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With Indiana’s tech industry growing rapidly and TechPoint continuously increasing its impact on talent, scaleups and community — we naturally need more hands on deck. Every part of our organization is growing in innovative and exciting ways. The Xtern program has already doubled in its second year, and we expect it to continue to grow […]

Casual dress codes, open collaboration, and free snacks are top must-haves for young tech talent. After listening to a panel of IT leaders, recruiters, and local business leaders discuss all things recruitment and retention at the CXO Executive Summit by Evanta, it became clear that hiring top tech talent — and keeping them at your […]

There are 302 million users tweeting 500 million tweets per day. Instagram has 300 million users posting 70 million photos per day.  Facebook still leads the pack with almost 1 billion daily active users posting, sharing, liking, and commenting constantly. That’s a ton of data. With so much activity and so much information coming from […]

To college student ears, TechPoint’s Xtern program almost sounds too good be true. Although it’s only the second year for the program, Xtern is what other summer internship programs should aspire to be like (in my non-biased opinion as an Xtern myself). The program recruits and places tech-skilled students pursuing computer science degrees in paid […]

There are two groups of people who will be enthusiastic about the launch of Roust, a new social network dedicated to controversial discussions — those who love to stir the pot online and those who hate it. Roust founders, Mark LaFay and Nathan Frampton, hope to take the posts about politics, policy, religion and social issues […]

Most lawn mowing and snow plowing companies aim for you to sign a yearlong contract committing you to their services. If you are only looking for a one time service, it can be difficult to find a willing company. It can take weeks to find someone who has an available time in between regular customers, […]

“The words you speak become the house you live in.“ – Hafiz Read any good books lately? If not, you might be missing out on one of the easiest ways to improve your chances at content marketing success. Most of us living through the technical revolution of the 21st century don’t think that it’s important to read […]

TechPoint Foundation for Youth is pleased to announce that its board of directors has selected Gregory A. Ballard, Mayor of Indianapolis, as the 2015 Bridge Builder Award recipient. The award will be presented to Mayor Ballard during the Mira Awards gala at the JW Marriott on May 2. The Mira Awards is an annual program […]