Articles by Joshua Hall

Interactive Intelligence made headlines this week when they announced that their newest board member is Mitch Daniels — the former businessman, Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University. Interactive Intelligence, a NASDAQ publicly traded company, is a global provider of collaboration, communications and customer engagement software and cloud services that employs more than 2,250 people globally — […]

Drum roll, please … the organizers of The Innovation Showcase — the largest entrepreneurial showcase in Indiana and possibly the Midwest — today announced the first 10 fundable startup companies that will be pitching for $56,000 in cash investment and services. From health care efficiency to proximity technologies … from brand amplification to video production … […]

Inc. magazine has a habit of picking startup winners as part of their annual “30 Under 30 World’s Coolest Young Entrepreneurs” list. Santiago Jaramillo and his Fishers, Ind.-based mobile apps company Bluebridge made the list before announcing $2.8 million in investments and major expansion plans, including a new headquarters and up to 199 new jobs. […]

The hackathon event of the summer — Indy Civic Hack — is coming up on June 6 at Eleven Fifty Academy, and data sets for five different challenges from the City of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), and Indiana Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA) are in the open! Plus, 14 additional data sets from the […]

TechPoint’s Mira Awards represent the best of tech in Indiana, but they are more than beautiful glass awards and the pomp and circumstance of the gala ceremony. The awards program offers winners a spot among elite performers in the state, valuable exposure, and access to the Indiana Tech Companies List and events like the Winners […]

Starting next Tuesday at a Data Release Event at Old City Hall, software developers from the Greater Indianapolis area will get a chance to look under the “data hood” of government agencies and public sector organizations on a quest to #HackforChange and do some good as part of the Indy Civic Hack. The hackathon itself — […]

The story of Hoosier John Schevola and his 17-year-old son, Isaiah, winning the Indiana vs. Texas Civic Hackathon first broke in April, but the inspiring story is still making waves and generating buzz. In addition to coverage in Indy media, John’s employer ran a story in the AT&T Insider; his college WGU Indiana ran two stories; and […]

You probably heard a lot about the 2015 TechPoint Mira Award winners during the past two weeks, and we’re happy to see so much excitement about and coverage of our winners. They deserve it. We don’t want you to completely overlook, however, the nine runners-up who helped make it very difficult for the independent judging […]