Articles by Cheryl Reed

Twenty-two students shared in prize money from the 2021 TechPoint Summer Opportunities for Skills (S.O.S. Challenge) but competition organizers say every participant came out a winner. “It’s wonderful seeing how this crazy idea born out of a crisis just a year ago has turned into a powerful platform for pre-internship students to develop valuable skills, […]

Those of us inside the cozy Indiana tech ecosystem bubble fully understand the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) skills. We probably expect our children to follow our example and secure the STEM skills they’ll need to succeed in the Digital Age. Outside our bubble, though, too few Hoosiers—and Americans—have the skills needed […]

A little more than five years ago, Eric Christopher, Ryan Carroll, Cory Wheeler and Ben Pippenger took an idea to High Alpha’s new venture studio. They noticed the proliferation of software as a service (SaaS) subscriptions happening at organizations—lots of SaaS applications were being purchased by business units and employees, with seemingly no one keeping […]

At the mid-way point in 2021, Indiana has already more than doubled the dollar amount from capital investments and grants received last year by local tech companies and the state has easily surpassed the $358 million high-mark, which made 2019 a record-breaking tech investment year. Those dollars don’t even include the $240 million raised in […]

Many tech startups result from an enterprising entrepreneur who’s recognized a pain point and had an idea to solve it. For Uncovered’s founders, Jim Brown, Ashlee Fujawa and Anna Eaglin, the pain is deeply personal and dates back years. Uncovered offers the first platform that credibly centralizes all the publicly available facts of a case […]

The pandemic upended nearly every business in the world, none perhaps more than the travel industry. With cities across the globe sheltering in place and airlines grounded, Seven Corners saw two of its three revenue streams impacted overnight. Some company leaders might have panicked a bit, or at least swallowed hard as 2020 played out. […]

It’s no secret that the bloom is off the rose in legacy tech hubs where congestion, living expenses, and difficulty making a name for yourself (along with the rise in remote work) are fueling an exodus as tech workers and entrepreneurs seek better lives and careers. Indiana is perfectly positioned to attract people who are […]

Spring and Rudy Rouhana had been living and working in the Bay Area for more than a decade when Rudy got an email from TechPoint, asking if he would be interested in relocating back to Indiana where he’d grown up. Spring worked as a finance executive at companies headquartered in California, including HGST (now Western […]