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There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Indianapolis consumer services company Angie’s List lately. Kalpesh (Kal) Unune came to Indy for the source of the buzz. As an internal consultant on the Angie’s List team, Kal works on business improvement via process, technology and people. The role at Angie’s List was a key factor in […]

As a first-timer to the Midwest UX design conference, I was blown away as I sat in my first session led by Jared Spool. His passionate presentation was an explanation of all of the skills a designer needs to master in order to go from a junior designer to the most elite, all-encompassing level of […]

I am delighted to be speaking today at the National Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Conference in Las Vegas. The topic of my presentation at the conference is “Consolidated CDA & Meaningful Use,” which are hot-button issues among physicians nationwide due to stringent, though well-meaning new regulations. What is Meaningful Use? Meaningful Use (MU) embodies government regulations […]

The term “UX” has been floating around the tech world for years, but it still dumbfounds many business owners. What is UX and why should I care? A few years ago, many business owners laughed in the face of UX design. Some called it a fad. Others claimed it had no effect on the bottom […]

Originally from DeKalb County in northeastern Indiana, Roger Deetz is a software architect on the Angie’s List development team revolutionizing the way people hire service providers. All that data gathered over 20 years in the business is being turned into products, and Roger’s team is building them. After graduating from IU Bloomington, Roger moved to […]

The three participants on Entrepreneur Bootcamp’s “Young Entrepreneurs Panel” have a lot in common. All three of them are graduates of Indiana universities (Ilya and Peter met when they were involved in student government at IU and Chris graduated from Purdue), they’ve all participated in Startup Chile, Peter and Chris both graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit […]

A capacity crowd of over 150 people filled the Tile Conference Center on the Indianapolis campus of Angie’s List to hear CTO Robert Wiseman discuss the new direction for Angie’s list as well as the supporting technology for the new SnapFix mobile app. Walking tours were also given of their campus that includes 23 separate […]

Editor’s Note: The Indiana Governor’s Conference for Women is October 21, so we couldn’t have picked a better time for this thought provoking piece from TriNet on women in technology. Technology is still a male-dominated industry. Some say it’s due to chauvinistic managers who are naturally inclined to hire men. Others claim it’s the lack […]