#FortBenTech Campus and City of Lawrence win Rising Tech City Mira Award
The Fort Ben Tech Campus and City of Lawrence won the Rising Tech City Mira Award during TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. The mix of unique, historic structures and amenities that dot the Fort Ben campus sets it apart from other cultural districts and communities. After almost […]
Nextech wins Tech Education Mira Award
Nonprofit tech education champion Nextech won the Tech Education Award award during TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Computer Science knowledge opens more doors for students than any other discipline in today’s world and prepares all students to be active and informed contributors to our increasingly technological society, […]
Indiana Department of Correction wins Community Impact Mira Award
The Indiana Department of Correction won the Community Impact Award during TechPoint’s 21st annual Mira Awards gala honoring the best of tech in Indiana. The department’s partnership with The Last Mile computer coding skills training program is the first of its kind outside of the state of California where the program originated. After his visit […]
Turning Data to Doing in Indiana
This is the first article in a series by Indiana contributors associated with Splunk who are using the software to achieve better outcomes through data. Splunk. What an odd name, right? At surface level, certainly! The name, however, is based on the activity of Spelunking. Just as we may spelunk through Mammoth Cave or a […]
Encamp gains talent, venture capital and incentives deal with state
Encamp co-founders Luke and Sam Jacobs are proud that they were able to lure their big brother Ben Jacobs back to Indiana to lead software engineering at the fast-growing startup that the pair founded with CTO Daniel Smedema. Ben, who was a senior software engineer at Netflix in California, is a major talent “get” for […]
Supporting the Virtual Fundraising Pivot
The current pandemic has had wide reaching effects on all types of businesses, including nonprofit organizations. Despite the real threat posed by COVID-19, the need to support these important missions and philanthropic organizations remains unchanged. Now more than ever communities are relying on local nonprofits, yet many are experiencing new challenges to fund their causes. […]
MetaCX emerges from stealth mode with a new president and a go-to-market launch date
MetaCX, a customer lifecycle management software startup, has been operating in what founder Scott McCorkle calls “stealth mode” since the company was founded at Indianapolis-based High Alpha Studio more than 17 months ago. Despite securing $14 million in funding led by Los Angeles-based Upfront Ventures and a natural curiosity about what the former ExactTarget president […]
Passageways integrates with Zoom, offers free access to nonprofits and governments
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced most of our nation’s businesses into a work-from-home posture, secure collaboration software provider Passageways reached out to let me know that they would be allowing nonprofits and government bodies free access to their OnBoard virtual meeting platform. What seemed like a nice gesture, at first, became a much bigger deal […]
