TechPoint gets triple dose of young talent

With Indiana’s tech industry growing rapidly and TechPoint continuously increasing its impact on talent, scaleups and community — we naturally need more hands on deck. Every part of our organization is growing in innovative and exciting ways. The Xtern program has already doubled in its second year, and we expect it to continue to grow […]

Always Be Recruiting: What Tech Talent Really Wants

Casual dress codes, open collaboration, and free snacks are top must-haves for young tech talent. After listening to a panel of IT leaders, recruiters, and local business leaders discuss all things recruitment and retention at the CXO Executive Summit by Evanta, it became clear that hiring top tech talent — and keeping them at your […]

Three Ways to Cut through the Noise with Location Data

There are 302 million users tweeting 500 million tweets per day. Instagram has 300 million users posting 70 million photos per day.  Facebook still leads the pack with almost 1 billion daily active users posting, sharing, liking, and commenting constantly. That’s a ton of data. With so much activity and so much information coming from […]

Look out Indy, the Xterns have arrived!

To college student ears, TechPoint’s Xtern program almost sounds too good be true. Although it’s only the second year for the program, Xtern is what other summer internship programs should aspire to be like (in my non-biased opinion as an Xtern myself). The program recruits and places tech-skilled students pursuing computer science degrees in paid […]

First 10 Fundable Companies Announced for Innovation Showcase

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 … […]