Columbia Articles
March 22, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Columbia Thousands of NCAA tourney brackets may already be busted, and with them, dreams of office supremacy. But for Matt Fischer, the madness is a prime opportunity for SportsFormulator.com to gain credibility. He quit his job last year to launch the Columbia, Mo., startup, which provides … read more
March 21, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Columbia The South by Southwest follow-up story for Newsy was just as worthwhile as the first. The Columbia, Mo. startup last week garnered the award for Best iPad Publishing at the MediaPost Appy Awards, where it won the News category in 2011. The company's free video news app … read more
October 12, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Columbia Between AdVentures and our portfolio companies, we're no strangers to hiring. Personally, I've hired nearly one-hundred people in the past five years. Some have been fantastic hires and long-term fits. Others have been terrible. Throughout the process, we've developed a set of rules so we land more of the long-term people – and fewer short-timers. Trust, but verify: Ah, yes, there's nothing like kicking off a list with a Ronald Reagan quote. The wisdom couldn't be more accurate. Regardless of what people claim in an interview or on a résumé, be sure to verify the accuracy. For some people, somehow, references tend to magically … read more
October 2, 2012 by Taylor Bell
Columbia Fundrunners, a website and mobile app that aims to help runners organize and fundraise for special causes and charities, won the second Startup Weekend Columbia on Sunday, beating out 21 other teams. Trackly, a real-time website monitoring app, took second. OneCDS, a decision support tool for clinicians, placed third. "It's all about making it easy for people," Fundrunners co-founder Jamie Canine said. "When people care it shouldn't be that hard to … read more
September 30, 2012 by Taylor Bell
Columbia Startup Weekend Columbia is in its final hours at Museao. At 5 p.m., the 22 teams* will pitch the ideas they've had nearly 48 hours to execute. Whether the teams dissolve in the coming weeks or go on to be accepted into Y Combinator (like last year's winner, Zapier), this event is sure to give participants a taste of what it is like to form a business. … read more
September 5, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Columbia Startup Weekend will make its second appearance in middle Missouri Sept. 28-30. Startup Weekend Columbia … read more
September 5, 2012 by Paige Yowell
Columbia The genesis of Book’d, an online booking and scheduling engine, revolved around one simple theme, which it aims to remedy: Wasted time. “We recognized that too much time was wasted. Period. Whether it was wasted trying to match schedules or an hour of time was left without a purpose, the problem existed,” said Emily Eldridge, the CEO of the Columbia, Mo.-based startup. “Our goal in creating Book'd is to create more time for people by removing the complexities of scheduling it.” Founded by Jamie Stephens, Book’d targets service-based small … read more
May 4, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Columbia (This is a guest post by Wade Foster.) Few people come out of the womb, kicking and screaming, born ready to be a startup founder. Most of us take the longer more traditional route. Usually that means 12 years of primary education, 4 years of secondary education, a few more years working at a good job before finally catching the startup bug. You can't get this idea out of your head so you make the leap of faith into entrepreneurship. There is nothing wrong with a more traditional route. I took the more traditional route. … read more
April 24, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Columbia Newsy today announced the availability of its channel on Roku, a streaming player. Newsy, a Columbia, Mo.-based news startup that we originally featured last summer, delivers the news of the day in multisource videos 2-3 minutes long that highlight the key differences in reporting from media outlets around the world. Those videos are now part of Roku's news and weather category. Users can add the Newsy channel to their Roku player for free and get instant access to the latest Newsy videos. Newsy produces 20 videos per day … read more