>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS. I'M GERRY DICK. TECHPOINT RECENTLY HONORED THE
SUCCESSES AND INNOVATION OF INDIANA ENTREPRENEURS, COMPANIES, PLACES, AND PRODUCTS DURING A LIVE WEBCAST OF THE
ORGANIZATION'S 21ST ANNUAL MIRA AWARDS GALA... A FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL EVENT. NEARLY 130 NOMINEES FROM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE WERE UP FOR THE 15 AWARDS. OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES WE'LL FEATURE SEVERAL OF THE WINNERS.
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW TECHPOINT CEO MICHAEL LANGELLIER, WHO WILL PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE VIRTUAL
EVENT AND SOME OF THIS YEAR'S WINNERS. MIKE, AS ALWAYS, WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANKS, GERRY. >> NOTHING LIKE THE MIRA AWARDS IN PERSON, ALWAYS A PACKED HOUSE, EXCITEMENT, STATE-WIDE
PARTICIPATION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THE VIRTUAL EVENT WAS PRETTY COOL. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. IT'S A BIG
LEAP TO TAKE, WHAT IS USUALLY A PACKED HOUSE, 1,400 PEOPLE, MAX CAPACITY AND SOLD OUT EVERY YEAR TO SOMETHING THAT WAS VIRTUAL.
BUT, THIS YEAR, WE PULLED OFF A VIRTUAL EVENT, 4,000 PEOPLE, THAT ATTENDED. AND WE STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS STARTS MONTHS
AGO WHERE WE HAD 129 NOMINEES FOR AWARDS, WE PICKED 48 VOLUNTEER JUDGES TO -- WHO INVESTED ABOUT 850 HOURS INTO
THE JUDGING PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHO THE WINNERS WOULD BE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY GOT TO THE 15 WINNERS THAT WE ANNOUNCED THAT
WE ANNOUNCED THAT NIGHT, AND HAD WINNERS THAT LITERALLY WENT FROM A TO Z, YOU KNOW, WENT FROM ANVL, THE ONE WE'LL SPOTLIGHT,
REPUBLIC AIRWAYS, AND ZYLO AT THE END, AS WELL. >> IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE THE BREADTH OF THE WINNERS
AND THE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, AND INNOVATION THEY'RE INVOLVED IN, AND REFLECTIVE, I THINK, OF HOW THE INDIANA TECH COMMUNITIEN AT
TECH MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. >> WE HAD -- WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROBLEMS THAT THE WINNERS
SOLVE, YOU LOOK AT THE ROSTER, THEY'RE DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, BREAKING THE CYCLE OF
CRIME AND POVERTY, PREVENTING INJURIES IN THE WORKPLACE, REDUCING BIAS, AND GETTING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK, IN HEALTHCARE
TO PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE CHANGE, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD, THEY'RE SOLVING PROBLEMS ACROSS INDUSTRIES
>> BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR FIRST WINNER, YOUR BIG TAKE-AWAYS. >> ONE WAS VIRTUAL. WE NAMED A THEME OF BE BOLD FAR BEFORE WE
KNEW WHAT CORONAVIRUS WAS. AND WE LEANED INTO THAT OURSELVES TO DO A VIRTUAL EVENT. WE THOUGHT WHAT BETTER COMMUNITY TO DO IT
THAN THE TECH COMMUNITY. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO DO AN AWARDS EVENT VIRTUALLY. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER TAKE AWAYS, WE'RE IN
THIS TIME OF RACIAL INJUSTICE, SO PARAMOUNT RIGHT NOW, THAT WAS A FEATURE, AS WELL, AND REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT THE
TECH COMMUNITY CAN DO MORE, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE -- WE NEED TO HAVE MORE AFRICAN-AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE
NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY FIND WAYS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> LET'S START WITH ONE OF THE BIG WINNERS, AND THAT'S THE
TRAILBLAZER AWARD, A NAME FAMILIAR TO MANY IN THE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY, KRISTIAN ANDERSEN I HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH HIM EARLIER THIS WELCOME BACK. >> BACK IN INDIANA, 1992, TOOK A LITTLE TIME OFF TO MOVE TO MY
