Ilya Rekhter: How embracing imperfection fueled Megawatt’s growth
I used to cringe every time I walked past the first containerized mining pod we ever used.
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Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: You’re a player in the token economy
In economic terms, tokens are physical or digital assets that represent value and facilitate trade.
Pete the Planner: Retirement is a skill, not a time to let down your guard
You can step into retirement without being good at personal finance.
Garrett Mintz : To make changes that stick, align purpose, leadership and profit
No matter what promises you made to our board, how rosy a picture could look if you just made this one change or how dire your situation is, if the people being asked to implement the change are not on board with the change, it is never going to happen.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Acquiring factories shouldn’t be economic focus
There are no more afternoon traffic jams on Kilgore Avenue.
Pete the planner: An open letter to the investments I passed on
I didn’t have the risk tolerance, the cash flow, the patience, or maybe just the courage.
Derek Schultz: College football pundits can’t stop talking about IU’s schedule
Now, coming off the best season in the program’s modern history, a College Football Playoff campaign that brought both ESPN’s College Gameday and FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff to Bloomington, IU is legitimately in the conversation for the first time.
Editorial: Indiana’s top credit rating is result of years of fiscal discipline
These ratings matter when the state borrows money for public projects. A AAA rating gives the state readier access to capital at lower interest rates, meaning that projects are constructed for less.
Nate Feltman: Meeting the AI education challenge
While today these political changes get most of the headlines and attention, it is the disruptions and change that artificial intelligence will bring that will have more long-term economic and societal implications.
Emmy Hildebrand: Veteran homelessness is falling but more work is needed
Veteran homelessness has been decreasing since 2015, when 389 veterans were counted during the annual Point-in-Time Count.
Nathan Gotsch: Surprising Indiana election data suggests a reason for hope
A group of Hoosiers and I have launched a new project called Independent Indiana. Our mission is to make sure people across the state know that running for office as an independent is more viable than they think.
Samantha Julka: To fuel a think tank, you need an original thought
Put a group of smart people in a room, and innovation happens.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: When economic statistics lose integrity, bad things happen
The Federal Reserve uses BLS data to determine the inflation rate and whether the economy is in a recession.
Mickey Kim: Danger: Private funds are salivating over your 401(k)
America’s 401(k) system controls over $12 trillion in retirement assets, the single largest reservoir of investable long-term money on the planet.
Editorial: Braun smart to sell land to Elanco for health district
Government doesn’t always move as quickly as the business community—and Elanco and Purdue have a vision for the kind of campus they want to develop.
Lesley Weidenbener: ‘I’ve had to give up fear’
“Fear is tiring, it’s draining, it’s expensive, it’s a barrier to creativity, and it hinders the connecting of people. Yes, fear can also act as a guide, a vehicle even for honoring our creator and even a natural protectant,” she continued. “But I’m talking about the fear that prevents collective progress.”
Dan Leonard: A case for sustaining leadership in biomedical innovation
It would be catastrophic on multiple levels if we ceded innovative superiority to our international competitors.
Kia Wright: Investing in our youth is state’s economic imperative
When young people connect with leaders who share their cultural background, they gain professional skills and confidence in their ability to succeed.
Letters: Sculpture offers high risk, low reward
Intended to be eye-catching, it would visually intrude at the busy intersection and create an unnecessary crash-risk for motorists who navigate an already visually complex intersection much traveled by motorized vehicles and pedestrians, bicyclists and scooters.
Mark Montieth: Speedway’s Tom Gilbert was billed as Purdue’s next hoops hero, but fate intervened
Gilbert passed through the stages of an idyllic childhood and nationally recognized high school athletic career at Speedway High School to a college experience at Purdue that was both snakebitten and self-destructive to an adult life that was cruelly unfair.