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Athlete Network wants to revolutionize how you hire employees
Although described as “LinkedIn for athletes,” Midwest startup Athlete Network actually serves two purposes: allowing athletes to expand both their athletic and professional connections. “Our network is for athletes pushing themselves to get better. Whether looking for somebody to train with, or [to] find a company that’s going to embrace your competitive spirit, that’s what…
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Kickstarter Staff Pick: Wichita-based Filimin
“I wanted to give us a way to express that we love each other in a simple, unobtrusive way, a way that is totally separated from the computer, cell phone, and that hectic communication, something that is part of the warmth of your ambient environment.”
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Why travel startup Travefy didn’t pivot (and probably never will)
Lincoln-based Travefy started in 2012 as a travel planning product marketed directly to users. They later figured out their biggest potential customers could be large travel companies. Response? They didn’t change a thing.
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Going Agile with Agilx co-founders Dustin Clonch and Jake McElroy
“We’re not looking for an exit. There’s so much focus on exit in the ecosystem, but that’s not us. We wanted to create a lifestyle company that we’ll work at the rest of our lives, possibly our kids as well.”
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What VoterSnap learned its first year
In January 2014, Patrick John Stevens made a New Year’s resolution to make his app idea VoterSnap a reality. Two days later he lost his job.
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Download Powderhook’s Gobble Map app now
“We knew a couple things would make the Gobble Map a unique challenge,” said Heath Roehr, Powderhook co-founder and VP of Engineering. “We need to be able to accept potentially tens of thousands of reports coming in at the same time. We need to process and aggregate that data and display it on a map…
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Pirate Radio! A QA with Wayne and Laurie Brekke
I did an entire interview with Billy Ray Cyrus unrecorded. And I had to call him back and pretend that I had more questions, and then do a recorded interview so that I had something for the podcast.
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How Powderhook won Outdoor Life’s corporate award after 1 year of business
“At its current trajectory, we will soon associate access with Powerhook the same way we’ve come to associate the 2nd Amendment with the NRA.”
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Is MusicSpoke ready for funding?
When Jennifer Rosenblatt and Kurt Knecht of MusicSpoke completed the NMotion accelerator program last summer, they were adamant about not raising money. “I’ve said it often, ‘I’m not going to raise money for the sake of raising money.'”
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Pear Deck wins Rise of the Rest competition at SXSW [Video]
Last night Riley Eynon-Lynch, co-founder of Pear Deck, won the Rise of the Rest pitch competition at SXSW. His prize? $150,000 in investment from Steve Case, venture capitalist and founder of America Online. Iowa City-based Pear Deck helps teachers keep students engaged in the classroom by connecting their presentations with student digital devices. It also…