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Indianapolis’ startup community, like Atlanta’s, is thriving. Management atlanta high alpha indianapolis leadership saas scott dorsey TechstarsA few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day and the Venture Atlanta Conference. I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. MORE
Neil is originally from Australia and currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. My Issues With WordPress…and How I Fixed Them! written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Over the last year, I have had just about every issue with my WordPress sites that you can imagine. MORE
A place that so painfully undersells itself you’d think Indianapolis had more going on. I moved my family. I sold my Swiss farmhouse, bought a Victorian money pit instead. I forced my wife to change job. And all for what ? Boston. A place that has such surly drivers that even a broken down MTBA transit feels homely. Why, oh why ? It turns out, like most expats here, we hate to admit it, but we love the place. MORE
Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta. MORE
They set up the billboard during the final four NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis. by Cameron Johnson. In the past, the way a product launch worked was by hiring a PR agency, meeting with reporters during a press tour, and watching the articles pile up on launch day. MORE
We are investors in PSL (in Seattle) and High Alpha (in Indianapolis). MORE
Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Well, that time has finally come. MORE
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. There’s an old nickname dating back to the days of William Shakespeare – “Jack of all trades.” MORE
Mollie Kuramoto is the Content Marketing Specialist for Element Three , an Indianapolis-based full-service marketing agency that works across channels to build discernible brands. 7 Questions to Evaluate Your Brand’s Health written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. MORE
While working as the co-first assistant professional at the Highland Golf & Country Club in Indianapolis in 2014, he was a finalist for Indiana Professional of the Year. Oakville’s Zack Creed would say golf was in his blood. MORE
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, Director of Marketing for Formstack. MORE
Indianapolis, IN. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. MORE
Chris Byers is the CEO of Formstack , an Indianapolis-based company offering an online form and data-collection platform. by Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack. According to ServiceNow’s 2017 State of Work study , nine out of ten skilled employees spend too much time on administrative duties. MORE
Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. Semil Shah recently wrote a post titled Investing Outside The Bay Area. MORE
Early successes segued seamlessly into a major expansion, most notably a planned urban development of 600 acres north of Indianapolis, IN, along with a 3-block stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA. MORE
According to experts at Indianapolis Check Into Cash , more and more people are now waking up to the benefits of payday loans, but still some are not aware of the concept. Payday loans are short term loans that help you cover your short term financial needs. MORE
151 For example, it’s financially feasible to build a competing motor speedway in Indianapolis. The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] MORE
by Eva McKnight, Formstack Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. MORE
The winning team from Dallas will go head-to-head against the winning teams from Beirut, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, Sofia, and Tulsa. Startup Weekend Dallas is now a true global startup battle. From [link] : “On the weekends of November 12-14 and 19-21, hundreds of teams around the world will compete with one goal in mind: to dominate the competition, building a company from scratch in just a weekend. MORE
Michael Reynolds is President/CEO of SpinWeb – a digital agency located in Indianapolis, IN. Enjoy this guest post from Michael Reynolds is President/CEO of SpinWeb. photo credit: Folk Media via photopin cc. Inbound marketing is both an art and a science. MORE
Chris Byers is the CEO of Formstack , an Indianapolis-based company offering an online form and data-collection platform. by Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack. Success in the IT department depends on a number of factors — with process efficiency near the top of the list. MORE
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. Customers today want speed and innovation. MORE
Tony Dungy: “Don’t change.” : The successful Indianapolis Colts coach was another leader who was told to be himself. We often turn to famous leaders for nuggets of brilliance on how to motivate people or how to achieve success like theirs. MORE
I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. by Edward D. MORE
Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI. Here you'll find all my blog posts categorized into a structure that will hopefully make it easy for you to discover new content, find answers to your questions, or simply wallow in some excellent analytics narratives. To assist with that process everything's organized into these sections: ~ Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? How can my company become great?" MORE
Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. By Santiago Jaramillo, CEO and founder of Bluebridge Digital. MORE
20 years ago could you have imagined ExactTarget becoming a multi-billion company in Indianapolis? I just returned from 3 days in Cincinnati including attending the annual meeting of one of Upfront’s LPs – Cintrifuse. MORE
We were lined up together, four jets on the runway packing 128,000 pounds of thrust, and we carried more horsepower than the entire starting lineup of the Indianapolis 500. MORE
Some of them, such as Eyebobs in Minneapolis, Trilogy Health Services in Kentucky, Defender Direct in Indianapolis, SecureWorks in Atlanta, and Mellace Family Brands in California, were well-known companies. by Edward D. MORE
