Ashley Zegiestowsky never expected to stay in Indianapolis
Ashley Zegiestowsky felt like she had the world at her feet when she graduated from Butler University this spring. Nashville born and raised, she always assumed she would go back home, and the last thing she expected was to stay in Indianapolis. Now she’s doing precisely what she thought she never would — living in […]
Open Indy Brigade is passionate about public data
A government that promotes transparency as well as encourages participation from its citizens is one that allows for the development of innovative solutions to civic issues. To promote transparency and participation in Hoosier governance, seven individuals with diverse backgrounds came together in February of 2015 to form a civic innovation group, and the Open Indy […]
Xterns take top honors at Indy Civic Hack
Two different teams of Xterns, summer interns in TechPoint’s ultimate tech internship experience, took home top honors in the Indy Civic Hack — a competition using large public data sets to solve challenges for the city. This year, the hackathon focused on transit issues and the winners were announced at the brand new IndyGo Julia […]
Xterns give back by teaching kids to code
Giving back to the community is a key ethos of TechPoint’s Xtern program, the ultimate tech internship experience. Teaching young children to code is always one of the favorite community activities of Xterns while they are living together in Indianapolis and interning for the summer at tech companies around the city. Recently, Xterns had a wonderful opportunity […]
Infographic: Tech’s Transition to Strategic Inside Sales
Technology companies need a balanced team of makers, marketers and managers to be successful. Expert sales trainer and TechPoint Sales Bootcamp lead Matt Nettleton says “It’s great if you can manage it, awesome if you can make it, but if you can’t sell it, you’re going nowhere. We’ve got a great community of people who […]
