Indiana innovation

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 […]

By the end of last year, more than half of all email was opened on a mobile device, and 30 percent of consumers now read emails only on their mobile devices. The good news for marketers is that email marketing is predicted to remain a great way to reach customers and stimulate sales. With that […]

Everything is now automated or on-demand. With the snap of our fingers (or push of a button) we can hail a taxi, get the lawn mowed, and even order dinner and drinks. When we go on vacation or travel for business we expect the same on-demand, hassle-free style of service. We want what we want […]

The big news in tech last week (and I’m sure in weeks to come) for Indianapolis was High Alpha. Four well-known Indy entrepreneurs — Scott Dorsey, Mike Fitzgerald, Eric Tobias, and Kristian Andersen — all banded together with venture capital firms from the East and West Coasts and the Midwest, as well as strategic angel investors, […]

There are 302 million users tweeting 500 million tweets per day. Instagram has 300 million users posting 70 million photos per day.  Facebook still leads the pack with almost 1 billion daily active users posting, sharing, liking, and commenting constantly. That’s a ton of data. With so much activity and so much information coming from […]

There are two groups of people who will be enthusiastic about the launch of Roust, a new social network dedicated to controversial discussions — those who love to stir the pot online and those who hate it. Roust founders, Mark LaFay and Nathan Frampton, hope to take the posts about politics, policy, religion and social issues […]