The TechPoint Foundation for Youth, a leader in technology education efforts for the state of Indiana since 2001, has named Jeffrey C. Musgrove Jr., digital development lead at Eli Lilly and Company, as the organization’s 2018 Bridge Builder Award recipient. The Bridge Builder Award recognizes visionary leaders who are helping underserved student populations in Indiana gain
It’s Time To Change the Way Your Organization Leverages Human Resources Structural is an HR technology startup with offices in Indianapolis. Their products help companies get to know their people better and help employees develop deeper connections with their co-workers and company. Scott Burns, the company’s CEO & co-founder, shared with us more on how
TechPoint, the growth initiative for Indiana’s tech ecosystem, will recognize Launch Fishers and Indiana IoT Lab Founder John Wechsler with the Trailblazer Award during TechPoint’s 19th annual Mira Awards Gala on April 28, at the JW Marriott — Indianapolis. The Mira Awards recognize and celebrate the best of tech in Indiana each year, including people,
Indianapolis is a world-class event city. According to a study commissioned by Visit Indy, 28.6 million visitors came to Indianapolis in 2016, resulting in an economic impact of $5.2 billion. Of course, the city’s booming business of hosting conventions, trade shows, meetings and events is a key contributor to this economic windfall. While a number of
The growth Indy tech is experiencing isn’t an accident; it’s the result of years-long planning, hard work and community building. But the tech landscape in Indianapolis still has room to grow, especially with respect to diversity and inclusion. Powderkeg’s inaugural Tech Census shows that just 10 percent of respondents identified as ethnic minorities — a
Are businesses in Indianapolis doing enough to increase the diversity of their talent pool? It’s a topic that is brought up frequently, especially in our tech ecosystem. We often look to the companies that are the largest and most established to pave the way, and last week, it was Genesys who stepped up to announce
Just over a year ago our community celebrated the announcement of the Indiana IoT Lab, a new space to be opened in Fishers that would give technology companies a place to experiment with devices related to the internet of things. The union of hardware and the internet would enable new ways of interaction with the
Twenty-eight tech companies and organizations submitted applications in the categories of Best Tech Event, Best Tech Space and Best Tech T-Shirt or Swag, for the second-annual People’s Choice Mira Awards. TechPoint created these fun, new public voting categories to recognize aspects of our tech community that are important to company cultures and have a huge
Nestled along College Avenue in Bloomington is a tech conference with global reach that’s been growing quickly over its eight-year run. The Combine is an opportunity for entrepreneurs, thinkers, and others connected to the tech ecosystem of Indiana and abroad to meet and exchange ideas. More than 300 people are expected to attend this year’s
The West Coast isn’t the only place to find an exciting technology startup ecosystem — tech is also growing hotter in the Heartland. Every major Midwestern city has clusters of startup incubators, and local entrepreneurs and investors are eager to invest in Midwestern startups (and we’re talking a lot of money–up to tens of millions