Indiana innovation

Statistics for women-owned startups is bleak.  According to the Wall Street Journal, only 7% of venture funding and only 4% of the total dollar value of all small-business loans go to women-owned businesses.  Yet the record 9.9 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. generate more than $1.6 trillion in revenues, employ 8.98 million people resulting […]

What voices are the most important voices to be heard for any B2B business? My hope is that most people would agree that you have to hear the customer’s (or potential customer’s) input. You simply will not have a business if you do not have a customer to sell your products or services to. However, […]

Businesses send an estimated 112 billion emails every day, according to The Radicati Group’s latest Email Statistics Report. And business email volume is expected to grow at at least three percent a year through 2019. Are you making the most of all of these touch points with your customers, partners, investors and other stakeholders? Indianapolis-based […]

Photography today is driven by the instant gratification of social sharing through photo sharing apps. Proud parents, especially, love showing off the amazing things their children are doing. (Everyone has to see the first time your child eats sweet potatoes right? It’s a must!) However, is sharing these photos over the Internet dangerous? When you share […]

Ed Rice has lived in Los Angeles, New York City, and Austin, but has now made the move back to Indiana. This is the home of his alma maters: Cathedral High School, Ball State and IU, and he’s working as a product designer and strategist for Angie’s List. His friends are all asking why; he […]

The tech and startup scenes of Indiana will converge at Dallara Indycar Factory this week for Innovation Showcase — one of the largest gatherings of fundable companies, capital sources, and entrepreneurial energy in the state. Whether you’re exhibiting, attending, or just hoping to someday meet up with investors at an event like this, you should […]

The organizers of The Innovation Showcase — the largest entrepreneurial showcase in Indiana and possibly the Midwest — have released the full list of 74 fundable companies that will be pitching for $72,000 in cash investment and services. These companies are among a select group of startups that made the cut to pitch and exhibit at […]

Sometimes the hardest part of crafting content is deciding what to write about and determining what the audience will interact with most. Sometimes it feels as though it’s a shot in the dark. What if I told you there was a new software-as-a-service product coming out that will measure not only the channel success, but […]