Indiana tech community

It takes a special kind of bravery to start your own company. The endeavor comes with a never ending stream of challenges, complications, and proverbial hills to climb. To overcome these obstacles, it’s helpful to have a strong support system—a community you can lean on when the going gets tough. The Speak Easy coworking space […]

Some people love having a microphone and a captive audience. To others, that’s a terrifying prospect. It’s the same within the tech community. Some of Indiana’s tech luminaries are in their own garage bands and even play gigs from time to time, while others would never want anyone to hear them sing outside of their […]

Each year, the good folks at Merriam-Webster crown a “Word of the Year” as a way to document the concept, phrase, or conversation that dominated the cultural zeitgeist. Late last year, to absolutely no one’s surprise, “pandemic” won the title. For 2021, it doesn’t take psychic powers to see the clear front-runner. “Hybrid work.” According […]

There are people out there who just love venture capital fundraising. The thought of creating a new pitch deck and getting up in front of strangers to ask for money thrills them. These people are weirdos and you should either avoid them at all cost or become best friends with them, I’m not yet sure […]

As founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign, my favorite part of growing the customer experience automation (CXA) category is watching the impact that it has on growing businesses and community. I’m thrilled to share that ActiveCampaign has crossed 145,000 customers in 170 countries, and has raised a $240M Series C funding round to continue accelerating the […]

Entrepreneur, TechPoint board member and longtime tech community executive and leader Brad Bostic was recognized by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as its Dynamic Leader of the Year, one of the economic development organization’s marquee annual awards sponsored by Indiana Wesleyan University. Brad received the award during the Chamber’s 31st Annual Awards program on November […]

Employee-owned companies are somewhat rare in Indiana, and rarer still within the tech community. Out of 183 reported Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) companies in Indiana, only a handful are recognized tech companies, notably Cummins, Markey’s, SEP and Telamon. As of this summer, however, a new employee-owned company is joining the ranks—data analytics and business […]

Not long after the Covid-19 pandemic created a work-from-home world, TechPoint began working with its member company leaders, its colleagues at the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), and other state and  community leaders to help ensure that returning to the office is as safe as possible. The latest help comes in the form of playbooks […]