Indiana tech founders on why tech companies thrive in the Midwest

Indiana has been reelin’ in the positive rankings. In the second quarter of 2017, we’ve been named one of the 6 best cities to start a business right now (Inc Magazine), one of 6 U.S. cities to watch in 2017 (Conde Nast Traveler) and one of the best states for Millennials (Money-Rates.com). We asked a few […]

Judges Reflection: Mira Awards Company Culture category

This past February I was asked to help judge the TechPoint Mira Awards. Myself and 3 others, Chrissy Bailey (Business Relationship Manager at Aprimo), Scott Kraege (CEO & Co-founder of MOBI), and Todd Zerbe (Senior Vice President of Product Development Cloud Software at Genesys), were selected to judge Best Company Culture. We set out to […]

Community celebrates Salesforce Tower grand opening in Indianapolis

On Saturday, May 20, Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, hosted a Community Day in downtown Indianapolis to celebrate the official grand opening of Salesforce Tower and to announce its commitment to workforce development and continued growth in Indianapolis. Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff was joined by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and Indianapolis Mayor […]

Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff’s Indianapolis address

Below is a transcription of Marc Benioff’s address to Indianapolis at Salesforce Community Day on Saturday, May 20, 2017. The speech was nearly 15 minutes in length and was met with cheers from the enthusiastic crowd. Relevant information has been linked for further reading on the announcements.  I am thrilled to be here for you […]

Joshua Driver: My journey to Community Champion of the Year

We’ve come a long way. I made the leap from health care into tech in 2008. We were a tiny company that took a manual process and evolved it into a SaaS platform. When I used the term “SaaS” on the phone with my mother, she thought we were discussing my sassy communication style, and […]