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>> EACH WEEK A GROUP OF INSIDERS
JOINS ME TO OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON
THE WEEK'S TOP STORIES.
THIS WEEK SOUNDING OFF ON TWO

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TECH-RELATED ITEMS, A TECH
CENSUS THAT WILL FOCUS ON
CULTURE IN TECH COMPANIES AROUND
THE STATE OF INDIANA.

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PLUS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS
"DIGGING," A NEW DINOSAUR
PROJECT, AND A BIG SCHEDULE
CHANGE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR

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SPEEDWAY.
OUR INSIDERS ARE BOSE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS GROUP PRINCIPAL ROGER
HARVEY, VOX GLOBAL SENIOR VICE

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PRESIDENT FRANCESCA JAROSZ BRADY
AND ACCOUNTS
KATZ KORIN CU.
WELCOME TO THE INSIDERS.

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A BUSY WEEK, A LOT OF ACTIVITY
ON THE TECH SCENE THIS WEEK, A
COUPLE THINGS, ROGER.
ONE, AN ANNUAL TECH SURVEY, IF

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YOU WILL, THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST
CAME OUT, A TECH REPORT ON
EMPLOYMENT SHOWED INDIANA TECH
EMPLOYMENT JUMPING UP NICELY A

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COUPLE PERCENT IN 2018, INDIANA
I THINK RANKS 21ST IN THE
COUNTRY IN TECH JOBS, SO WE HEAR
A LOT, WE REPORT A LOT ON IT

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TECH JOBS, IT SEEMS IT'S KIND OF
FILTERING OUT INTO THE PUBLIC
NOW.
>> IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

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OBVIOUSLY THE BIG NAMES GET A
LOT OF THE ATTENTION, WHETHER
IT'S SALES FORCE AND SOME OF THE
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU

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COVERED, BUT THERE ARE A THRE
TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF SMALLER
COMPANIES OUT THERE, NOT JUST IN
INDIANAPOLIS, AROUND THE STATE,

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BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE
TO SEE SOME OF THOSE MID LEVEL
COMMUNITIES, THE TECH SCENE
THERE GROWING, WHETHER IT'S

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BLOOMINGTON OR LAFAYETTE OR EVEN
UP IN SOUTH BEND.
>> IT'S A GREAT POINT THAT A LOT
OF STARTUP ACTIVITY AROUND THE

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STATE OF INDIANA AND THE FOCUS
INCREASING FOCUS ON THE MIDWEST,
STEVE CASE, THE AOL CO-FOUNDER,
WHICH IS ALL FOCUSED ON ACTIVITY

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NOT ON THE COAST BUT IN THE
MIDWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY,
BEGINNING TO KIND OF GET THE
ATTENTION FROM FOLKS.

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>> THINK THAT'S REALLY
INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF WHAT'S
DRIVING IT IS 10 YEARS AGO, IF

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YOU WERE IN THE TECH INDUSTRY,
SILICON VALLEY WAS THE NATURAL
HUB.
PRICING AND HOUSING PRICES THERE

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HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH THE ROOF,
AND I THINK THE AFFORDABILITY
CRISIS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN A
LOT OF THE COASTAL CITIES HAVE

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REALLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHERE THEY
LIVE, AND INDIANAPOLIS IS WELL
POSITIONED TO BE AMONG THE TOP

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CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO
ATTRACTING TALENT WHICH IS
GREAT.
>> YOU KNOW, I'D ADD TOO, JUST

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TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEXT AS WELL, SO WE'RE 38TH,
INDIANA, IN OH
POPULATION IN E

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COUNTRY BUT WE'RE NOW 21ST AS
YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO WHEN
IT COMES TO NET TECH EMPLOYMENT.
THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE FACT

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THAT WE'RE BECOMING MORE AND
MORE A DESTINATION, RIGHT, FOR
THESE TYPES OF HIGH PAYING AND
HIGH WASTE JOBS, SO THE FOCUS IS

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GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO CONTINUE
TO BE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT THE POOL
OF EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO

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ATTRACT MORE TECH INDUSTRY AND
CONTINUE TO BE, I THINK, THE
KIND OF DESTINATION PLACE FROM
AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, FROM A

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FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, KEEPING
THE COST OF LIVING RELATIVELY
LOW IN COMPARISON TO MANY OTHER
PLACES IN THE MIDWEST AND WE'RE

