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iEmergent offers market intelligence for mortgage lenders
Did the mortgage crisis of the late 2000s save the real estate industry? iEmergent CEO Laird Hedlund Nossuli thinks it might have. She also thinks her company’s Mortgage MarketSmart app might be laying the groundwork for a more stable real estate market in the future. “Lenders are realizing that if they don’t change and meet more…
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How Assortify bounced back from Sports Authority’s downfall
E-commerce analytics startup Assortify thought they landed a big win last fall: A contract with Sports Authority. Hayneedle veterans Marcus Goedeker, Jacob Messerly and Jeremy Vlcan started Assortify as a pricing and assortment analysis tool for e-commerce companies. In September 2015 they exited the Straight Shot accelerator in Omaha, Nebraska, with a couple large clients and several potential…
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Pampered Box provides custom subscription boxes for your period
Working at a local post office in Omaha, Veronica Oleson has seen hundreds of popular subscription boxes. Six months ago, she saw an opportunity. “Every month I would run out of tampons, and I’d have to make a special trip to the store. It was a pain,” said Oleson. “After seeing so many subscription boxes, I knew…
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ezNetPay is changing the way construction payments work
Engineer John Trickel was looking to simplify his work clearing lien at his business VGI Design. He ended up creating a patented software for the instantaneous exchange of payments that gave birth to the company ezNetPay. The company launched in 2011 as ezPay, with Trickel and his colleagues working to develop the software. Trickel initially…
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Lienwaivers.io streamlines lien waivers for the construction industry
Luis Trejo, CRO & co-founder of lienwaivers.io, was working as a controller for a regional construction firm in Sioux City when he noticed a need for a better lien waiver process. “He came to me with a problem and originally we built a spreadsheet essentially that helped him generate lien waivers faster,” said Geoff Arnold,…
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Finally! Rent your unused tools with T’Work
Remember that hammer drill you bought, used once, and stored away to collect dust? What if you could make some money by renting it out? Lincoln, Nebraska, startup T’Work is making it possible. “We want to be a platform that makes people aware of the inventory on their street and brings two parties together,” said…
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Bric brings the power of predictive analytics to creative agencies
Bric turns traditional time sheets and project management into a powerful predictive tool for creatives. Since leaving the Straight Shot accelerator last fall, Bric has been enhancing their project planning platform for creative agencies. In January they launched a new version of their software platform that included time tracking as well as integration with other…
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AgriSync seeks to end agricultural downtime
When a piece of tech breaks in the city, you can find help within minutes. When it breaks on a farm, you may be in for a long wait. Farming involves way more technology than most people realize, and it can be an unfortunate situation for farmers when that tech fails. Rural locations mean the…
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Hookline wants to transform the property management industry
Three years ago Zane Jones was managing apartments when he decided to take an IT innovation class at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. “[The class] wasn’t about coding or doing technology, it was more about figuring out the right things to build and being more creative,” said Zane Jones, founder and president of Hookline.…
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QA with ReviewCloud’s Todd Long and David Weisser on startup incubation inside corporate
Kidwell Companies, a Lincoln-based electrical, data cabling and networking firm, has been around for 70 years. Over the past 20 years, they have spun out 6 different companies through acquisition or internal development. ReviewCloud is among the most recent startups emerging from Kidwell’s corporate innovation process. SPN sat down with Director of Innovation Todd Long and…