New BidPal CTO Mark McCorkle’s familiar AND surprising career (so far)
Last month, BidPal announced Mark McCorkle will be the mobile fundraising software company’s new chief technology officer. He’s charged with leading an accomplished team of technologists into the future of philanthropic giving — whatever it may bring. Since its founding in 2007, BidPal has helped thousands of nonprofit organizations raise more than $1 billion through […]
How BidPal helps nonprofits keep up with mobile tech
While emerging fundraising software makes nonprofit success more manageable, it also leaves nonprofit professionals everywhere wondering how they can keep up with ever-advancing technology. Here at BidPal, we have one simple answer: embrace the mobile technology revolution! For nonprofits, mobile tech can make a major impact when it comes to raising funds, engaging donors, and […]
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 […]
Indy Tech Fellows like Aaron Humphrey are problem solvers
At a young age, Aaron discovered a love for cracking puzzles. Born and raised in Warsaw, Indiana, he explored a natural desire to take pieces of hardware apart to learn how they function. Putting them back together was an entirely different challenge and in his words, “the most addicting puzzle I could find.” Aaron enrolled […]
Winning Mira Awards helped BidPal attract talent and capital
Fundraising software provider BidPal has been fortunate to win three Mira awards since the company’s founding 10 years ago: the Information Technology Gazelle award in 2011, the 2013 Mobile Technology Excellence and Innovation award and the 2013 Emerging Technology Company of the Year award. Since winning these awards, BidPal solutions have helped nearly 2,800 organizations […]
Growing tech companies owned and led by women
One of the best ways to learn about how to build a tech company is to try and build one yourself. I tried that in 2012. I was looking for people who shared my values, interests and curiosities. I thought it would be fun to build a platform that would serendipitously introduce you to interesting […]
The New York Times recognizes Indianapolis tech growth
It’s not every day that The New York Times publishes an article in their Square Feet section highlighting the Indianapolis tech community. Miranda Spivack, an award-winning journalist who is serving as a 2016-17 Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, penned the article after hearing over and over again […]
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 […]