Most recently, Upper Hand was also recognized as the Best Technology Company by the Indianapolis Star, beating some of the most innovative and largest companies in the city and world such as Salesforce, Genesys, Infosys Technologies, and more. As a Little League coach, Upper Hand CEO & Founder Kevin MacCauley us the brain behind the world’s most powerful, cloud-based mobile platform that helps sports professionals manage their business. MORE
Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch. MORE
Currently available in Dallas, Indianapolis, St. by Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle? MORE
We are going to place Returnees in five locations – Broomfield, Colorado, New York City, Austin, Indianapolis, and London – and we recruited five like-minded partner companies to join the program as well. MORE
Indiana – May 7, 8 (Indianapolis). I’ve decided to take the battle of Doing Innovation to the streets. Literally. Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing. MORE
The company, based in Indianapolis, recently received $8 million in financing led by the Simon Venture Group. SmarterHQ, an online marketing platform, announced this week the opening of its new office in Austin. The five year old startup has raised $20 million to date. This is the company’s first office outside of its Indiana headquarters. […] The post SmarterHQ Opens Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin SmarterHQ MORE
That’s essentially how Indianapolis-based startup, CoatChex , started. Ideaspotting bailment industry Bailment Labs Inc coat check-in CoatChex Indianapolis QR codes startup MORE
An avid craft beer enthusiast, Hershberger also co-founded Indianapolis-based Flat12 Bierwerks in 2009. by Steve Hershberger, co-founder and CEO of SteadyServ Technologies. MORE
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. The number of stay-at-home dads in the U.S. MORE
In Kurt Vonnegut’s list of rules for writing with style , he explains how much better his writing is when it sounds the way he talks: I myself find that I trust my own writing most, and others seem to trust it most, too, when I sound most like a person from Indianapolis, which is what I am. MORE
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack. Guess what? MORE
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack. MORE
Indianapolis Related Topics Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Indianapolis’ startup community, like Atlanta’s, is thriving. Management atlanta high alpha indianapolis leadership saas scott dorsey TechstarsA few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day and the Venture Atlanta Conference. I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 4, 2012
That’s essentially how Indianapolis-based startup, CoatChex , started. Ideaspotting bailment industry Bailment Labs Inc coat check-in CoatChex Indianapolis QR codes startup
Feld Thoughts
JANUARY 16, 2019
We are investors in PSL (in Seattle) and High Alpha (in Indianapolis).
SiliconHills
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
The company, based in Indianapolis, recently received $8 million in financing led by the Simon Venture Group. SmarterHQ, an online marketing platform, announced this week the opening of its new office in Austin. The five year old startup has raised $20 million to date. This is the company’s first office outside of its Indiana headquarters. […] The post SmarterHQ Opens Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin SmarterHQ
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 6, 2018
Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. Semil Shah recently wrote a post titled Investing Outside The Bay Area.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 1, 2019
While working as the co-first assistant professional at the Highland Golf & Country Club in Indianapolis in 2014, he was a finalist for Indiana Professional of the Year. Oakville’s Zack Creed would say golf was in his blood.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 15, 2019
We were lined up together, four jets on the runway packing 128,000 pounds of thrust, and we carried more horsepower than the entire starting lineup of the Indianapolis 500.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 29, 2017
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack. Guess what?
YoungUpstarts
JULY 1, 2016
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, Director of Marketing for Formstack.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. The number of stay-at-home dads in the U.S.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 6, 2017
Early successes segued seamlessly into a major expansion, most notably a planned urban development of 600 acres north of Indianapolis, IN, along with a 3-block stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
Ashley Walsh has worked in multiple areas of the B2B marketing sector and is currently the Director of Marketing for Formstack , an online form building solution based in Indianapolis. by Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 10, 2018
According to experts at Indianapolis Check Into Cash , more and more people are now waking up to the benefits of payday loans, but still some are not aware of the concept. Payday loans are short term loans that help you cover your short term financial needs.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Chris Byers is the CEO of Formstack , an Indianapolis-based company offering an online form and data-collection platform. by Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack. Success in the IT department depends on a number of factors — with process efficiency near the top of the list.
OnlyOnce
AUGUST 19, 2015
We are going to place Returnees in five locations – Broomfield, Colorado, New York City, Austin, Indianapolis, and London – and we recruited five like-minded partner companies to join the program as well.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2015
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. There’s an old nickname dating back to the days of William Shakespeare – “Jack of all trades.”