HOME STATE OF ARKANSAS, IN MY HEART, NEVER LEFT, AFTER SCHOOL, I STARTED A DESIGN FIRM CALLED STUDIO SCIENCE, FROM THAT
PLATFORM, WAS ABLE TO GET INVOLVED AND PARTNER WITH SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE AND HELP START SO MANY AMAZING
BUSINESSES, AND OTHER INITIATIVES. LESSONLY, TINDERBOX, OCTAVE, VISIBLE, A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES WE LAUNCHED
OUT OF THE STUDIO WITH GREAT PARTNERS, AND ME AND MY PARTNER MIKE FITZGERALD STARTED A FUND ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THAT WENT ON
TO RAISE 6 FUNDS. AND GOT TO PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN HELPING KIND OF START AND SCALE A NUMBER OF INDIANA BASED TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES. AND OF COURSE THAT ALL CULMINATED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN ME AND MY THREE WONDERFUL PARTNERS, MIKE, ERIC
AND SCOTT, ALONG WITH A TREMENDOUS TEAM LAUNCHED HIGH ALPHA, AND WHAT WE SEEK TO DO IS MARRY UP KIND OF AN OPERATING
COMPANY THAT STARTS NEW BUSINESSES, SO THINK ABOUT A COMPANY THAT STARTS COMPANIES WITH A VENTURE FUND, AND IT HAS
BEEN SO MUCH FUN, IT'S BEEN SO GRATIFYING, I GET TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY ON CHALLENGES THAT
MEAN A LOT TO ME AND THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH. WE'VE LAUNCHED 20 COMPANIES SINCE WE STARTED IN 2015, THOSE COMPANIES HAVE GONE
ON TO EMPLOYEE SEVEN, 800 PEOPLE, AND HAS ATTRACTED REALLY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CAPITAL AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, EVEN
ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN INDIANAPOLIS. I THINK HIGH ALPHA HAS A SPOTLIGHT SHOWN ON IN FREQUENTLY, BUT THE REALITY
IS THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY TREMENDOUS BUSINESSES BEING BUILT AND SCALED AND FUNDED IN OUR CITY, AND IT'S FUN
TO PLAY SOME ROLE IN HELPING SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT. >> YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE, REALLY, AN EVANGELIST FOR
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN INDIANA IN CENTRAL INDIANA, THE ENTIRE STATE, YOU REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT INDIANA'S POSITION
IN THE TECH WORLD IS A STRONG ONE WITH GREAT POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AS I LIKE
TO SAY, MYSELF AND MY THREE PARTNERS, WE DID NOT START HIGH ALPHA IN INDIANAPOLIS BECAUSE WE HAPPENED TO HAVE INDIANA
DRIVER'S LICENSES. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND SCALE AND LEVERAGE SO MANY OF THE
REMARKABLE INDIGENOUS ASSETS IN THE STATE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS TALENT, THE SHEER VOLUME OF HIGHLY EDUCATED SMART
AMBITIOUS PEOPLE COMING OUT OF OUR STATE'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THE PREPONDERANCE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE THAT
THEIR CORPORATE HOME AND THE TALENT THAT ATTRACTS FROM OUT OF STATE REALLY CREATED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY, REALLY FERTILE SOIL TO GROW AND SCALE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING. NOW, I DO HAPPEN TO HAVE AN
AFFECTION TO THE STATE THAT TRANSCENDS ITS TALENT BASE FOR SURE. ONE THING THAT MAKES THE BUSINESS GROW IS THE ABILITY TO
ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT, MUCH OF WHICH IS FROM THE HARD. >> HARD TO OVERSTATE HIS IMPACT. NOT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN TECH
COMPANIES BUT HOW HE PREACHES ABOUT INDIANA. >> HE'S A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A VISION FOR SEEING
POTENTIAL IN THINGS, IN PEOPLE, AND AN ABILITY TO DISTILL WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THEM, AND THEN A PROVOCATIVENESS TO GET PEOPLE TO
RALLY BEHIND IT AND A BOLDNESS