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Buildertrend is looking to hire 100 people in twelve months
In December 2015, SPN profiled Omaha-based Buildertrend, a SaaS platform company primarily serving the residential construction industry. A year later, the company continues on a high-growth trajectory. “Our continued ntrevolution as a company is a compelling story,” said Dan Houghton, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President. “We’ve grown dramatically over the past ten years. In fact,…
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Beehive Industries solves infrastructure headaches for local governments
The asset management platform meets the growing demand for better municipal software. Local governments often struggle to manage and keep track of infrastructure and assets like power lines and heavy equipment because of outdated processes and legacy systems. Lincoln startup Beehive Industries is changing that. “Frankly, the thing we run into most is that an organization’s things…
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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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PostMyProject brings transparency to the home improvement industry
Angie’s List, Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor– there is a variety of platforms available to customers using the home improvement industry. However, it can be difficult to find quality contractors that execute effectively. Kyle Linden, President and Co-founder of PostMyProject, aims to help solve this issue, making customer service his number one priority. “The marketplace right now is…
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BuilderTREND’s founders look back on 10 years of insane growth
Founded in 2006, BuilderTREND has become one of Omaha’s premiere high-growth, bootstrapping SaaS companies. Today the BuilderTREND platform serves over 5,200 customers in over 40 countries around the world. 240,000 users, from homeowners to subcontractors, use BuilderTREND. In 2015 alone, $40 billion worth of residential construction projects flowed through their system. It’s clear when you sit down with…
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Why Viirt left Omaha
On September 7th, the up and coming roofing startup Viirt said goodbye to Omaha and moved their team of three to the Pacific Northwest. Viirt graduated from the Omaha based Straight Shot accelerator program in 2014 and has been growing in leaps and bounds ever since. In March 2015 they announced a raise of $900,000 with…
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CompanyCam solves contractors’ problems with project management app
Luke Hansen, founder and CEO of CompanyCam, didn’t set out to create a startup. He just wanted to find an application that would help his family’s roofing business. “I built this as a solution for a problem we were having at White Castle Roofing,” said Hansen. “I had searched on and off for months, trying to find…
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Viirt raises $900,000 to disrupt the roofing industry
“We’re kind of the Priceline of the roofing business,” said Davis on the Straight Shot blog. “But instead of filling empty airline seats we’re filling up their downtime and giving them a secondary stream of revenue at a fraction of the legwork.”
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Startup all grown up: BuilderTREND moves into two story office
OMAHA—BuilderTREND, a construction software startup that began in 2006, has grown up. The company moved into a new two story office earlier this fall and held an open house for the public Thursday where more than 300 people toured its new digs.