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When serial entrepreneur Bill Oesterle told an Indianapolis newspaper columnist last year that he was dying, it shocked those who hadn’t already heard of his Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis. Despite that knowledge, the news of his death last week was just as startling.  As word spread, the tributes flowed. It seemed few companies in […]

Today we launch a reformatted TechPoint Index website and newsletter to better showcase the exciting developments, launches, fund raises and innovation happening throughout the state in the Indiana tech community.   Longtime readers know that we’ve promoted a few news headlines each week in the TechPoint Index newsletter under our “More Indiana Tech Stories and News” […]

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Franklin College got students to lace-up and log on for a campus wide scavenger hunt last week. The digital-meets-real-world event, the first of its kind for the private liberal arts college, focused on bringing Black history to life during Black History Month.  “We wanted to engage our students […]

More than 100 members of the Indiana tech community gathered recently in a virtual setting as a Community of Practice to discuss how to collectively help achieve Mission41K’s ambitious goal of adding 41,000 people to Indiana’s tech workforce.  Their passion was inspiring and their ideas are already being incorporated by the TechPoint team. You can […]

TechPoint, Indiana’s industry-led growth initiative for Indiana’s digital innovation economy and overall tech ecosystem, today announced its new executive committee and recent personnel changes.  “Going into what some predict will be a nationally challenging economy, the Indiana tech community is well positioned but must continue to focus together on important challenges like access to talent, […]