Bill Godfrey wins Investor of the Year Mira Award
Today, long-time tech leader Bill Godfrey is managing director of 4G Ventures and focused on seed-stage angel investing in software-as-a-service companies in Central Indiana. He received the Investor of the Year award during TechPoint’s 17th annual Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Bill Godfrey was recognized with the Trailblazer in Technology Mira Award in 2012 […]
IU’s Dr. Kylie Peppler wins Tech Educator of the Year Mira Award
Dr. Kylie Peppler, an Associate Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education at Indiana University — Bloomington, received the Tech Educator of the Year award during TechPoint’s 17th annual Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Dr. Peppler is incorporating artistic creativity into STEM fields immersion. Peppler has worked to understand […]
High School Senior Zack Baker wins Rookie of the Year Mira Award
Zack Baker, an 18-year-old honors graduate from Noblesville High School this May, received the Rookie of the Year award during TechPoint’s 17th annual Mira Awards honoring the best of tech in Indiana. Zack founded PassWhiz, an iOS app he coded himself that eliminates the need for paper hall passes. He first pitched PassWhiz to his school district […]
Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle Named ‘Trailblazer in Technology’
TechPoint recognized Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle as Indiana’s 2016 Trailblazer in Technology during the 17th annual TechPoint Mira Awards on Saturday. The Mira Awards presented by Angie’s List, Interactive Intelligence, and Salesforce, recognize and celebrate the best of tech in Indiana each year. The TechPoint Trailblazer in Technology Award recognizes visionaries whose contributions […]
Denver Hutt to be named first ever ‘Community Champion’ during Mira Awards
TechPoint and the Indiana tech community will celebrate the life of entrepreneurship advocate and community organizer Denver Hutt, naming her the first ever ‘Community Champion of the Year’ award recipient during the Mira Awards – the state’s largest technology awards gala on Saturday. Hutt died in January at the age of 28 after a years-long […]
Winning a Mira Award gave Lesson.ly the confidence boost it needed
Lack of training is one of the main barriers to quality within an organization. Since winning the Mira Award for Tech Startup of the Year in 2015, Lesson.ly has worked tirelessly to combat this problem and change the mold for the way companies organize and track their training materials. “Winning the Mira Award felt like […]
Winning a Mira Award helped usher in the ‘Year of the Duck’
Who knew a rubber ducky and a Mira Award could do so much? Since winning a coveted TechPoint Mira Award last year, Edwin the Duck — a learning toy with personality designed to be a child’s best friend — has taken off in a big way. Edwin the Duck sold out of each Apple test […]
VIDEO: Award Winners Race to More Capital with Mira Glory
On “Fast Friday” in May before the Indianapolis 500 race, TechPoint brought together media and investors from 10 different venture capital and private equity firms, investment banks and angel investor groups to meet face-to-face with current and past Mira Award winners, who represent the best of tech in the state of Indiana. “TechPoint’s Winners […]
