Lessonly raises $8 million Series B led by OpenView

The year 2017 is turning out to be quite the successful year for Lessonly. The leader in team training software has hit record-breaking quarters, ramped up hiring efforts, and is today announcing a Series B raise of $8 million led by OpenView. Lessonly’s founder and CEO, Max Yoder, is no stranger to success. Founded in November […]

David Kerr’s winding career path led him to a place with true transparency

Career journeys can be straight and narrow, or windy paths that take you where you never thought you’d go. In the technology industry, your planned path can be disrupted by the marketplace. For David Kerr, technology allowed him to explore many paths — one that even took him oversees to Germany. Kerr’s executive stints include leadership […]

Xtern Finalist Day engages college students with 2018 tech internships

Summer may be over, but the TechPointX talent team is already looking forward to 2018 with the culmination of Xtern Finalist Day on Friday, November 10. Xtern, the largest and longest-running of the TechPoint’s talent pipeline programs, will take place starting late May 2018 and will run through August until universities are back in session […]

Gayle Ocampo’s computer programming mother inspired her career in tech

Born in the Philippines, but raised in Noblesville, Indiana, Gayle’s interest in technology was sparked by her mother’s career as a programer. Her interest grew to passion after taking several programming classes in high school. “I loved the problem solving aspect of programming. There was always something new for me to learn.” Pursuing her newly […]

Marketing at tech scale-up MOBI demands a constant ROI mindset

This is the third post in a three-part series on marketing at tech startups and scale-ups. Read the first post on marketing at tech startup Sigstr here and the second post on Torchlite here. As startups and scale-up tech companies grow and scale, marketing becomes even more essential to the product and the branding of the company. And as […]

Healthx customer conference continues to grow, improve healthcare outcomes

Healthx, a leader in cloud-based digital engagement solutions for healthcare payers and other stakeholders, held its second annual Experience Healthx conference on October 23-25 at The Alexander boutique hotel and event center in downtown Indianapolis. Healthx is an Indianapolis company that provides SaaS-based healthcare solutions to improve consumer and provider engagement.  The company has grown […]

Trade mission to India nets 500 jobs, sister state and plenty of good will

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb returned last week from his third international trade mission in his first nine months as governor. This time he took Indiana’s economic development message to India. Of course, technology jobs are a key focus of the state’s relationship with India, which is undoubtedly why the governor invited TechPoint President and CEO […]

Sprint Week: A Forcing Function of Innovation

Innovating at Speed At High Alpha, we launch a new software company every 4 months. When I joined High Alpha as Director of Strategy & Innovation, my first task was to work with the partners to create the organizational discipline of innovating at this rapid pace. All businesses have a momentum towards operating over innovating. […]