SEP: the community of employee-owners who take on the big software development challenges

I parked on the street and walked into the Center for the Performing Arts building in Carmel, Ind., which isn’t what I was expecting when I set out to interview a couple of high-tech software executives. But when the elevator doors opened at the top floor, I was definitely in the right place — if […]

How SmarterHQ has become the leader in behavioral marketing

SmarterHQ lives in a market that is growing faster than anything we’ve seen recently in economic terms. We’re talking smartphone adoption fast (but faster1), with triple-digit spending growth over the next three years in marketing analytics — quantitative data about customer behavior and marketplace activities. Beyond just capturing the data, SmarterHQ’s intelligent behavioral marketing platform […]

Student Connections is helping solve big problems and changing lives

Tech jobs are hot. Tech sector growth is making headlines from coast to coast and Indianapolis is home to some of the fastest tech jobs growth in the nation, which is great. This exciting growth, however, is not limited to software developers and other highly technical roles. It’s not just for those companies we easily […]

WorkHere is revolutionizing the hiring process starting with Indiana

Business leaders encounter a variety of challenges, but ask about the biggest pain points they face today and it’s a good bet you’ll get an earful about how difficult it is to hire and retain great employees. “If you think about how most job boards work today, they are pretty much all based on the […]

Levementum fueled its rapid growth with experienced Indy talent

Levementum made headlines last year when the enterprise software consultancy announced it was opening official offices in Indianapolis and creating up to 175 new jobs as part of its fast-growing Salesforce Marketing Cloud practice. Though its new home in The Union 525 and impressive list of B2C clients like global retailers, film and TV studios, […]

Zylo poised for fast, significant growth as industry outlier

Zylo launched as a High Alpha venture studio company a little over a year ago, built its unique software product through the summer, and won its first few customers in the fall 2016. The company’s first-year history reads like a prototypical startup success story on the surface, but some key entrepreneurial differences have set Zylo […]

Carbonite feels right at home among Indy’s problem solvers

The era of Indianapolis being a city of “best kept secrets” is over. So over. Nowhere is that more obvious than within the tech community, which has amassed more than 20 acquisitions or IPOs over the last 10 years and unleashed $7 billion in market value. Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB) — the Boston-based data protection company […]

Bolstra pivoted to disruptor role in customer success

One of the biggest pain points out there for the $200+ billion software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is churn. As soon as a sale is made, it’s a race to get that new customer onboarded and show value so they gain a commitment to the solution and become a long-time part of the SaaS company’s recurring revenue. […]