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HipHire’s Brian Kearns shares his best advice for entrepreneurs [VIDEO]
Founder Brian Kearns describes HipHire as “Match.com for part-time jobs.” “I spent a year doing research, and I discovered eight attributes that cause someone to quit a job in the first 90 days,” said Kearns. HipHire connects small businesses to part-time jobseekers based on those eight attributes. Kearns sees doing research as a key part of solving…
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Flywheel raises $4 million in Series A, led by Five Elms
Omaha-based startup Flywheel has raised $4 million in their Series A. The fundraising round was led by Kansas-City based Five Elms Capital. “Flywheel’s platform changes the way that WordPress designers do business,” said Thomas Kershisnik of Five Elms Capital, in a press release. “They have the leadership, culture, and resources to continue building invaluable tools for their customers; we…
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VentureTech’s Joseph Knecht: “The ecosystem of B2B buying is changing dramatically”
Joseph Knecht came to Nebraska from New York 20 years ago to pursue an advanced degree. He met some like-minded people, got involved with a startup, and never left. Today Knecht and his partners head a successful Lincoln-based venture creation company called VentureTech. The company rapidly validates, builds and launches high-growth, B2B-targeted Software as a…
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Reviewr takes its application review platform beyond pitch competitions
“Pitch Burner” worked as a name at first. Founded in 2013, the Lincoln-based company Pitch Burner started as a way to soothe one of Joseph Knecht’s pet peeves. As a frequent judge in pitch competitions, he was tired of putting together feedback that seemed to just get thrown away afterward. So Pitch Burner began by targeting the…
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KNOXX brings personality to the hiring process
When frustration with current recruitment platforms boiled over, Wichita entrepreneur Mike Mathia took matters into his own hands. Mathia noticed a trend of companies unnecessarily exhausting time and resources during the interviewing process. He also noticed that many applicants looked great on paper, but did not meet company standards when placed in an interview setting. Other…
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DataVizion brings the future of managed IT services to the prairie
IT services of the future will look radically different than they have in the past, according to Lincoln-based DataVizion. “We believe that the future of the workplace is an all wireless workplace,” said Nick Patrick, VP of Sales at DataVizion. “[Along] with that comes proper security and network preparation.” Started in 2001 by Kelly Schrad,…
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Benefitbay helps small businesses save on employee benefits
When the Affordable Care Act started to change how businesses bought healthcare, Omaha insurance executives saw an opportunity. “The insurance execs knew how the space was changing under the ACA, but didn’t know how to build a platform,” said Patrick Fisher, CEO, benefitbay. “They approached a few technology execs in Omaha, came together and benefitbay…
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C2FO adds Citi Ventures as a strategic investor
Fairway, Kansas based C2FO (Collaborative Cash Flow Optimization), the world’s largest market for working capital, has announced the addition of Citi Ventures to their already expansive group of investors including Temasek, Union Square Ventures, Mithril Capital, Tiger Global, Summerhill Venture Partners and OpenAir Equity Partners. C2FO’s global marketplace allows for the collaboration between buyers and suppliers to…
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Zapier gives us what we’ve dreamed of—Multi-Step Zaps
Zapier has launched a major new feature for its automated workflow platform: the ability to create multi-step Zaps. Until now Zapier has allowed users to create individual “zaps,” which are action-based triggers that connect various APIs to one another. For example, you can create a zap so that new Twitter mentions automatically share in your…
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Meta opens sales office in Austin
Iowa City based Meta has announced the opening of their new sales office in Austin, Texas. The office will be led by Meta’s CSO Chris Turnley, and they hope to hire a team of 10 by the end of the year. “The revenue we expect to generate from this new sales office will pave the way to…