How product managers are evolving without a traditional career path
Product managers are increasingly becoming more important roles in technology companies. From helping the engineers figure out how to refine and hone features to communicating with clients about their experience with the product, product managers are responsible for the entire strategy and roadmap of a product.
First Quarter Recap: Catch up on ‘Featured Company of the Week’ stories
As we close the books on the first quarter of 2016, we reflect on the many “Featured Company of the Week” stories we’ve published and see what trends they highlight happening in the tech community. These startups and scale-ups are rapidly emerging, innovation-driven companies that could be Indiana’s next big success stories. Several of our featured […]
How to ask friends and family to invest in your tech startup
Entrepreneurs all over the country will hopefully be taking small breaks from their ventures to join friends and family for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners and other holiday celebrations through the New Year. As conversations inevitably turn to what you’ve been up to and how your business is going, it’s a perfect opportunity to explain your […]
Torchlite promises to fix what’s broken with digital marketing
The sharing economy business model has definitely worked for billion dollar companies like Uber, Airbnb and Instacart. Now, professional services companies are venturing into interesting new operating structures that they are calling collaborative economy, or gig economy business models. With the launch today of Torchlite, Indianapolis can now claim at least two start-ups in this […]
Why you should sign up for the #IndyCorpHack Corporate Hackathon
Calling all coders and developers! Hackathons are a great way to challenge yourself, get exposed to new technologies and processes, and, of course, #hackforgood. You can even make a real-life business opportunity out of your hackathon creation like ReBorn Code has done. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and ReBorn Code, the winner of […]
Gen Con draws top tech talent to The Circle City
Forty-eight stories above downtown Indianapolis, held at the height of Gen Con, TechPoint seized on the opportunity to draw in some of the world’s top tech talent and introduce them to the Indy tech community. TechPoint’s League of Xtraordinary Programmers (LXP) event drew more than 200 tech builders and software developers from 21 states. Salesforce, […]
Celebrating Indiana’s top performing chief technology officers
Chief technology officers are instrumental in helping companies, not-for-profits and government organizations of all sizes overcome challenges and thrive. Indiana’s top performing CTOs are not only leading their organizations to greatness, but innovating and executing visionary plans to ensure future success. This August, IBJ and TechPoint hosted the first-ever CTO of the Year awards breakfast […]
Welcome Online Tech! New data center offers secure, compliant cloud and colocation services
After investing $10 million into an acquired facility and some serious upgrades, Indianapolis is now home to Online Tech’s fifth data center (the first outside of Michigan), and the hosting company’s full product line of secure, compliant cloud and colocation services for healthcare, financial services, retail and other companies in regulated industries. Mike Klein, Co-CEO of […]
