Indiana HALO Investors Step Into Early Stage Funding Gap

INDIANAPOLIS - In the past nine months, traditional high-risk venture capital investments tanked right along with the global economy. As chronicled earlier in this column, their burn rates have cooled off and their exit runways have been extended. Read More

Creating a Culture of New Ideas For Indiana

By Mark Hill

We live in a innovation economy, one that's defined by risk and reward. The failure rate is high for new innovations coming into the
marketplace. But the dividends of success are worth it: Being an
innovator means leading the market, pricing based on the value to
your customer (not cost), and creating wealth and opportunity for
stakeholders. Read More

Disappointment Over 21 Fund Cuts Doesn't Cloud Bright Tech Future

By Jim Jay

This year's Indiana General Assembly went into overtime to fulfill its primary constitutional duty, passing a two-year spending plan for the state. Tough economic times led to a budget filled with difficult choices - as state revenues ran low, tempers ran high. Two weeks later, there's still a lot of finger-pointing and rhetoric about what was cut and why. Read More