Community centers for start-ups create buzz

It’s where freelance developers and designers code on couches, where start-up founders and investors camp out in conference rooms, craft beers flow during evening hackathons and meet-ups, lawyers and marketers give business-building workshops and where corporate CEOs come to scout out the next technologies to best serve their business.

Call it a community center for start-ups, a central gathering place for entrepreneurial activity. Even better, it’s a key economic development driver for Indiana’s biggest metropolis, creating new jobs and wealth around emerging technologies and industries.

Laura Baverman, USA TODAY

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