WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.939 >>HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA WHERE 2 00:00:05.939 --> 00:00:11.678 OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND ON A $3.5 MILLION MIXED-USED DEVELOPMENT IN JEFFERSONVILLE. SPRING STREET COMMONS WILL 3 00:00:11.678 --> 00:00:20.487 INCLUDE RETAIL SPACE AS WELL AS 22 APARTMENTS. JEFFERSONVILLE-BASED ARC IS DEVELOPING THE PROJECT. 4 00:00:20.487 --> 00:00:26.259 >>>A "TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR" IS HOW BERRY GLOBAL GROUP IN EVANSVILLE DESCRIBED ITS 2019 AFTER POSTING FOURTH QUARTER AND 5 00:00:26.259 --> 00:00:35.368 YEAR-END RESULTS. THE PLASTICS WRAP FIRM SAYS FOURTH-QUARTER NET INCOME MEASURED $229 MILLION, COMPARED 6 00:00:35.368 --> 00:00:41.341 TO $133 DURING THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO. IN JULY, BERRY CLOSED ON ITS $6.5 BILLION ACQUISITION OF 7 00:00:41.341 --> 00:00:51.084 UNITED KINGDOM-BASED RPC GROUP. >>>AND GBETA IS COMING TO FORT WAYNE, THE THIRD INDIANA CITY TO HOST THE WISCONSIN-BASED 8 00:00:51.084 --> 00:00:56.856 GENER8TOR STARTUP. GBETA IS A FREE ACCELERATOR FOR EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE INTENSIVE 9 00:00:56.856 --> 00:01:03.196 AND INDIVIDUALIZED COACHING AND ACCESS TO GENER8TOR'S NATIONAL NETWORK OF MENTORS, CUSTOMERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND 10 00:01:03.196 --> 00:01:10.870 INVESTORS. GBETA FORT WAYNE WILL ACCEPT A COHORT OF FIVE COMPANIES THIS SPRING. 11 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:16.976 >>>THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS OR NAWBO IS A UNIFIED VOICE FOR AMERICA'S MORE THAN 11 MILLION WOMEN-OWNED 12 00:01:16.976 --> 00:01:23.883 BUSINESSES. NAWBO-INDIANAPOLIS IS CELEBRATING THE 16TH YEAR OF ITS VISIONARY AWARDS LUNCHEON...A 13 00:01:23.883 --> 00:01:29.656 TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE TO SEE WOMEN IN BUSINESS SUCCEED. I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME THE 14 00:01:29.656 --> 00:01:35.795 PRESIDENT OF THE NAWBO-INDIANAPOLIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS LISA PURICHIA AND PAST PRESIDENT JESSICA NICKLOY WHO 15 00:01:35.795 --> 00:01:42.101 WILL EXPLAIN THE NAWBO IMPACT AND WHY THE AWARDS ARE IMPORTANT. >> THANK YOU. 16 00:01:42.101 --> 00:01:49.976 YOU ARE ALSO A PARTNER AND OWNER AT A CPA GROUP. NAWBO GREAT ORGANIZATION NATIONAL ORGANIZATION GIVE US 17 00:01:49.976 --> 00:01:54.714 THE THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT. >> WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT 18 00:01:54.714 --> 00:02:03.857 PROMOTES WOMEN IN BUSINESS ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA AND WE HAVE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST 19 00:02:03.857 --> 00:02:12.732 CHAPTERS IN THE COUNTRY AND WE HAVE OVER 200 MEMBERS AND CORPORATE PARTNERS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US WE 20 00:02:12.732 --> 00:02:19.439 INCLUDE DIVERSITY, MEMBERSHIP OF ALL TYPES AND PROMOTE ADVOCACY OF, SO WE WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS AND 21 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:25.378 BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE STATE OF INDIANA. >> YOU MENTIONED THE INDIANAPOLIS CHAPTER 1 OF THE 22 00:02:25.378 --> 00:02:32.752 LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF SUPPORT FOR WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. 