2015

Entrepreneurial Success

3 Ways to Grow as an Entrepreneur

Guest post by Tina Jaynes, CEO and Founder Jaynes Consulting, LLC  As a business owner, growth expert, and life-long learner, I have come to love the show “The Profit.” The show focuses on serial entrepreneur and investor, Marcus Lemonis, as he helps save jobs and grow struggling businesses across America. Simply put, if he thinks […]

Learning to Love Public Speaking

Even if you don’t make presentations on a regular basis, you most certainly present. That’s right – everybody presents at one time or another. You present to team members, clients, your employees and others. Because most of us hate to make presentations, when we make them they’re not very good. Fortunately, public speaking is an attainable skill. […]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Nothing quite says summer like peanuts, a cold beverage, and the crack of a wooden baseball bat. The Indianapolis Indians play their home games at Victory Field, a 14,200-seat ballpark downtown that has received numerous national accolades as one of the best minor league stadiums in the United States. The Rainmakers team was able to […]

ConnectTech’s Home at Eleven Fifty Academy

Rainmakers ConnectTech is a premier monthly event that brings together Indy’s technology influencers in a social atmosphere to learn from an accomplished industry leader. We are excited to announce our new venue sponsor for ConnectTech, Eleven Fifty Academy! The Eleven Fifty Academy is a nonprofit that serves the community by offering immersive learning in popular programming […]

3 Posts About Networking

Most people just show up for networking events without preparing. That’s why time spent networking results in either frustration or glory; it can be a crap shoot. Unfortunately, most end up in the frustration camp. If you think of meeting new people as an acquired skill, then, like any other skill, it takes practice and education to achieve […]

Marketing Essentials Roundtable

Marketing Essentials Roundtable: Manage Your Story

This is a Rainmakers member exclusive opportunity! Join Neil Richmund from Strategix Marketing and Tina Imperial, Marketing Manger at Rainmakers, for tips on how to create and manage content for your business.

Rainmakers Young Professionals

RYP 2.O: Rainmakers Young Professionals Relaunched

The first Tuesday of this month, June 2nd, marked the relaunch of Rainmakers Young Professionals (RYP) 2.0. RYP presents an opportunity to build key relationships and collaborate with other growth oriented people. We focus on personal and professional development. After ten months of early morning networking events and many more months of board meetings and brainstorming, […]

June Serve More Project: Horses and Hope

June Serve More Project: Horses and Hope

This months’ Rainmakers Serve More initiative revolved around helping Edelweiss Equine Assisted Therapy Center. Edelweiss and their owners are dedicated to improving the quality of lives of people with special needs. We arrived early in the afternoon and were greeted by a large Clydesdale who recently made residence at Edelweiss. Each horse has a special […]