Articles by Joshua Hall

The organizers of The Innovation Showcase — the largest entrepreneurial showcase in Indiana and possibly the Midwest — have released the full list of 74 fundable companies that will be pitching for $72,000 in cash investment and services. These companies are among a select group of startups that made the cut to pitch and exhibit at […]

Industry events can be a big waste of time or they can be the key to growing your business. How an industry event like the upcoming Innovation Showcase will impact your business depends on how well you prepare and what you do afterwards. I can’t tell you exactly how many trade shows or expos in […]

Steve Hodges is happy that he and his teammates won $1,500 cash and a whole host of prize package perks for winning one of the five different challenges from the Indy Civic Hackathon. What he’s really proud of, however, is using his skills as a developer to help the community. “It’s great to have the […]

If you’re planning on going to the Innovation Showcase in Indianapolis on July 9th, you really need to brush up on your Chris Heivly — the opening keynote speaker. Sure, Chris helped co-found MapQuest (sold to AOL for $1.2B) and he’s held leadership roles with companies ranging in size from $200,000 to $20 million, but it’s […]

This week is all about entrepreneurs in the state of Indiana. At events across the state, entrepreneurs are being recognized and celebrated for turning their passions into reality and igniting Indiana’s economy. Nearly 1.2 million Hoosiers are employed by a small business and more than 97 percent of all Indiana businesses are classified as small. Indiana Entrepreneurship Week celebrates all […]

Just before giving the presentation during a very special TechPoint Tech Thursday in conjunction with Indiana’s Entrepreneurship Week Celebration, Teradata Marketing Applications CTO Tommy Richardson sat down with  us for an interview. We talked about the changing role of the CTO throughout his career, which started as a computer specialist in the Army National Guard leading […]

The big news in tech last week (and I’m sure in weeks to come) for Indianapolis was High Alpha. Four well-known Indy entrepreneurs — Scott Dorsey, Mike Fitzgerald, Eric Tobias, and Kristian Andersen — all banded together with venture capital firms from the East and West Coasts and the Midwest, as well as strategic angel investors, […]

  On “Fast Friday” in May before the Indianapolis 500 race, TechPoint brought together media and investors from 10 different venture capital and private equity firms, investment banks and angel investor groups to meet face-to-face with current and past Mira Award winners, who represent the best of tech in the state of Indiana. “TechPoint’s Winners […]