23 00:02:32.752 --> 00:02:39.225 >> ABSOLUTELY. SEVERAL CORPORATE PARTNERS AND STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 24 00:02:39.225 --> 00:02:49.135 VISIONARY AWARDS IT'S THE 16TH YEAR OF THAT EVENT I'VE ATTENDED AND IT'S A VERY POWERFUL EVENT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT FOLKS GO TO 25 00:02:49.135 --> 00:02:56.009 THIS EVENT WHAT THEY WILL SEE AND EXPERIENCE. >> THE AWARD WILL HAVE OVER 600 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR AND WHAT 26 00:02:56.009 --> 00:03:06.152 THEY WILL SEE IS NAWBO IS AWARDING THOSE WOMEN AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED AND THRIVED THROUGH A LOT OF 27 00:03:06.152 --> 00:03:14.694 CHALLENGES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MEET OTHER WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS, OTHER COMMUNITIES, PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE AND 28 00:03:14.694 --> 00:03:20.500 CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS AND EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTS THEM. >> JENNIFER I BELIEVE IS GOING 29 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:30.276 TO BE THAT GAUCHE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND SHE'S A LOCAL SUCCESS STORY. >> A FORMER TENNIS PLAYER NCAA 30 00:03:30.276 --> 00:03:40.787 DIVISION COACH AND ALSO AN OPEN GYM IN OUR NORMAL. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET TOGETHER AND YOU RECOGNIZE 31 00:03:40.787 --> 00:03:49.429 PEOPLE BUT IS THERE A BIGGER IMPACT THAT HAPPENS WITH THESE AWARDS? >> I BELIEVE IT GIVES EVERYONE 32 00:03:49.429 --> 00:03:56.769 AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE THEME IS UNSTOPPABLE AND I THINK IT GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW WOMEN CAN THRIVE THROUGH 33 00:03:56.769 --> 00:04:05.478 ALL KINDS OF CHALLENGES AND OBSACLES AND STILL SUCCEED. SO IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NEW RELATIONSHIPS, MEET 34 00:04:05.478 --> 00:04:15.421 PEOPLE AND REALLY GROW THIS WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS. >> HOW WOULD YOU SUCCESS WITH YOUR INVOLVEMENT THE STATE OF 35 00:04:15.421 --> 00:04:24.530 WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN INDIANA AND HOW THAT WHOLE DYNAMIC IS GOING? EVENTS LIKE THIS IN INDIANA CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN A NUMBER OF 36 00:04:24.530 --> 00:04:32.705 EVENTS THAT HAPPEN NOW THAT SEEM TO POINT TOWARD MOMENTUM TOWARD WOMEN IN BUSINESS. >> ABSOLUTELY WE ARE ONE OF THE 37 00:04:32.705 --> 00:04:40.380 FASTEST-GROWING SEGMENTS OF THE MARKET SO THIS ORGANIZATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE JUST 38 00:04:40.380 --> 00:04:47.954 CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT OUR WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO CONTINUE GIVING 39 00:04:47.954 --> 00:04:55.228 US ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD OUR BUSINESS. >> THE 16TH ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON PRESENTED BY PNC BANK 40 00:04:55.228 --> 00:05:01.734 IS THE HEADLINE SPONSOR THERE. GIVE FOLKS AN IDEA IF THEY WANT TO GET. >> ABSOLUTELY SO OUR TICKETS ARE 41 00:05:01.734 --> 00:05:10.877 ON SALE ON THE WEBSITE GO TO NAWBO.IN DE.ORG AND THEY ARE ON SALE A WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT AND WE HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE BY 42 00:05:10.877 --> 00:05:19.285 TABLES IF YOU LIKE OR EVEN EXHIBIT TABLES. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT AND YOU 43 00:05:19.285 --> 00:05:21.054 DON'T HAVE TO BE A WOMEN BUSINESS OWNER.