Ex-Navy SEAL’s shooting range features non-lethal technology
The firearms training system at Poseidon Experience uses real guns, but no bullets. The targets are on a screen. The guns’ magazines are filled with compressed air instead of bullets.
Jared Council
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Chief marketing, information officers see lines blur as customers go digital
Marketers today are driven more by data than by gut feelings. Technologists, meanwhile, are getting more involved in marketing, partly to help make their enterprises money instead of just costing money.
Iron Yard coding school opening Indy office
The South Carolina-based coding academy has schools in 10 cities. Indianapolis will be its first Midwest location when classes start downtown in May.
Fast-growing Blue Pillar lands nearly $14M in funding
With the new infusion, the maker of energy-management software has brought in about $25 million in venture capital.
ExactTarget’s $2.5B sale rippling in Indy tech scene
The blockbuster acquisition by Salesforce.com is still helping Indianapolis attract new investment capital, recruit talent, and burnish its reputation as an emerging tech hub, according to panelists at IBJ's Technology Power Breakfast.
Some banks putting tellers behind remote monitors
“Branch of the future” is a hot phrase in banking circles, as technological changes and consumer habits prompt executives to rethink how much space and employees are needed at branches.
Chicago venture capital firm plans local office
Hyde Park Venture Partners plans to establish an Indianapolis office this spring on Monument Circle to be led by former ExactTarget executive Tim Kopp.
Q&A: Indy entrepreneur’s app tracks student attendance
Indianapolis entrepreneur Jeff Whorley in January debuted a smartphone app that tracks whether college students go to class. A wave of national media attention followed.
Fast-growing Geofeedia to ramp up Indy employment
Fresh off a $3 million funding round announced Thursday, the four-year-old tech company said it plans to hire 50 employees between its Chicago and Indianapolis offices. The majority will work in Indianapolis, founder and CEO Phil Harris said.
Stonegate Mortgage closes 2014 with tough quarter
Stonegate Mortgage Corp. finished 2014 with a money-losing quarter that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Auer Growth Fund, falling short of name, plans to stay the course
Some fund managers tweak their strategies or fees when things aren’t going so well. But don’t look for Bob Auer, the fund’s 53-year-old senior portfolio manager, to do so.
How ballyhooed ChaCha lost its mojo
Early enthusiasm for ChaCha Search Inc. was so high that at one point it reportedly received a $100 million buyout offer. But today, with ChaCha’s workforce down to 15, the jubilance is gone, Web traffic continues to drain, and founder Scott Jones appears ready to move on.
Angie’s List shares soar 50 percent after rare quarterly profit
The provider of online consumer reviews benefited in the fourth quarter from a sharp increase in advertising revenue from service providers. Shares jumped in early-morning trading Wednesday.
As Comcast prepares to exit Indy, questions abound
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is looking to expand with its proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable. But customers in central Indiana won’t come along for the ride. To ease antitrust concerns, Comcast plans to hand 2.5 million customers to a new spinoff called GreatLand Connections.
Growing Bluebridge lands new investment, Dorsey’s attention
Mobile-app developer Bluebridge Digital is moving to bigger offices, adding employees, and including ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey as an investor.
Smart-keg startup lands another $5.5 million
SteadyServ, the local firm behind the iKeg smart beer-management system, now plans to move into at least six new markets outside the Midwest.
Former Bluelock CEO joins coding academy as president
John Qualls, former CEO of Bluelock, has joined Eleven Fifty, the Carmel-based coding academy started by serial entrepreneur Scott Jones.
Telecom players embrace home security services
Technology has paved the way for people to engage with more aspects of their homes beyond security features. As a result, cable, phone and other companies have taken notice and jumped into the space.
Old National to close 5 Indy-area bank branches
The branches pegged to close locally are all in-store locations, several of which were assumed in 2009 when the Evansville-based bank bolstered its Indianapolis presence with its acquisition of Charter One.
Telecom firms fight over bill altering state powers
Opponents of the bill say it would give big companies more leverage in negotiating connection agreements with smaller firms. Supporters say it just reduces redundancy in laws already on the books.