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After Jim McIntosh graduated from the Purdue College of Technology in 1997, he moved west and swore he’d never move back. That didn’t pan out exactly as he had planned. The Director of Product at Indianapolis startup TinderBox (helping salespeople save time and make the sale from end to end) is originally from northern Indiana. […]

The Indiana winners of the Indiana vs. Texas Hackathon Challenge were revealed last night at The Speak Easy in Indianapolis. This first-of-its-kind competition pits the two states against one another as a fun way to draw people together to tackle some community problems and spark entrepreneurship and talent development. The two winning Hoosier teams will […]

This week marked the halfway point of the legislative session. Third bill-reading deadlines passed last Wednesday for the House and Tuesday for the Senate. Beginning March 2, all bills that have passed on third reading will switch House and Senate chambers and will be reassigned to a number of committees. Are you up to date […]

Eighteen months ago, TechPoint conducted a workforce survey that sparked a talent movement in Indianapolis. After confirming long-assumed challenges shared by 26 key tech employers and learning valuable insights into their talent recruitment needs, TechPoint developed two tech workforce reports and launched its Xpat and Xtern talent attraction and retention initiatives that are changing minds […]

As the 2015 TechPoint Mira Awards approach, it’s fun to look back over the past 16 years of awards ceremonies and remember some of the remarkable success stories coming out of Indiana’s tech ecosystem! Scott Webber — one of Indiana’s “founding fathers of tech” — was named TechPoint’s Trailblazer in Technology during the 2008 Mira […]