The IBJ Podcast with Mason King

Cook Medical spearheaded manufacturing plant and grocery for struggling east siders. But how’s it going?

In 2020, Bloomington-based device maker Cook Medical and several Indianapolis-based nonprofits announced plans to build a $15 million manufacturing facility on Indy’s nea

Indy-based Round Room rolling in growth surge, nearing 1,600 stores

Fishers-based Round Room LCC is the sixth-largest private company in Indiana. You’re forgiven for not knowing the name, although the brand it represents is one of the mos

Veteran tech execs launch startup for evaluating executive teams — and AI is helping them go it alone

Adam Weber and Andrew Clark seem to be cut from similar cloth. Before working in the technology sector, they both earned degrees in the liberal arts at Ball State Univers

The vision for reshaping downtown’s west side – and how it could look from a reconfigured West Street

On Friday, IBJ reported that a coalition of Indianapolis business, civic and institutional leaders is developing an ambitious plan to reshape downtown’s west side, includ

How did an Indy logistics guru turn his hobby into an heirloom-style watch brand?

Once upon a time, our relationship with consumer technology started and ended with how we could tell time. In the 1800s, your pocket watch or your wristwatch might have b

Pigasus Pictures takes big swing with $10M movie ‘Little Five,’ filmed in Bloomington

For its 10th movie, Bloomington-based Pigasus Pictures has mounted its biggest production yet, with a $10 million budget and a key role played by one of Hollywood’s bigge

Pete the Planner on rising bond yields and why the future ‘is starting to look scary’

The financial media’s laser pointer is often so jittery that it’s tough to figure out which developments are most important to your financial life. The topic that receive

Developer Tag Birge unfolds his philanthropic strategy for disadvantaged students, public art

IBJ celebrated philanthropy, nonprofit organizations and the businesses who support them at our second annual Nonprofit Excellence Awards event on Aug. 4 at the Indiana R

Why would a young couple from South Africa open a bookstore on Mass Ave?

For all of the people who have said at some point in their lives, “Wouldn’t it be fun to open a small bookstore,” consider the story of Julia Breakey and Jake Budler, a m

Why is the Parkview Health system expanding into central Indiana?

On July 27, public officials in West Lafayette joined local business leaders and executives from the Fort Wayne-based Parkview Health system to break ground on the site o

Acclaimed reporter took a buyout and quit the business. He returned as one-man news bureau.

Here's an amazing second act in the career of an Indiana journalism luminary. Longtime subscribers to the Lafayette Journal and Courier newspaper read the work of Dave B

Entrepreneur with ADHD used AI to stay on track. Now it’s a core part of his company.

Josh Driver, CEO of Indianapolis-based Selflessly, jokes that he’s practically in a common law marriage with his AI assistant, named Phil. (That’s short for “philanthropy

Trump warns our elections are vulnerable. What is Indiana doing to secure midterms?

Election Day is scheduled for Nov. 3, so we’re just a bit more than three months away. This is the midterms, so there’s a lot at stake at the federal and state levels, in

Indy Parks finishing citywide upgrades with $150M infusion. But what’s next, and what about new parks?

This is prime parks season for folks in Indianapolis who want to hit splash pads, climb jungle gyms or just grab some grass in the shade. What they’re finding is dozens o

Pete the Planner on Trump’s idea for rescuing Social Security and who picks up the tab

According to a report last month from the Social Security Administration, the trust fund that the government uses to help pay out benefits to retirees is expected to run

He left the Fortune 500 fast track for local nonprofits and to help men be better fathers

Larry Smith grew up on the east side of Indianapolis. After graduating from Southport High School and then Williams College, he landed at Fortune 500 engine maker Cummins

Indy cybersecurity expert on preparing for impending AI threat to businesses

Last week, an international alliance of intelligence agencies released a warning about the evolution of AI and how it soon will be able to overwhelm cyber protections use

Immigration law firm swells from one-man band to 137 employees, thousands of cases

In 2009, a freshly graduated Jason Flora opened a law firm in a tiny office on the west side of Indianapolis near Hispanic-run car lots, Honduran restaurants and Guatemal

Indy-based tech exec on joining global firm, being remote-only leader

Darin Brown is an executive for a global software testing firm with hundreds of employees and a roster of some 80,000 freelancers. But to do his job, he doesn’t have to l

Indy Pride chair talks festival changes, political backdrop and financial challenges

In this week’s edition of the IBJ Podcast, Indy Pride Inc. board Chair Alex Richardson previews the June 13 parade on Massachusetts Avenue and a revamped festival footpri