February 27, 2013
Mason King
What are Zeke Turner's top five strategies for keeping his work week under 40 hours? Do you really need work e-mail
on your smart phone? What's it like to take a company public? The real estate exec has answers.
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January 11, 2013
Mason King
What exactly does The Mind Trust do? What happened to its report on
remaking IPS? Do you need teaching experience to reform education? David Harris has answers.
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December 19, 2012
Mason King
Zipping from the Super Bowl Village to a federal fraud trial,
IBJ counts down its most-watched
online videos in a year of triumph and retribution.
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November 16, 2012
Mason King
How did the leader of one of Indy's top neighborhood development groups help save part of the City Market? How did
he help spark the Super Bowl legacy project? Any advice for home rehabs? Bill Taft has answers.
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October 23, 2012
Mason King
How deep are the roots in J. Murray Clark's political family tree? What still stings
from the former state GOP chairman's tenure? How does he view the party today? What about fundraising tips? Clark has
answers.
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September 14, 2012
Mason King
What "Twilight Zone"-ish connection does the founder of Heartland
Truly Moving Pictures have to its new HQ? What tearjerking moment did he share with a major donor? How did he calm an infuriated
Hollywood director? Jeffrey Sparks is ready for his closeup.
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August 15, 2012
Mason King
In four years since begging indie acts to hit Indianapolis, MOKB Presents has become a ubiquitous name
on the city's marquees. The concert-promoting duo expects to have a hand in 150 shows this year, a 50-percent increase
from 2011.
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June 27, 2012
Mason King
The
Big Car arts collective is shifting into a higher gear, with a budget this year of $250,000, a new westside events hub, and
a paid staff that no longer fits into a sedan. Executive Director Jim Walker provides a front-seat view.
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March 30, 2012

What
did the founder of Cafe Patachou learn from Butler's Brad Stevens? Why not try franchises? Martha Hoover responds in Part
II of her
IBJ interview.
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March 2, 2012
Mason King
Bruce Bryant founded Promotus Advertising with little experience as
an entrepreneur. Through mentors, biblical scripture and hard-won experience, he has culled several tenets for staying solvent
and keeping a clear head.
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February 9, 2012
Mason King
Host Committee CEO Allison Melangton opens up about the last three years. Why is she called "The Binder Whisperer"?
How did she react to pushback against "super scarves"? When did she need to get tough with the NFL?
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December 29, 2011
Mason King
How much bubbly does Kahn's Fine Wines & Spirits sell at year's end? How have operations changed with the
addition of two new stores? Owner Jim Arnold has answers.
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November 30, 2011
Mason King
Why is Ryan Vaughn ending his tenure as City-County Council president with two hot-button
proposals? Can he get the votes for a stronger smoking ban? How does he react to a call for his removal?
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November 9, 2011
Mason King
What lessons in salesmanship and humility did Paul Lushin learn as an
Indianapolis police officer? What common mistakes do managers make? When should they give employees the reins?
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November 2, 2011
Mason King
What outrageous promise did Marian University's president make (and
then keep) to the school's first football recruits? How does he snare those big donations? How has his urgent mindset
paid off? Dan Elsener has answers.
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October 19, 2011
Mason King
What position did Ann DeLaney turn down in the 1996 presidential election
to remain head of The Julian Center? After 15 years, why did she step down? How much of TV's "Indiana Week in Review"
is theater?
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October 5, 2011
Mason King
What's next on Andre Lacy's bucket list after a 9,300-mile round
trip via motorcycle to the Arctic Circle? Why stay active at LDI Ltd. after passing the CEO reins? As a state fair leader,
how does he regard the stage-collapse tragedy? The 72-year-old dynamo has answers.
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September 21, 2011
Mason King
Why does the owner of A2SO4 Architecture believe a 20 percent drop in
billings is a victory? Just how cutthroat has the design field become? What's the significance of moving the firm into
a church? Sanford Garner has answers.
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September 2, 2011
Mason King
What does the CEO of City Securities Corp. say when shell-shocked investors want to sell? Does the recent market slide
point to a return of 2008? Where are the opportunities? Michael Bosway has answers.
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August 17, 2011
Mason King
What formative experience helped inspire a Taco Bell franchisee to donate
well over $1 million to youth charities? What was his biggest bonehead mistake in business? Charlie Brown has answers.
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August 3, 2011
Mason King
How does the Indianapolis Zoo aspire to save the world? What has its
CEO learned from past mistakes? Michael Crowther has answers.
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July 20, 2011
Mason King
Why base the team's identity on a scene from "Rocky"?
Is he soft on discipline? What "stupid human tricks" can he perform? Frank Vogel has answers.
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July 6, 2011
Mason King
Do you need a culinary degree to be an executive chef? How do you serve
hundreds at a time? What's the difference between cooking for Hoosiers and Floridians? Michelle Matiya boils it down.
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June 22, 2011
Mason King
How
does a celebration of agriculture stay relevant? What happens after the cows go home? Cindy Hoye has answers.
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June 3, 2011
Mason King
What's
the status of the Super Bowl? Mass transit for Indy? Economic development? How is one man so connected? Mark Miles shrugs
off "power broker" but fits the bill.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.