The startup scene has really taken off in southwest Indiana over the last several months. Terre Haute, Evansville and Bloomington seem to form a ‘startup triangle’ for the region. For starters, there has been no lack of Startup Weekend events. The first Crane event launched on October 5th, 2012. Bloomington on November 9th, 2012. [...]
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Startup Fever Hits Terre Haute
An awesome event took place in Terre Haute, Indiana last weekend and I was fortunate enough to be involved and live to tell about it. During the weekend of Feb. 8th, 2013 over 85 energetic startup enthusiasts, business coaches and local leaders came together in a friendly competition to pitch ideas, form teams, build prototypes [...]
The Super Bowl for Startups: Announcing Powder Keg’s Top 12 Competing Startups
Drum roll, please… The moment I – along with many of you – have been waiting for. We are proud to announce the 12 most impressive startups selected to compete in this year’s Powder Keg Startup Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium! What’s more, one of these motivated startups will walk away with something sweet to [...]
BOOM. The Terre Haute Startup Scene Explodes!
There’s momentum in Indy. All the great startup things happening in Indianapolis like Verge Indy, DeveloperTown and The Speak Easy, plus all of the Startup Weekends and monthly startup meetups, are motivating. But, how is this affecting Indiana as a whole? Well, I can start by speaking to the budding startup scene around Terre Haute [...]
Growing Midwest Startup Communities
Chicago now has programs like 1871, Code Academy, and Entrepreneurs Unpluggd. Indianapolis has The Speak Easy, Indy Hackers, and Verge. But tech innovation and startup community doesn’t stick to the major cities in the upper Midwest. Companies like Found Ops continue to launch and scale out of campus research parks. New structures and university initiatives provide [...]
5 Ways to Leverage University Resources for Your Startup
Can you imagine Silicon Valley without Stanford? Boston without MIT? Great technology ecosystems are built around great universities. The reason is simple; universities are a hotbed of talent, ideas and resources, just waiting to be tapped into. So, how can your startup make the most out of your local university? Our startup, FoundOPS, reaped countless benefits from being [...]
Indy’s First Startup Co-working Space Launches to the Masses [Video]
Who wouldn’t want 24/7 access to an exclusive clubhouse with screaming-fast wi-fi and free beer? The Speak Easy is Indianapolis’s first co-working space exclusive to startups. It offers a common area, conference room, library and gaming center, and a massive opportunity to connect and collaborate with others in the startup community. And did I mention [...]
Inside this Warehouse: Mini City. Big Impact. [+video]
If you’ve never been, it’s a sight to behold. A mini city of technical and creative talent fills 35,000 square feet of gaping warehouse space. The city’s tight-knit community of software developers, graphic designers, and venture coaches collaborate into the wee hours of the morning to architect and create never-been-built-before technology and products. Just another [...]
Localstake Launches Beta to Microfund Startups
Over 100 people rallied on Butler University campus last week to celebrate the launch of Localstake, a new web platform (now in beta) that looks to help entrepreneurs microfinance their venture with local resources. The Localstake launch brought an eclectic crowd of investors, software developers, and friends of founders to build support for the startup [...]
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