The complaint, it seems, is a familiar one. "I want to get out of Indianapolis and go to (insert 'cooler' city here)," say graduates at Indiana colleges. Super Bowl-winning Colts notwithstanding, Indiana seems to have gotten somewhat of an unfair reputation as a boring place to live. Young people flee from the state every year, chasing jobs in investment banking in "sexier" cities such as Chicago and New York or tech jobs on the West Coast in cities like Seattle and San Francisco. But in the words of the great Lee Corso, "Not so fast, my friend!"
Although it may lack the sex appeal of the Big Apple or the Windy City, Indianapolis is a great place to live for new college graduates. And tech companies are no longer just on the west coast. In fact, there are a number of tech high growth startups right in Indianapolis. Orr Fellowship host companies such as Compendium Blogware, Bluelock, Weblink, and my very own ExactTarget are all helping to turn Indianapolis into a hotbed within Silicon Prairie.
In fact, ExactTarget has not only helping to lead these Silicon Prairie efforts, but is also leading the entire email marketing industry. Some of the company's most-recent developments include
-International expansion to offices in London and Australia, as well as stateside offices in San Francisco and Seattle
-An industry-leading one-to-one marketing conference in downtown Indianapolis, featuring guest speaker Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, and Grammy-winning artist Train
-Cutting edge market research that examines the demographics and behaviors of email subscribers, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers.
-And in case that wasn't enough, ET was recently ranked third on a list of the Best places to work in Indianapolis (with break rooms fully-stocked with free snacks and drinks, might I add!).
So much for Indiana being nothing but cornfield. ExactTarget is just one of many Indianapolis success stories that is also a host company in the Orr Fellowship. Click here and check out some of the other outstanding career opportunities that exist with these other fast growing Indianapolis companies.
Although it may lack the sex appeal of the Big Apple or the Windy City, Indianapolis is a great place to live for new college graduates. And tech companies are no longer just on the west coast. In fact, there are a number of tech high growth startups right in Indianapolis. Orr Fellowship host companies such as Compendium Blogware, Bluelock, Weblink, and my very own ExactTarget are all helping to turn Indianapolis into a hotbed within Silicon Prairie.
In fact, ExactTarget has not only helping to lead these Silicon Prairie efforts, but is also leading the entire email marketing industry. Some of the company's most-recent developments include
-International expansion to offices in London and Australia, as well as stateside offices in San Francisco and Seattle
-An industry-leading one-to-one marketing conference in downtown Indianapolis, featuring guest speaker Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, and Grammy-winning artist Train
-Cutting edge market research that examines the demographics and behaviors of email subscribers, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers.
-And in case that wasn't enough, ET was recently ranked third on a list of the Best places to work in Indianapolis (with break rooms fully-stocked with free snacks and drinks, might I add!).
So much for Indiana being nothing but cornfield. ExactTarget is just one of many Indianapolis success stories that is also a host company in the Orr Fellowship. Click here and check out some of the other outstanding career opportunities that exist with these other fast growing Indianapolis companies.
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