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GOING TO DO WELL.
>> IT'S A COMPETITIVE
ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE CERTAINLY.
ANOTHER TECH ITEM THIS WEEK WAS

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POWDERKEG, THE TECH NETWORKING
PLATFORM THAT GROAING NOT ONLY
IN INDIANA BUT AROUND THE
COUNTRY, GOING TO BE DOING A BIG

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TECH CENSUS OF COMPANIES ALL
OVER THE STATE, IT'S GOING TO
FOCUS ON CULTURE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY FOUND

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OUT FROM A CENSUS THEY DID LAST
YEAR IS THAT THE NUMBER ONE
DETERMINANT IN SOMEONE TAKING A
JOB AT A TECH COMPANY IS CULTURE

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AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON
THEY MAY LEAVE AS WELL.
>> WHICH IS GREAT, I THINK, IN
THE SENSE THAT POSITIONS US WELL

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FOR GROWTH AS WE THINK ABOUT
INDIANAPOLIS AS A DESTINATION.
IF I'M MAKING A DECISION ABOUT
WHERE TO WORK AND I'M LOOKING AT

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CULTURE AS ONE OF THE KEY
ASSETS, INDIANAPOLIS HAS A GREAT
CULTURE, I THINK THE MIDWESTERN
FRIENDLINESS IS REALLY PART OF

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WHO WE ARE, SO IF WE CAN REALLY
ANALYZE WHAT COMPANIES HAVE TO
OFFER IN TERMS OF A HEALTHY
CULTURE, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING

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TO CHOOSE TO COME HERE
ESPECIALLY FOR TECH JOBS.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CULTURE
AND INCLUSIVENESS AND THOSE

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TYPES OF THINGS, WE'LL JUMP A
HEAD TO A STORY WE'LL TOUCH ON
LATER BUT THE HATE CRIMES
LEGISLATION AT THE STATEHOUSE

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HAS CERTAINLY BEEN IN FOCUS,
THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT PLACED ON
THE BILL THIS WEEK THAT WOULD, I
THINK, POTENTIALLY GET INDIANA

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OFF THIS SMALL LIST OF STATES
WITHOUT COMPREHENSIVE HATE
CRIMES LEGISLATION.
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT ENDING OR

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HOW DO YOU SEE INDIANA COMING
OUT FROM A PERCEPTION STANDPOINT
IN THAT SITUATION?
>> WELL, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS

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WHEN IT COMES TO PERCEPTION IS
THAT NOW WE ARE OFF THE LIST,
AND THAT'S A POWERFUL THING WHEN
IT COMES TO NATIONAL PERCEPTION.

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THE BAD NEWS IS WE DIDN'T REALLY
FINISH THE JOB.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF GROUPS

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THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT
LEGISLATION, WE LEFT OUT SOME
REALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS, NAMELY
GENDER IDENTITY, SO I'M HOPEFUL

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THAT IN THE FUTURE, LAWMAKERS
CAN REVISIT THAT AND ADD GENDER
IDENTITY AND TO MAKE IT A REALLY
INCLUSIVE LIST SO THAT EVERYBODY

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IS PART OF PROTECTIONS.
>> I AGREE.
I THINK IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO,
YOU'LL SEE THIS ISSUE GET

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RESOLVED AT THE STATEHOUSE RILE
QUICKLY AND SOMETHING WILL MOVE
ON TO THE GOVERNOR'S DEATH.
I THINK IN THE FUTURE, PERHAPS

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AS EARLY AS NEXT SESSION, THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL STILL
COME BACK WANTING TO EXPAND
THOSE PROTECTIONS AS WAS

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MENTIONED BECAUSE THERE IS A
STRONG BELIEF IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
ALL THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE SO

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THAT WE DO BECOME A STATE THAT
ATTRACTS THE TOP TALENT AND THAT
WE DON'T HAVE THESE SPEED BUMPS,
IF YOU WILL, PREVENTING PEOPLE

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FROM COMING HERE.
>> YOU KNOW, IT STRIKES ME THAT
FIRST OF ALL GETTING OFF THE BAD
LIST IS A GOOD THING, RIGHT?

