Articles by Joshua Hall

Bill Soards, President, AT&T Indiana, Joins TechPoint Board of Directors AT&T Indiana has signed on as a TechPoint Pillar Partner, joining the ranks of donors who contribute $25,000 or more annually to the state’s private, nonprofit tech sector growth initiative. AT&T Indiana cited recruitment of tech talent and promoting Indiana’s thriving tech sector as key […]

There are six more Indiana entrepreneur boot camps coming up before the year’s end, including one later this month covering stock options on August 27, at Katz, Sapper & Miller. These special boot camps offer mentorship and education that can help you get your startup off the ground, give you expert insights into some of […]

Investing in startups has been the vocation or avocation exclusively of wealthy Americans since the Great Depression. Rules requiring a net worth of $1 million or an annual income of $200,000 for two consecutive years safeguarded the public from 100% of the risks that became all too real in October 1929. Unfortunately, for 85 years […]

TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative, has announced that the angel funding organization HALO Investor Group surpassed the $20 million mark for investments in Hoosier tech startups over the past five years. The group reached this significant milestone with four investments totaling nearly $1.5 million during the first two quarters of 2014. HALO Investor Group is […]

Last Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the Redmond, Washington-based “world’s largest software developer” will be laying off 18,000 people over the next six months — 12,500 from recently acquired Nokia. While no hospitable Hoosier would ever delight in someone losing his or her job, it’s prudent for every Indiana tech employer to recognize Microsoft’s […]

Christopher Day has officially transitioned his role at Navidar Group to an advisory capacity — the investment banking firm he started with his brother five years ago — and he's itching to pick up where he left off, as one of Indy's prolific and effective serial entrepreneurs. "I really didn't mean to but I became […]

We love to hear about Indiana-based companies doing well and growing, and Indy-based Allegient is expanding into Chicago now with planned expansions into St. Louis and Boston over the next year.  One of the things we like about this expansion announcement is that Allegient has been named to the Indiana Chamber's "Best Places to Work" […]

Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann yesterday announced that 27 companies have earned a place in Indiana’s seventh annual class of ‘Companies to Watch’ program. Eleven of these fast-growing companies — that's 40.7 percent of the award winners — are tech firms specializing in software development, mobile apps, cloud computing, digital learning, health information technology, digital security, […]