The Super Bowl is coming to Indiana. Moments ago, National Football League owners, meeting in Atlanta, voted to award the 2012 Super Bowl to Indianapolis over competing offers from Houston and the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Ariz. The decision is expected to mean an economic bonanza for the Indianapolis region as well as global media attention. A study released in April from Ball State University’s Bureau of Business Research suggests that the Indianapolis region stands to receive a $365 million economic boost from the event.

Congratulations to all the nominees and finalists for the 2008 TechPoint Mira Awards. Thank you for all of the hard work that you have done in technology this year and we wish you all the best. We’d like to give recognition for the winners in each of the nine categories.  

Information Technology Company
T2 Systems, Inc. 

Innovation of the Year Award
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Founder of Business TechNet James Jordan, has launched a new data consulting firm; Strategic Data Management.  Jordan, a former CIO, and his employees provide an array of IT services to manage electronic data including storage, security, database performance, e-discovery, content management and business intelligence. MORE INFO

Small businesses can benefit from teambuilding both outside and inside the workplace. Here is a story about a Carmel based barbershop which did just that.

Teambuilding at the Barbershop 

Often overlooked, the East-side of Indianapolis has a lot to offer. Here is a small business that has survived through the years and remains a landmark through perseverance and dedication.

The entire tech community turns out once a year to honor rising stars.   Congrats to the companies being recognized tonight at the Annual Mira Awards.  While there are a number of familiar names among the finalists - Exact Target and Aprimo, there are some new names as well.

Check out tommorrow’s IBJ for a list of the winners!

If we are going to compete as city and a state, we need to continue to encourage the development of more new business.   And one of the most important pieces of the puzzle is funding!  So I was pleased to ready Julie Goonewardene’s comments on Incubate Indiana,  concerning the increase of angel investors keeping their money here in Indiana.

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(INDIANAPOLIS, IN) – Rainmakers, Indiana’s fastest growing business networking association announced effective immediately, Neil Richmund of Coffee News will take over leadership of the Southport advisory board. In this role he will provide direction and coordination of the activities of the Southport group as well as providing advice and feedback to the Rainmaker management team.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Rainmakers, one of Indiana’s fastest growing business networking organizations, will celebrate yet another landmark this month. In June the group will celebrate the one year anniversary of its Bloomington Hub. The hub had a record launch with 18 new members at its first event. To support the rapid growth of Rainmakers in Bloomington, an evening event; Bloomington After Hours was launched a few months later. It is the first successful evening event outside of Indianapolis.

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Carmel, IN - Stephanie Wolf, a senior at Carmel High School, is the recipient of the 2008 Nancy Blondin Carmel Chamber Scholarship.  Begun in 2000 to honor Nancy, who was President of the Carmel Chamber from 1986 to 2000, the scholarship has grown each year and provides $4000 to the recipient - $1000 each year for four years. MORE INFO