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 4, 2017
Chris Byers is the CEO of Formstack , an Indianapolis-based company offering an online form and data-collection platform. by Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack. According to ServiceNow’s 2017 State of Work study , nine out of ten skilled employees spend too much time on administrative duties.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 17, 2016
They set up the billboard during the final four NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis. by Cameron Johnson. In the past, the way a product launch worked was by hiring a PR agency, meeting with reporters during a press tour, and watching the articles pile up on launch day.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 2, 2015
Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bluebridge Digital , an Indianapolis startup that specializes in app development and maintenance for clients who may currently be underrepresented in the mobile market. By Santiago Jaramillo, CEO and founder of Bluebridge Digital.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 28, 2016
An avid craft beer enthusiast, Hershberger also co-founded Indianapolis-based Flat12 Bierwerks in 2009. by Steve Hershberger, co-founder and CEO of SteadyServ Technologies.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 2, 2019
Most recently, Upper Hand was also recognized as the Best Technology Company by the Indianapolis Star, beating some of the most innovative and largest companies in the city and world such as Salesforce, Genesys, Infosys Technologies, and more. As a Little League coach, Upper Hand CEO & Founder Kevin MacCauley us the brain behind the world’s most powerful, cloud-based mobile platform that helps sports professionals manage their business.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 6, 2016
Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis. by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. Customers today want speed and innovation.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta.
Haystack
JULY 20, 2018
Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, but I needed the time to digest all the other great posts on the topics by other investors, and to analyze specific portfolio data from Haystack over the last five years. Well, that time has finally come.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
20 years ago could you have imagined ExactTarget becoming a multi-billion company in Indianapolis? I just returned from 3 days in Cincinnati including attending the annual meeting of one of Upfront’s LPs – Cintrifuse.
ConversionXL
APRIL 24, 2019
For example, it’s financially feasible to build a competing motor speedway in Indianapolis. The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.]
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MAY 1, 2012
Indiana – May 7, 8 (Indianapolis). I’ve decided to take the battle of Doing Innovation to the streets. Literally. Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Currently available in Dallas, Indianapolis, St. by Pabla Ayala, cofounder of pFunk Media Is your holiday gift-giving list becoming longer and pricier than your current wallet can handle?
The Startup Lawyer
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
The winning team from Dallas will go head-to-head against the winning teams from Beirut, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, Sofia, and Tulsa. Startup Weekend Dallas is now a true global startup battle. From [link] : “On the weekends of November 12-14 and 19-21, hundreds of teams around the world will compete with one goal in mind: to dominate the competition, building a company from scratch in just a weekend.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Tony Dungy: “Don’t change.” : The successful Indianapolis Colts coach was another leader who was told to be himself. We often turn to famous leaders for nuggets of brilliance on how to motivate people or how to achieve success like theirs.
The Next Web
JANUARY 18, 2014
In Kurt Vonnegut’s list of rules for writing with style , he explains how much better his writing is when it sounds the way he talks: I myself find that I trust my own writing most, and others seem to trust it most, too, when I sound most like a person from Indianapolis, which is what I am.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Mollie Kuramoto is the Content Marketing Specialist for Element Three , an Indianapolis-based full-service marketing agency that works across channels to build discernible brands. 7 Questions to Evaluate Your Brand’s Health written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 25, 2013
Michael Reynolds is President/CEO of SpinWeb – a digital agency located in Indianapolis, IN. Enjoy this guest post from Michael Reynolds is President/CEO of SpinWeb. photo credit: Folk Media via photopin cc. Inbound marketing is both an art and a science.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 13, 2011
Some of them, such as Eyebobs in Minneapolis, Trilogy Health Services in Kentucky, Defender Direct in Indianapolis, SecureWorks in Atlanta, and Mellace Family Brands in California, were well-known companies. by Edward D.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 27, 2012
I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. by Edward D.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Indianapolis, IN. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 11, 2016
Neil is originally from Australia and currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. My Issues With WordPress…and How I Fixed Them! written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Over the last year, I have had just about every issue with my WordPress sites that you can imagine.
Occam's Razor
AUGUST 22, 2011
Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI. Here you'll find all my blog posts categorized into a structure that will hopefully make it easy for you to discover new content, find answers to your questions, or simply wallow in some excellent analytics narratives. To assist with that process everything's organized into these sections: ~ Digital Marketing: "What is amazing out there? How can my company become great?"
Fred Destin
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
A place that so painfully undersells itself you’d think Indianapolis had more going on. I moved my family. I sold my Swiss farmhouse, bought a Victorian money pit instead. I forced my wife to change job. And all for what ? Boston. A place that has such surly drivers that even a broken down MTBA transit feels homely. Why, oh why ? It turns out, like most expats here, we hate to admit it, but we love the place.
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