Indiana IoT Lab opens in Fishers
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 […]
SXSW showed the Indy Tech Fellowship that innovation can begin from a single idea
The first class of TechPoint’s Indy Tech Fellowship, powered by the TechPointX talent multiplier program, will soon conclude an amazing two years. It was up to the Tech Fellows themselves to decide how to celebrate the memorable experience they have shared with each other and with the Indy tech community. After two years of planning […]
Indiana leans into exempting SaaS sales tax
While Indiana saw a short legislative session at the beginning of 2018, the state ended with a big victory for tech companies looking for clarity on the software-as-a-service (SaaS) tax policy.
Indy sports tech company Upper Hand acquires Double Blue Sports
On March 13, Upper Hand, a sports software platform that helps sports organizations manage their business, announced their acquisition of Double Blue Sports, a company that develops advanced and affordable video analysis and sharing applications for athletes, teams, coaches and sports organizations. As part of the acquisition, Upper Hand has acquired Double Blue Sports’ industry-leading […]
5 ways to get your Indy tech business noticed (amongst all the Silicon Valley noise)
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 […]
“B”-ing the change: building a tech startup as a B Corp
In 2015, I launched Open For Service as a campaign to combat the negative perceptions that RFRA created for the State of Indiana. Once I realized that businesses around the world wanted to be a part of Open for Service, I made the decision to form a 501c3 so we could better support a growing […]