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WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT,
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
GETTING OF OFF THE SMALL LIST OF
STATES WHO HAVE NO PROTECTION AT

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ALL WITH REGARD TO HATE CRIMES
AND BIAS IS IMPORTANT.
BUT THAT CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE
WHERE IT ENDS, AND PART OF THE

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DIFFICULTY, IT SEEMS, FROM HOW
LONG AND SORT OF DRAWN OUT THIS
PROCESS HAS BEEN IS THAT IT MAY
BE THE CASE THAT FOR MANY FOLKS,

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THAT'S ALL THEY REALLY WANTED TO
DO, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT
OFF THE BAD LIST.
AS LONG AS THAT'S ACCOMPLISHED,

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THEN IT MATTERS LESS REALLY
WHETHER OR NOT WE PROTECT GENDER
IDENTITY AND SO ON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

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REVISIT THIS, I THINK, BECAUSE A
LOT OF FOLKS STILL BELIEVE
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE HERE.
>> CERTAINLY TALENT, WORKFORCE

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DEVELOPMENT, HUGE ISSUES IN THE
STATE OF INDIANA.
INTERESTING PARTNERSHIP
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IN FORT

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WAYNE, MAYOR TOM HENRY
ANNOUNCING A PARTNERSHIP
ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO CREATE
HIGHER WAGE EMPLOYMENT

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OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY IN
CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER RELATED
FEELS.
AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, PRETTY KREE

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AITTIVE IDEA.
>> CREATIVE, EXCITING, REALLY,
GERRY, I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS.
MAYOR HENRY REALLY SHOULD BE

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CONGRATULATED FIRST OF ALL FOR
THE FORT WAYNE UNITED PROGRAM,
ITS FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MEN AND BOYS AND TRYING TO MAKE

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SURE THAT THEY CAN BE INCLUDED
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE
WORKFORCE, AND NOW YOU HAVE THIS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH

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SHAMBAU AND SONS FOR RELATIVELY
HIGH PAYING JOBS GIVING THESE
FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
AND TO GROW AS INDIVIDUALS

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KNOWING THAT THEY'VE GOT A JOB
THAT'S WAITING FOR THEM AFTER
THEY GO THROUGH THIS THREE OR
FOUR-MONTH TRAINING PERIOD.

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THIS REALLY IS EXCITING AND IT
SHOWS WHAT PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS CAN DO TO REALLY
SORT OF EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGE

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IN A COMMUNITY.
>> ALSO A UNIQUE IDEA, IF YOU
WILL, IN ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, CHILDREN'S

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MUSEUM ANNOUNCE AGO 27 MILLIONED
PROJECT.
ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE GETTING
ARTIFACTS, I'LL CALL THEM THAT,

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AND THEY ESSENTIALLY BOUGHT A
SITE, RIGHT?
THEY BOUGHT PROPERTY IN WYOMING,
THEY'RE GOING TO MINE THAT AND

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BRING THOSE ARTIFACTS BACK TO
INDIANA.
>> WHICH WILL ADD TO WHAT IS AN
ALREADY AMAZING DINOSPHERE

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EXHIBIT.
WAYS NOT INTERESTED
I N
DINOSAURS UNTIL LAST YEAR, I'VE

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BEEN THERE TOO MANY TIMES TO
COUNT.
>> I'M JUST HAPPY THAT I KNOW
WHAT A BRACHEOSOURUS IS.

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>> AS WE WRAP UP, THE BRICKYARD
400 CHANGING, GOING TO THE
JULY 4TH WEEKEND.
>> IT MIGHT BE IN THE 70s,

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JULY 4TH, RIGHT?
>> GOOD MOVE?
NASCAR AND THE SPEEDWAY BOTD
HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER

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TRYING TO TWEAK AND TO DO THINGS
TO GET THAT ATTENDANCE LEVEL.
>> RIGHT.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD MOVE AND I

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THINK TOO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
BIG PICTURE, NASCAR POTENTIALLY
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RACES IN
THE SEASON, ADDING ADDITIONAL

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EXPOSURE AND INTEREST TO IT.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE 500 BEING
OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 400

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OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND,
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PATRIOTIC
POLE POSITION OF SHORTS SORTS.
>> THE BIG DRAG WAYS RAIS IS

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND SO WE'VE GOT
ALL THE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS COVERED
WITH RACING W THAT, WE'LL END
ANOTHER INSIDERS SEGMENT WITH

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ROGER HARVEY, FRANCESCA JAROSZ