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ANDERSON As she looked for a model to emulate in an effort to stimulate innovation that could lead to the revitalization of Anderson, Anikka King didn’t have to look far.
The annual Vesuvius Coworking Pitch Night in which hopefuls share their ideas for potential businesses provided exactly the kind of framework she sought for the Rekindle Anderson Impact Showcase Event, a competitive program. Raise will culminate in an October event at which attendees will vote on winners.
“We have a lot of apathy in this community, but we have so many people with so much talent. We just need to get our arrows facing in the same direction,” said King, who is already active in a number of local initiatives including the NAACP, education and felony expungement program.
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MUNCIE, Ind. Lindsay Fuller will tell you starting a small business is terrifying. She should know; she’s done it three times.
“I always wanted to have something for myself, something I could be creative with,” Fuller said. “But yeah, it’s always really scary.”
Entrepreneurship is perilous, an act that requires composure in the face of often unknowable risk. A study conducted for Bloomberg estimated eight out of 10 startups fail within their first 18 months.
An appropriate metaphor for plunging into a new business endeavor might compare the stunt to dangling 20 feet above the ground, unsecured and inverted, clinging to what amounts to a sturdy scarf. In Fuller’s case, however, that comparison serves better as a job description.