The refrigerated-trucking company transports milk, produce, frozen goods and medical goods throughout the Midwest and sometimes beyond and has grown, its founder says, thanks to the quality service it provides.
The firm, which provides IT services for small and midsize companies, has been working more with businesses that are looking beyond fixing their infrastructure to figuring out how to maximize employee productivity and efficiency.
The company moved some of its advertising budget from radio to TV over the past year—and it has paid off, with television ads becoming its top source of leads.
The company, which buys and manages apartment communities, has 13 total assets in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and will close on two more this summer.
Some Indianapolis restaurants have asked the breweary to make proprietary beers for them—which they do—and Metazoa also cans three of its beers for sale in local grocery and liquor stores.
The software maker has grown thanks to long-term relationships the company has built with its clients, some of whom have been partners for more than a decade.
The company’s focus is on affordable items, with the idea that its customers can get a head-to-toe look for under $100.
In 2019, the company retained 100% of its existing customers. It has a formal plan to triple its revenue and number of customers over the next nine years.
The company has always been a secondary contract packaging facility, taking products from primary manufacturers that make one item and doing something different with that item.
The remediation expert specializes in brownfield investigation—looking at any previously developed land that is not in use but might have been contaminated.
The company now has a presence in 18 states, including more Indiana locations and entry into the Florida market.
WISH usually has one crew on Saturday nights, but on May 30, it had four. WISH went live outside its normal newscasts more than any other station—which is easier for it to do than any other station because it lacks a major network affiliation.
Indiana was the only state to land two National Science Foundation grants. Together, the schools received half of the funding that was available.
Design thinking has been around since at least the 1960s, and initially, its focus was in areas such as architecture, graphic design and industrial design, to produce physical products. But today, design thinking is used nearly everywhere. You can try it, too.
Design thinking is generally described as a five-step process, with specific names for each step. But in reality, the people and companies that use design thinking adapt their own take on it, by combining or breaking out some of the steps or using a more conceptual approach.
With the release of the feature film “Dark Waters” on Tuesday, the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister, which has offices in Indianapolis and eight other cities, is about to get the kind of publicity that money can’t buy.
With the unemployment rate at 3.2% and competition growing as multiple companies ramp up hiring, finding seasonal employees will be tough.
The company, which provides IT staffing and support, has thrived partly because of its strong relationships with Anthem Inc. and Merchants Bank of Indiana.
Radio advertising, and Peterman’s familiar jingle, have helped fuel the company’s rapid growth.
“Our product is our team,” says Mike Reynolds, the CEO of Innovatemap. It is a mindset shared by many of the executives who lead companies on IBJ’s list of fastest-growing private companies.
