weeks ago
Hydroponics is not a cheap hobby. Scott Massey and Ivan Ball discovered this during their senior year at Purdue University while building...
- 2 years 22 weeks ago
Brenda Wallace had been with Harding, Shymanski & Company as a certified public accountant for nearly 28 years when an opportunity presented...
- 2 years 31 weeks ago
In 2000, Jim Bush ran his first marathon, the Chicago Marathon, and wished Evansville could offer a similar experience, so he created a St. Patrick...
- 2 years 38 weeks ago
Taking over the family fencing business in 2001 seemed like the most logical step for Shawn King in his career. He had helped his stepfather build...
- 2 years 47 weeks ago
Pete Popham, an Evansville native and owner of Popham Construction, knew being a schoolteacher wasn’t his life’s work. It wasn’t...
- 3 years 48 weeks ago
Eight years ago Curt Jones of Evansville was watching his son run at an athletic field day when all of a sudden it hit him. He finally had the idea...
- 4 years 2 weeks ago
Mark Schroeder has spent a lifetime at German American Bancorp. Though it seems straightforward, he says it is a bit of an unusual story.
“I...
- 4 years 22 weeks ago
Sandy Quick knows how to get things done. From ordering stock and unloading trucks to serving customers on the sales floor, the Wayne’s...
- 4 years 31 weeks ago
A glimpse of Kristy Wintner’s cell phone would likely show a recent call to “The Mistress.” Kristy’s husband Chris spends 11...
- 4 years 47 weeks ago
Serving as a U.S. Marine, Paul Saunders learned the value of a comfortable bed.
So after seven years of sleeping wherever he happened to land, he...
- 5 years 3 weeks ago
The smell of smoke and sounds of crackling wood trigger Kim Hanor’s memories of Sept. 3, 2015. The assistant manager of Kitchen Interiors was...
- 5 years 22 weeks ago
In 1931, Wally Byam dreamed of creating a lightweight first-class trailer — the Airstream. Little did he know, the mobile home later would...
- 5 years 31 weeks ago
Few business owners trace their company beginnings to a party. The Bauerhaus first was used more than 135 years ago as a venue for church summer...
- 5 years 40 weeks ago
It could be said Robert Jarrett II is a version of James Bond. He can install and use surveillance equipment, ignite explosions, and offers a Bond-...
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