Discovering My Indianapolis: The Xtern Experience

Community: a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. It may not be fair for me to say that Indianapolis was my first community experience. It might be more reasonable to say that Indy gave me the first sense of a truly tangible community, one whose benefits […]

Anna Saraceno: from St. Louis to Indiana

Anna Saraceno learned to love Indianapolis, just like she learned to love tech. She was attracted to Indiana University in Bloomington from St. Louis by the strong foreign language program, intending to study Spanish but eventually shifting her focus to public health. Of her first thoughts of Bloomington when she arrived as a freshman, Anna […]

New hc1.com chief revenue officer: ‘Indianapolis is the place for people who want to build something’

As the newly created chief revenue officer for Indianapolis-based hc1.com, Fairfield, Connecticut native Jeff Lautenbach is experiencing for the first time what it’s like to work for a company with fewer than 10,000 employees. He’s no stranger to building a business, though, and after several months immersed in hc1.com’s smaller startup environment, the smile on […]

Marty Brown is back home again in Indiana as the new One Click Ventures VP Marketing

In December 2013, Marty Brown made a good call. “During our annual Christmas trip from New York to Indianapolis, in addition to spending time with family, my wife and I decided to try to meet people in our respective fields, in case we decided to move back someday.” This desire to get acquainted with the […]

18,000 reasons Indiana tech employers should pay attention to Microsoft layoffs

Last Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the Redmond, Washington-based “world’s largest software developer” will be laying off 18,000 people over the next six months — 12,500 from recently acquired Nokia. While no hospitable Hoosier would ever delight in someone losing his or her job, it’s prudent for every Indiana tech employer to recognize Microsoft’s […]