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>> IT'S TIME TO GO INSIDE
INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
ALLEGION. PIONEERING SAFETY.
SMALL BUSINESSES ARE AT THE

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HEART THE NIIC - THE NORTHEAST
INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER IN
FORT WAYNE...ONE OF THE
TRAILBLAZERS IN INDIANA'S TECH

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MOVEMENT.
WITH MORE ON SOME INNOVATIVE
WAYS THAT THE NIIC IS HELPING
SERVE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE

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ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME VIA
SKYPE, NIIC CEO KARL LAPAN.

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AS ALWAYS, KARL, GREAT TO SEE
YOU, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS, GERRY, GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU TODAY.

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>> FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW IT,
I MEAN IT, YOU AND A NUMBER OF
FOLKS UP THERE, THE NIIC, REALLY
PIONEERS IN THE CO-WORKING AND

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INNOVATION SPACE IN INDIANA.
GIVE US REALLY A THUMBNAIL MODEL
OF THE NIIC AND WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT.

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>> YEAH, SURE THE THE NORTHEAST
INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER IS AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT
ORGANIZATION, AND WE PROVIDE,

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YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT
COMPANIES NEED IN ORDER TO
SUCCESSFULLY START, GROW, AND
SCALE THEIR COMPANIES, AND SO WE

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WORK WITH COMPANIES FROM THE
PRECOMPANY STAGE, WHEN IT'S JUST
AN IDEA AND YOU'RE MOON
LIGHTING, TO SECOND AND THIRD

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STAGE COMPANIES INNOVATION
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE HOW THEY
CAN HELP SUPPORT AND GROW THEIR
CORE BUSINESS.

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>> I KNOW YOU'RE COMING UP ON A
20th ANNIVERSARY,
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. I KNOW
YOU'LL BE CELEBRATING THAT A

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BETTER TIME, MAYBE THIS FALL
WHEN THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN A
BIT. GIVE US AN IDEA, KARL, IN
YOUR VIEW OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL

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CLIMATE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA,
AND THE VIBE, IF YOU WILL, IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA, AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC.

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>> YEAH. I THINK, AS YOU SEE,
NOT ONLY IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
LIKE OURS, BUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY

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A LOT OF TRAUMA IN THE ECONOMIC
SYSTEM. NOT TO MENTION THE
HEALTH RELATED CONSIDERATIONS,
BUT ALSO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

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TRAUMA IN THE ECONOMIC SIDE. SO
ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, AS
WE KNOW, WITH SOME OF THESE NEW
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE COME OUT ON

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ECONOMIC INJURY AND PAYMENT
PROTECT, THEY BARELY SCRATCH THE
SURFACE OF THE PROFOUND NEED
HAT SMALL BUSINESSES HA

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NUMBER OF STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT JUST IN THE PAYMENT
PROTECTION PROGRAM, THERE'S
ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLAR NEED,

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AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A THIRD
OF THAT AMOUNT FUNDED IN THE
STIMULUS
STIMULUS BILL, SO I THINK A LOT

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OF COMPANIES, THE FUNDING TO GET
TO A SAFER LANDING PLACE IS A
HUGE ISSUE. AS COMPANIES TRY TO
COPE WITH HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN

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A WORLD IN WHICH WE CAN'T
CONNECT ON SUCH A PHYSICAL AND
PERSONAL WAY LIKE WE USED TO.
>> CERTAINLY SOME SOBERING

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STATISTICS THAT PERHAPS ONE IN
FOUR BUSINESSES MAY BE OUT OF
BUSINESS GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS. YOU, THOUGH, I KNOW,

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FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS
AND FOR INNOVATORS TO RECHARGE,
RESET, AND RETOOL.

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>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE
LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE IS
INNOVATION BORN?
OFTENTIMES IT DOES COME OUT OF

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CRISIS. I THINK MANY COMPANIES
ARE LOOKING AT BUSINESSES THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER
CONSIDERED, OR NEVER QUITE

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CONNECTED THE DOTS THE WAY THEY
ARE TODAY. AS A RESULT OF HAVING
TO DEAL WITH AND COPE WITH THE
PANDEMIC. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I

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THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PAY
ATTENTION TO KIND OF EMOTIONAL
WELL BEING AND SELF-CARE FOR
ENTREPRENEURS, THAT WE RECOGNIZE

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THAT THERE WILL BE A NEW NORMAL.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO
THE WAY THINGS WERE. AND THERE'S
ALSO A NEED TO REIMAGINE THE

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BUSINESS IN LIGHT OF MAYBE SOME
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'LL BE
WORKING IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T
THINK IT REPLACES BOTH THE NEED

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AND THE DESIRE FOR SOCIAL
INTERACTION, BUT I DO THINK
WE'RE GOING TO BE THINKING
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE

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CONNECT, COMMUNICATE AND MESSAGE
IN A VERY IMPACTFUL WAY. WHAT
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER TO
COMPANIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS.

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>> GREAT STUFF, KARL LAPAN, CEO
AT THE NORTHEAST INDIANA
INNOVATION CENTER OFFERING LOTS
OF SERVICES, ONLINE VIRTUALLY TO

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INNOVATORS THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF INDIANA. YOU CAN GO TO THE
NIIC AND CHECK THAT OUT. KARL,
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US,