Snowball
Earlier this month, we had great conditions for making snowballs. Temperatures just under freezing with plenty of moisture made for some really wet snow. Alice Schroeder titled her Buffett biography The Snowball because of this quote. Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill. Warren E. […]
Nebuchadnezzar
We recently adorned our walls with a new piece of art. This is a copy of a print by English poet, painter, and printmaker, William Blake. The print is of King Nebuchadnezzar during his humiliation as described in Daniel 4:28-33. Nebuchadnezzar serves as a reminder to remain humble. If we don’t remain humble, God will […]
2020’s Greatest Hits
We have a few new website visitors to our corner of the web thanks to this post about The State of Micro Private Equity. These 5 posts are the most visited from 2020. They serve as a good overview of where we’ve recently been. If you’re new around here, start with one and choose your […]
2021 Book Club
2021 is our third year (2019, 2020) making book recommendations. A good book is one that has an impact on you. It doesn’t necessarily mean you have to agree with everything. In fact, if you disagree with it, but it causes you to think in new ways, the book has had an impact. Put those […]
Introduction to Knox County, Indiana
Knox County, Indiana, has a population of almost 37,000 in southwestern Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Vincennes. When originally formed, Knox county extended all the way to the Canadian border. The terrain is rolling hills largely used for agricultural purposes. In November 2020, The Pantheon opened as a coworking space. Previously a […]
Introduction to Elkhart County, Indiana
Elkhart County, Indiana, has a population of almost 200,000 in north-central Indiana. The county seat is Goshen. Elkhart is the county’s largest city, with about 25% of all county residents within its borders. The county claims to be the recreational vehicle capital of the world. There is also a history of cabinet-making in the county, […]
Introduction to Vigo County, Indiana
Vigo County, Indiana, has a population of approximately 107,000 in west-central Indiana. The county seat is Terre Haute. It is the largest city in the county. Interstate 70 passes through Vigo County between Indianapolis and St. Louis. Excluding health care organizations, Amcor Flexibles (packaging) is the largest employer in the county. The campuses of Indiana […]
Introduction to Boone County, Indiana
Boone County, Indiana has a population of approximately 56,000 and is considered part of the Indianapolis, Indiana metropolitan area. The county seat is Lebanon. It is the largest city in the county followed closely by the northwest Indy suburb of Zionsville. Many in the county commute south to Indianapolis for work with a few commuting […]
Introduction to Allen County, Indiana
Allen County, Indiana is the third most populous county in Indiana with approximately 380,000 residents, punctuated by the city of Fort Wayne, IN, which is the second-largest city behind Indianapolis. Commerce occurs between Chicago and Detroit. Nearly 8,000 are employed by Parkview Health Systems and 5,000 at Lutheran Health Network. General Motors and Lincoln Financial […]
Introduction to Marion County, Indiana
Marion County, Indiana has a population of approximately 970,000 and is home to the state capital of Indianapolis, IN. The Indy metropolitan area contains approximately 2M residents or 31% of total Indiana residents. The region is the nation’s 29th largest economic region with finance and insurance, manufacturing, professional and business services, education and health care, […]