Ilya Rekhter: How I recruited Megawatt’s founding team
In this week’s column, I focus on how we recruited Megawatt’s team, and more specifically, where I was able to find people crazy enough to join me on this startup adventure.
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Alison Bell: Higher ed leaders should see opportunity as ‘cliff’ nears
It’s critical that higher education leaders become more attuned to the evolving landscape of the workforce and, as a result, begin creating and expanding academic programs in high-demand fields such as K-12 education, health care, information technology and business.
Jefferson Shreve: Here’s a better approach for creating a safe community
The crisis is too urgent for posturing: We must do what it takes to save kids’ lives in our city and give our police the tools they need to bring order to our streets.
Mickey Kim: Will ‘bull market’ continue or are stocks poised for a tumble?
Taking a walk down “Memory Lane” sometimes brings back painful memories but can also reinforce important lessons.
Bohanon and Horowitz: How your social network influences what you do
Economics considers individuals who cooperate with others through networks such as markets and institutions to achieve common goals.
Garrett Mintz: How to build a company culture that embraces mistakes
Imagine the workplace today. How much grace and patience do we give people to succeed?
Mark Montieth: Almost-fab five never reached potential
It’s widely believed to be their most promising collection of talent since the team that advanced to the conference finals in 2013 and 2014
Editorial: IMS Museum fundraising effort will elevate Indy racing treasure
It’s a welcome development that should help reinvigorate the museum, generate more excitement for it among Hoosiers, give its many out-of-state visitors a more tantalizing experience, and make the institution a bigger part of the city’s arts and culture scene.
Nate Feltman: America’s political leadership crisis
Both parties are guilty of demonizing the other and using the polarization that they create to raise funds, bring notoriety to themselves, and stake out positions that are all-or-nothing, thus all but eliminating problem-solving and compromise.
Dr. Enrico Repetto: We need health-savvy kids to stem diabetes epidemic
Awareness, understanding, nutrition and regular physical activity can teach lifelong healthy habits and stave off obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
William Plater: Kudos to all of the people who made IUPUI successful
There may be even more engaging dreams ahead in this era of dazzling new possibilities: harnessing artificial intelligence for the common good, drawing on Indiana’s local imagination to overcome global challenges and recentering democracy on more inclusive principles.
Jalene Hahn: Honest communication makes transferring wealth successful
Traditionally assets have been prepared for the transition, while little focus is given to the inheritors.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: The tradeoff between innovation and safety
High-profile disasters focus attention on those dangers, and that focused attention makes people work to reduce those dangers.
Angie Stocklin: Why companies must not overlook customer service
Traditionally, customer service has been viewed as a cost center instead of a revenue driver, and it’s hard for companies to allocate funds to activities that aren’t moving the needle.
Lesley Weidenbener: An opportunity for inspiration, rejuvenation
My experiences at Mickey’s Camp have been positive and inspiring. And I’ve met people who’ve become sources for IBJ stories or opinion writers for our Forefront section, largely because of the interesting conversations I had with them at Bradford Woods.
Letter: Two-way streets calm traffic
Many drivers ignore the flashing yellow lights as they race towards the red light on the next block.
Letter: Global summit among strong IEDC moves
The state is finally moving aggressively and boldly on selling Indiana as a good place to invest in.
Pete the Planner: Here’s the recipe for winning the financial game
I’ve seen so many people have 50-point leads going into the third or fourth quarter but somehow end up clutching a defeat from the jaws of victory.
Marc Hackett: Investing in mental health care is just good business
Employers must invest in resources for employees to combat and treat mental health challenges, including burnout, depression, anxiety and more.
Kristin Jones: Health, jobs at risk with new drug price proposals
This shortsighted attempt to use the big fist of government to mandate drug prices would result in thousands of jobs exiting our state and would deliver an unrecoverable blow to the infrastructure that has supported the biopharmaceutical industry and the treatments and cures it delivers to millions of patients every day.