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As 2017 came to a close, Alexandra Liggins, co-founder of South Bend Code School, found herself on stage with some of tech’s most notable executives: Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of business development at Microsoft, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube.  The reason? South Bend Code School was […]

2017 was full of exciting topics to write about, as proved by our Biggest Tech Trends and Announcements of 2017 list. This year, we published 245 stories written by us and the community of techies, entrepreneurs, marketers, CEOs, venture capitalists, and more. Of all the stories we shared, which ones got the most attention? Below […]

As I sat down at my desk to compile this list for 2017, I reflected on 2016’s biggest tech trends and announcements with a long, inward breath. My, what a journey this year has been for awards, acquisitions and acknowledgements! 2017 was active and impressive for the tech community. Here’s a quick recap of the […]

Millions of products are sold on Amazon.com every day. For the best, most successful retailers who sell on Amazon, the question isn’t what could they sell, but what should they sell that fills a gap in the marketplace and beats competitors to profitable opportunities for sales and revenue growth. Just three weeks ago, Viral Launch, […]

Is your organization ready? For most organizations, employees are both the most expensive operating cost and the most important assets. Payroll costs typically account for 30 percent to 50 percent of an organization’s total operating budget, a figure which doesn’t include insurance, benefits, and other financial rewards now considered standard by most HR leaders. In […]

TechPoint is launching our sixth session of Sales Bootcamp, a six-week program for new grads and career changers, in January 2018. Sales Bootcamp applications are now live on the TechPoint website and the deadline to apply to the winter session is January 6, 2018. Applications for the summer session will stay open through April 13, 2018. […]

Y’know those necessary evils that employees typically have to endure in an office environment? Annual reviews, timesheet updates, planning meetings, weekly reports etc. Depending on the scenario (and who’s in charge of it), it can be an utter pain — a distraction from the “actual work” they should be doing. I’ll be honest, some of […]

Lindsay Siovaila is the graphic designer and self-taught software developer who accelerated her career into full-time development at Salesforce after creating an app on her own that caught the attention of then CEO Scott McCorkle and influenced the Marketing Cloud’s enterprise email tool. Today she’s a lead solutions developer with Salesforce and she’s a well-known […]