John Wirtz

  • John Wirtz on how Lincoln’s Haymarket has helped build Hudl

    John Wirtz on how Lincoln’s Haymarket has helped build Hudl

    John Wirtz wanted to be a politician. Growing up in a Kansas City bedroom community, he wanted to help solve people’s problems. He wanted to help community. Bring people together because the whole is bigger than the parts, he says. Just into his 30s, he isn’t a politician—but he’s still solving problems for 1000’s of…

  • Hudl co-founder John Wirtz asks: Are you building a product or a company?

    Hudl co-founder John Wirtz asks: Are you building a product or a company?

    KANSAS CITY—John Wirtz, co-founder and chief product officer at Hudl, explained how his team utilized product strategies over the past few years for growth and success of the company.

  • I know it’s scary, but ask for the money

    (Guest post by John Wirtz.) I’ll never forget the most intimidating spreadsheet I ever had to face. It was winter 2009, and this piece of paper was just sitting there on my desk staring at me. It wasn’t our sales goals for the year. It wasn’t a list of the hairiest bugs in Hudl. It…

  • Hudl, Proxibid find common ground at Chamber event on innovation

    For all the high marks Hudl has earned over the last half-decade — and the company, which has grown from 12 high school clients in 2008 to about two thirds of the high school football teams in the country this year, has had plenty of positive report cards — Hudl co-founder and chief product officer…

  • With local investing approach, Nelnet aims for a ‘better community’

    For Lincoln-based Nelnet, investing in local startups is part business and part contributing to an “ecosystem” of strong startups and growing businesses in Nebraska. “If we can create a better environment in our community for startups, technology, whatever it is, that’s only going to benefit Nelnet,” said Ben Kiser, Nelnet’s managing director of communication services.…

  • Amidst change, Raikes School strives to foster interdisciplinary innovation

    Educating people to enter the technology field is tough, given its notorious fast pace and constant changes. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, faculty, alumni and industry advisors and volunteers use a constantly evolving approach to make sure graduates are ready. …

  • Hudl hits 5,000 partners in 2011, co-founders reflect on milestone (Video)

    Hudl hit 5,000 paid clients — or “partners,” in Hudlese — for the year late last week, and the Lincoln-based startup is marking the milestone with a new video featuring reflections from its co-founders, David Graff, Brian Kaiser and John Wirtz. Hudl, a web-based video and analysis tool for sports coaches, figured to see sales…

  • Return of ‘Friday night lights’ puts Hudl in media spotlight

    Anymore, Hudl’s ubiquity with high school football teams seems to rival that of marching bands and homecoming courts. All right, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. But with a stable of clients that includes more than 6,000 high school football teams, Hudl, a web-based video and analysis tool for sports coaches, is the…

  • Hudl’s John Wirtz: ‘We don’t … do anything unless we can be the best’

    On the eve of kicking off the football season that will be his company’s biggest yet, Hudl COO John Wirtz presented at Cornstalks on Thursday night, sharing some pages from a playbook that’s helped Hudl build its field’s top-ranked team over the last five years. Hudl, based in Lincoln, makes web-based analysis and coaching tools…

  • Hudl’s John Wirtz to speak Thursday at Tom Chapman’s last Cornstalks

    As football teams across the country gear up for their seasons to start in the coming weeks, a man whose company is central to what so many of those teams hope to accomplish will update us on his own team’s outlook for the upcoming season. John Wirtz, the co-founder and COO of Hudl, will speak…