Nate Feltman

The ballooning size of government and spiraling deficits are serious threats to our economic vitality and freedoms.

This year, we will launch a new IBJ Media app that will provide a one-stop shop for all IBJ Media content, including all podcasts.

As we look to the year ahead, may we each take the time to try to be better, do better, and as Jim Morris would often say, help those that “could use a boost.”

Let’s keep up the strong efforts to attract job-creating foreign direct investment to Indiana as Gov. Mike Braun and team craft the next iteration of Indiana’s economic development playbook.

The last thing America needs is a repeat of the 2000 presidential election in which the winner was not known until five weeks after Election Day.

Eli Lilly and Co.’s state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facility in Lebanon will help speed the delivery of next-generation medicines and represent the largest single investment in the state to date.

Life often rewards those who decide to take a leap of faith rather than the more predictable path. Betting on yourself, whether against the elements or against a sea of competitors, takes fortitude, drive, perseverance and passion.

Plans by both IU and Purdue to invest in Indy and increase enrollment in STEM programs will be critical for providing the necessary talent pipeline.

Classifying Indiana’s economic development efforts as “failed business attraction strategies” and the LEAP District (which will bring hundreds of new high-paying jobs to the state) as “deeply troubled” is wrong.

Most of us who participated in the Daniels administration never planned to work for the state of Indiana. But the opportunity to work for someone who ran for office for the right reasons, would always do the right thing and had the wherewithal to bring about important change proved too tempting to turn down.

This year’s list introduces nearly 70 new individuals, encompassing corporate executives, philanthropic leaders and notable personalities making significant contributions in Indiana.

Hats off to community leaders who continue to lean into sports as an avenue for attracting talent and growing the region’s economy.

Gubernatorial candidates Sen. Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick have an opportunity to explain to Hoosiers their ideas to address our failing K-12 education system, rising energy costs and rising health care costs. Doing so will lay the groundwork for action in 2025.

When the board hired Pamela Whitten in 2021, they knew significant changes were necessary for IU to thrive in a quickly changing higher education landscape.

Significant to the naming of this award, Mickey brought IBJ Media back under local ownership when he and partner Bob Schloss purchased the company back in 1990. He understood the importance of a local news organization, with local owners who are engaged in their community and take great care in producing factual and balanced reporting.

we already are beginning to realize the impact Clark will have on the Indiana Fever and the WNBA. The Fever will have 36 games nationally televised, more than any other team in the league. And ticket sales and ticket prices are soaring.

We expanded our podcast offerings, increased the number and types of events, improved our digital experience, enhanced our custom content division, purchased Inside INdiana Business and began to expand statewide.

IBJ Media’s “Off the Record” podcast offers interviews with leaders on the Indiana 250 list—the state’s most important movers and shaker—and provides an avenue to glean nuggets of wisdom from their careers.