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Three Iowa tech startups among Pappajohn Business Plan finalists
Iowa startups Rocket Referrals, NextStep.io and PearDeck were among the 10 finalists for the 2014 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition announced Tuesday.
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NextStep CEO shares why accelerators are about going slow to grow fast
(Guest post by John Schnipkoweit) So, first off, we did not “win” the accelerator. No one did. We all “won,” but that doesn’t mean it’s over, it means it’s just begun. You don’t “finish” in three months. Accelerators guide you in your business, because they know that after those three months, it’s not them running…
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NextStep.io CEO says despite Nike’s shift, wearable tech is far from dead
Just a few months ago, all we heard about was how 2014 was going to be the year wearable tech dominated the space and became even more prevalent. Or at least, so we thought. But last week, news broke after rumors spilled into tech gossip forum Secret that Nike would eliminate the bulk of its…
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NextStep.io CEO opens up about experience with Nike, TechStars
After a quiet few months, John Schnipkoweit, CEO of NextStep.io, publicly discussed his experience with the Nike+ Accelerator and the pivot away from RecBob for the first time on Tuesday night. Schnipkoweit’s talk focused on interpersonal relationships. Using Robin Thicke’s summer hit “Blurred Lines,” he emphasized how situations can get blurry when employees become housemates…
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NextStep returns to Iowa after three-month run with Nike, TechStars
Fresh off a three-month stay in Portland for the TechStars Nike+ Accelerator and three demo days along the West Coast, John Schnipkoweit and the rest of his team are headed home to Iowa. But the five-person team that left Cedar Rapids as RecBob returns as NextStep.io, a Nike+ Fuel application that Schnipkoweit describes as a…
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Iowa startup NextStep helps show value of Nike’s wearable computing
The 10 startups of the Nike+ Accelerator demo day Monday helped prove the value of Nike Fuel technology, CNN Money recently reported. One of those companies was Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based NextStep (formerly RecBob), which aims to help users increase their fitness level by …
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RecBob takes NextStep, begins Nike+ demo day tour with new direction
When five individuals in April unloaded from a vehicle with Iowa plates in Portland, you would have probably recognized them as Cedar Rapids-based startup RecBob. But now the company, one of 10 in the Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars, has shifted gears to become NextStep.io. The startup, which previously provided a management …