FROM THE EDITOR
Forging a path
forward
B
usiness as usual?
Hardly.
The coronavirus is vexing
industry while it claims victims around
the globe. Straining under its might are
businesses large and small, corporate-
owned and fam-
ily enterprises.
As we put this
issue of South-
ern Indiana Busi-
ness magazine
to bed (prepare
it for printing)
in mid-April,
we could only
dream of the spring activities normally
on the horizon:
• Thunder Over Louisville — sights
and sounds silenced.
• The Kentucky Derby — thorough-
breds still in the paddock.
• The Indiana Primary election —
absentee just like the paper ballots.
• The Indianapolis 500 — ladies and
gentlemen, don’t start your engines.
• Baseball — bats and balls still in
bags, cleats closeted, stands empty.
Layoffs are mounting, especially in
sectors catering to the tourism indus-
try and where manufacturing produces
goods unlikely to be purchased during a
pandemic.
But from adversity spawns innovation.
Owners of small businesses are finding
new ways to reach their customers.
Industries are shifting product focus,
recalling workers to assemble supplies
needed to protect people on the front lines
in the fight against COVID-19.
Employees are working from home as
they shelter-in-place, zooming to virtual
meetings while they keep a safe distance
from others to reduce exposure to the
coronavirus and stem its spread.
Leading the way to a better way is
entrepreneur David Gramlin, whose
avant-garde work includes rapid proto-
typing of respirators and face masks. Find
out in our centerpiece profile how he rein-
vented himself after a bicycle accident left
him with no memory of his first 19 years.
This edition also features our 20 Under
40 honorees. The 2020 class will inspire
you with their enthusiasm for Southern
Indiana. Their involvement and enterprise
renews the hope in us all.
Also in this issue:
• Tech guru Evan Campbell offers sug-
gestions for welcome distractions.
• Carnegie Center Director Eileen
Yanoviak answers our 5 Questions.
• Vaughan Scott, CEO of Axiom
Financial, touches on investment
strategies.
• Past 20 Under 40 honorees share
what’s new in their lives.
• And Jerry Finn, executive director of
Caesars Foundation of Floyd County,
gets The Final Word.
By the time our next issue of South-
ern Indiana Business magazine is out, we
hope to be out and about, relegating social
distancing to a distant memory.
In the meantime, stay safe and be well.
#weareallinthistogether
Contact the editor at susan.duncan@
newsandtribune.com or 812-206-2130.
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