Veteran Design, Minority Gift Guide & PASIC’s Global Beat | Dec 15, 2024

From veteran entrepreneurship and creative funding to music innovation and workforce empowerment, this week’s BE&O highlights Hoosiers shaping Indiana’s business, arts, and community future.

🎨 Getting Started: Drew Mullee, Founder & Owner, The Designery — The Army veteran turned entrepreneur shares how his design showroom franchise empowers homeowners and veterans to launch local businesses through custom home improvement.
💰 Access to Capital: Victoria Beaty, Owner, The Botanical Bar — Beaty discusses crowdfunding her new plant café and being featured in The Indianapolis Recorder’s Ultimate Minority-Owned Gift Guide — connecting conscious shoppers to diverse local brands.
📈 This Week in Business: Michael Good, President, Performance Racing Industry — From the PRI Show to workforce expansion, Good explains how Indiana’s motorsports sector continues to accelerate innovation and create new jobs.
📊 Accounting & Bookkeeping: Courtney Kincaid, President & CEO, Indiana CPA Society — Kincaid breaks down the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report, why it’s required for U.S. businesses, and what to know before the 2025 filing deadline.
👩‍💼 Running Your Business: William Retherford, VP of Operations, Well-Trans — A subsidiary of Professional Management Enterprises (PME), Well-Trans showcases how workforce development initiatives are fueling success in transportation and logistics.
💻 Industry Focus: Dr. Julia A. K. Royston, Author & Publisher — The author and publisher shares insights from her “Write That Book!” program, encouraging aspiring writers to publish their stories and build sustainable careers in literature.
🌟 Success Story: Joshua Simonds, Executive Director, Percussive Arts Society — As PASIC 2024 wraps, Simonds celebrates a record-breaking convention that cements Indianapolis as the percussion capital of the world through 2028.

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