Indiana innovation

The three participants on Entrepreneur Bootcamp’s “Young Entrepreneurs Panel” have a lot in common. All three of them are graduates of Indiana universities (Ilya and Peter met when they were involved in student government at IU and Chris graduated from Purdue), they’ve all participated in Startup Chile, Peter and Chris both graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit […]

Dustin Sapp never expected to be a serial entrepreneur. He is as surprised as anybody to be the co-founder and CEO of sales automation software startup Tinderbox. The plan after graduating from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology was to marry his high school sweetheart and begin the long journey to upper-middle management at one of those huge […]

Connections 2014 is the Oscar equivalent of digital marketing conference season. I had the privilege of experiencing ExactTarget’s Connections 2014 both firsthand at the keynote and expo on Tuesday, and from the confines of my office on Monument Circle. My first impression on keynote morning was twofold: 1) Are there really more than 10,000 marketers […]

After working in email marketing through the Orr Fellowship for over a year and living in the Indianapolis area, I’ve come to hear about ExactTarget quite a bit. The company that was sold for $2.5 billion to Salesforce.com last year is arguably the most well known email service provider in the world. ExactTarget has continued […]

Crystal Grave was helping a friend plan an outdoor wedding reception when the idea for an online event planning tool came to her. Today, Snappening is helping consumers and professional event planners create lasting memories, and Crystal is honing her startup and fundraising skills at Women’s Startup Lab in Silicon Valley. Born and raised in […]

ExactTarget Marketing Cloud’s Connections digital marketing conference gets bigger and better every year. So much bigger and better that the whole event had to be moved to the Indiana Convention Center this year for Connections 2014. Keynotes and entertainment from will.i.am, The Script, and Mindy Kaling, and 100+ breakout sessions were all kicked off with an opening […]

Indiana-based PrecisionHawk, maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cloud-based data collection software, has closed on a $10 million Series B startup funding round led by New York City-based investor Millennium Technology Value Partners with Bob Young, co-founder of RedHat, and The Innovate Indiana Fund. PrecisionHawk will double its workforce, open a new office and launch new software for […]

The 8th annual Connections digital marketing conference brought to you by Salesforce.com’s ExactTarget Marketing Cloud is coming up September 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. Connections is three days jam-packed with inspirational keynote speakers, educational breakout sessions and world class entertainment. TechPoint and ExactTarget have partnered to bring the Indiana tech community three […]