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2 President’s Message
6 Chamber Report – Tweet Street
8 Education column – Supporting our teachers
10 Go To It
12 Business Resources
72 Found Elsewhere – Job postings and salaries
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Political Power Brokers
Can we let you in on a little secret? James Carville and Karl Rove
may come from different sides of the political aisle, but they like
each other. And they’re coming to Indianapolis for the 26th Annual
Awards Dinner.
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Providing an Insurance Link
The Healthy Indiana Plan expansion may offer a path to coverage for
more of your employees.
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Searching for the Top Employers
Applications are open for the 2016 Best Places to Work in Indiana
program. Does your company deserve to be on the list?
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Making the Business Move
We’ve got some good things going on, but we also have a long way to
go. That summarizes the perspectives of four roundtable participants
in discussing technology transfer and commercialization.
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Going to the Next Level
Briefly speaking: Notre Dame/GE aerospace testing facility making
progress; Red Tire program aids succession; more to be achieved in
middle market exporting.
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County Spotlight: Bartholomew
Diversity takes center stage in Columbus with organizations rolling
out the welcome mat for a global workforce.
• Getting to Know: Sprague Company 66
• Indiana Ingenuity: Toyota Material Handling . . . . . . . . 68
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Entrepreneurial Snapshots
As Indiana seeks to grow its base of homegrown business
successes, three very different entrepreneurs talk about their
companies and philosophies. Learn what makes them shine.
• Max Yoder,
Lesson.ly: Rising star . . . . . . . 19
• Crystal Grave, Snappening: Changing career course 21
• Jim Hallett, KAR Auction Services: Veteran dealmaker 23
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Companies on the Move
The eighth annual Indiana Companies to Watch program places
the spotlight (in this 30-page section) on 20 organizations,
highlighting their success and promise for additional growth.
• Congratulatory letters . . . . . . . . . . . 33
• Economic impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
• Q&A with company leaders (Annex Student Living, Design
Collaborative, DK Pierce & Associates, Gibson) . . . 36
• ReVisited: Fineline Printing Group . . . . . . . 40
• Company profiles 42, 44, 46, 50, 52, 56, 57
• Spotlight: Creek Run Environmental Engineering . . . 43
• Spotlight: Pioneer Packaging . . . . . . . . . 47
• Spotlight: Richey Athletics . . . . . . . . . . 51
• Spotlight: Spear Corporation . . . . . . . . . 53
• Alumni achievements . . . . . . . . . . . 58