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The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named the 100 companies that made the prestigious Best Places to Work list in 2017. The Best Companies Group, an independent research firm, manages the annual survey competition to determine which participants are the best employers. A two part process starts with an employer benefits and policies questionnaire completed […]

The Indiana tech community is on the cusp of two significant legislative changes making their way through the General Assembly. First, Senate Bill 541, currently under review by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, would provide nonrefundable tax credits to companies for training expenses incurred. This is an encouraging move by legislators who are attempting to […]

In this Chief Marketing Technologist Blog (chiefmartec.com) guest post by Tyler Foxworthy, chief scientist at DemandJump, several fields of math are connected to marketing challenges that are being addressed with artificial intelligence. Editor Scott Brinkler also added several links to Wikipedia pages for readers who want to geek out like him on this dense and challenging […]

When is a company considered a tech company? That’s a question we at TechPoint are frequently asked as more companies are innovating from within, creating tech products, and relying on technology to build and sustain their business. Our President and CEO Mike Langellier wrote a perspective for the Indianapolis Business Journal to answer the question […]

DemandJump was in the process of raising a Series Seed round with the goal of raising $1.5 million when they brought home not just one, but two “Best of Tech in Indiana” Mira Awards last year. The fast-growing, Indianapolis-based scale-up company ultimately oversubscribed the Series Seed round and successfully closed $1.8 million in capital. “Winning […]

When students are inspired, they can collaborate, project manage and potentially make the world a better place, especially when it comes to the world of apps. Verizon’s Innovative Learning app challenge, now in its fifth year, has produced a multitude of real-world apps from the ranks of middle schools to high schools. This years’s competition […]

This week, we started a new cohort at The Iron Yard. It’s always exciting to see a fresh group of faces on campus – faces that look equal parts excited and nervous, but ready to tackle the huge challenge in front of them. This week, however, there were a few extra things to be excited […]

In startups, marketing is most associated with one function: demand generation. After all, the early stages are the proving ground for getting the product in front of as many prospective users as possible. And for good reason: These at-bats are invaluable for collecting feedback, cementing product-market fit, and securing early revenue. Today’s tech marketer is […]