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Fairshop brings customer service to home improvement ecommerce
Omaha based Fairshop reinvents the standard home improvement ecommerce website with an entrepreneurial twist. When Fairshop co-founders Iyad Aldalooj and Jay Raggal found themselves in the ecommerce marketplace in early 2013, they were committed to bringing their startup to the head of the home improvement market. How Fairshop works Aldalooj and Raggal had seen the…
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Room Advantage makes housekeeping paperless
After 11 years in the hotel industry, Ryan Belford, founder of Room Advantage, noticed an ongoing problem. He could never keep track of hotel housekeepers and which rooms were ready for guests. “We constantly had to find staff and ask them which rooms were ready,” said Belford. “I figured there had to be a better…
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Spinutech expands with new Chicago office
Over the last 17 years, Iowa company Spinutech has established itself as a leading provider in digital marketing, web design and content management, working with clients in all 50 states. The company has offices in Cedar Falls and Des Moines, and in December Spinutech opened a third office in the Chicago suburb of Elmhurst. How…
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VIDA Diagnostics gives pulmonary diseases the big data treatment
When it comes to important medical decisions, it’s always a good idea to get a second opinion. As technology advances, odds are that opinion might not come from another doctor, but rather from analytics and software. The Coralville, Iowa, company VIDA Diagnostics is using big data analytics to map the human lung and analyze the…
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Omaha startup Remote Way lets you travel the world while working remotely
Last summer, Michael Cronin, co-founder and CEO of Remote Way, was working remotely out of Caffeine Dreams in Omaha when he noticed multiple talented individuals around him doing the same thing. “I was meeting people every day that had backgrounds in tech who were also working out of coffee shops, and my team and I…
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Why Drive Spotter gives back to its communities
As founders, developing a great product and team is the easy part. Once we’ve discovered a solution to a real problem that the world really needs solved, we must then challenge ourselves to think bigger about the impact we can have. If you’ve followed Drive Spotter’s story, you know we’ve come a long way since…
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VR InMotion brings VR and motion simulation to marketing
Last year JNT Company, an interactive web and marketing firm based in Manhattan, Kansas, was hired to organize the city’s Festival of Lights. As the team brainstormed how to make the event its most successful year yet, Jeff Hake, Founder and CEO of JNT Company, started exploring new ways of marketing through virtual reality. “We…
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Des Moines startup Denim wants to be the fabric of insurance marketing
It’s tough for local insurance agents to stand out online when they’re up against Flo, cavemen and talking geckos. Denim, a Des Moines-based startup, is hoping to level the playing field for local agents by reimagining marketing and distribution for the insurance and financial services industries. How Denim works Any business owner knows that Facebook…
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Liberty’s rural Uber expands operations in Texas, Ohio
Last July, SPN profiled Liberty, a Lincoln-based rideshare company that was going through the NMotion Accelerator. We caught up with President & CEO Valerie Lefler to see what’s happened with the company since then. “We’re actually moving offices today,” she said. “Our company is growing, and we’re expanding from 2,000 to 6,000 square feet.” The…
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Hudl announces partnership with U.S. Soccer
Lincoln-based sports tech startup Hudl has just announced a partnership with U.S. Soccer to provide the company’s Sportscode and Coda products to both men’s and women’s national teams as well as developmental teams throughout the organization. “It’s our first partnership like this that spans all levels of a sport,” said Matt Mueller, Hudl’s GM of…