Innovation

ExactTarget Marketing Cloud’s Connections digital marketing conference gets bigger and better every year. So much bigger and better that the whole event had to be moved to the Indiana Convention Center this year for Connections 2014. Keynotes and entertainment from will.i.am, The Script, and Mindy Kaling, and 100+ breakout sessions were all kicked off with an opening […]

Indiana-based PrecisionHawk, maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cloud-based data collection software, has closed on a $10 million Series B startup funding round led by New York City-based investor Millennium Technology Value Partners with Bob Young, co-founder of RedHat, and The Innovate Indiana Fund. PrecisionHawk will double its workforce, open a new office and launch new software for […]

The 8th annual Connections digital marketing conference brought to you by Salesforce.com’s ExactTarget Marketing Cloud is coming up September 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. Connections is three days jam-packed with inspirational keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions and world class entertainment. TechPoint and ExactTarget have partnered to bring the Indiana tech community three […]

Every year, government agencies award more than $2 billion in small business grants and contracts to entrepreneurs willing to take on research and development challenges that help solve problems and stimulate tech innovation. If your technology has the right potential for commercialization, there could be huge upsides in the form of incentives and profits by […]

Last week, I was one of the panelists for TechPoint’s monthly New Economy New Rules breakfast event on the topic of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — two federal programs that should be of great interest to entrepreneurs seeking startup funding. From the official SBIR/STTR government website: The Small […]