Hi everyone! For those of you that weren’t able to make it to the Startup Bowl or just want a refresher, here’s a recap of the afternoon! After seeing David Blaine at Connections 2012, PowderKeg-ers headed over to Lucas Oil for lunch provided by 250ok. At 2pm, Pete the Planner took the stage to emcee the [...]
Final Set of Panelists for the PowderKeg 2012
As Day 2 of Powder Keg nears, we wanted to add even more awesome into the lineup. Here’s who we’re bringing in to our Powder Keg panels on Friday. The first panel is the Startup Community Panel. Previously announced panelists Manpreet Singh and Carla Valdes will be joined by Frank Gruber. Frank Gruber CEO and Co-Founder of [...]
Getting Ready for the Startup Bowl!
We’re less than three hours away from the “Superbowl of Startups” at the Lucas Oil Stadium! After a fun and intense morning learning about digital marketing and “unleashed entrepreneurs” at Connections 2012, PowderKeg attendees will be heading over to Lucas Oil to see 12 startups go head-to-head, competing for a $15,000 prize of cash and [...]
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 [...]
VIDEO Interview with Jonathon Perrelli, Founding Partner at Fortify VC
Jonathon Perrelli founded numerous companies and has been involved with tech and telecomm startups since 1996. But it wasn’t until a few years ago that Perrelli zeroed in on what brings him alive and co-founded Fortify.vc. Fortify is a DC-based tech fund that leverages the proven experience of their network to give our portfolio companies [...]
Powder Keg Conference Brings Another 5 Keynotes Into the Lineup
More you say? Why, certainly. We are proud to announce yet another five speakers for the Powder Keg today! Once again, thanks to all of you for your support. And a another huge shout out to ExactTarget for their collaboration with our event. Take a peek at these impressive additions to an already jam-packed speaker [...]
A Letter to the Indianapolis Startup Community: What’s Our Bowling Pin Strategy?
I shared this email with our Verge Indianapolis hub earlier today. I had a couple of people request that I repost it here on the Verge blog. Enter Matt Hunckler (circa 12 hours ago)… Hey, Three years ago, there was nothing. No co-working space, no startup accelerators, no meetup groups, no early-stage funding. And no, [...]
Parties, Show Girls and the Right Kind of Relationships
Happy Wednesday afternoon, all! Hope your week is off to a productive start. If it isn’t, well, it’s not too late to change that. Last time I wrote, I shed light on my time out at Salesforce.com’s annual conference, Dreamforce. It’s only been a week since returning from the madness, and it already feels like [...]
How Dave Knox and the Brandery Launched 25+ Companies in 3 Years
San Francisco, Boulder, New York City. These are the kinds of cities you expect to hear in a lineup of top cities with startup activity. But there’s something in the water in an old industrial Midwest city. Dave Knox called Cincinnati his home for years and worked with one of the largest companies, Procter & [...]
Powder Keg Conference Adds 5 More Entrepreneurial Speakers to Lineup
Attendees of the upcoming Powder Keg conference have reason to rejoice. The two-and-a-half day entrepreneurship conference, to be held in downtown Indianapolis, has added five more high-impact presenters to its already-stacked keynote lineup. Only a few hundred people will be able to catch these presenters live, since attendance will be limited to this year’s Powder [...]
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