A workflow automation tool received so much industry recognition that it spun out and became its own company.
Nearly four years later, that company was acquired.
That company is Orchestrate and it was acquired by Conga last month, which is backed by private equity firm Insight Venture Partners out of New York. Orchestrate—which as of March 26…
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For the founders of Nebullam, they hope 13 is a lucky number.
What started seven years ago as a way to address food security, production and sustainability led to 13 different prototypes and a model farm near Nevada. And if all goes according to plan in 2018, Nebullam will have a second model farm near Ames…
It's natural for a graphic designer to do freelance work on the side for friends, family and clients through a referral network. Adam Feller was one of those graphic designers who would work 40 hours a week but pick up extra graphic design projects on the side.
About two years ago Feller started to understand that he could…
He was an app developer who saw an opportunity to fill a gap that companies will pay for.
So Adam Hass founded Applink.io in July of 2017 to help companies build better applications for their customers and retain their current users. Applink.io helps companies track how their app is doing, once it has been released and…
Be more effective while doing less...it's what the AgTech startup Rantizo is attempting to do in the spraying industry.
"We revolutionize the spraying industry," Co-founder Michael Ott told Clay & Milk. "Agriculture spraying is a big business and has big problems."
To fix those problems, Rantizo pairs drone technology with an electrostatic spray to target and reach…
There was nothing wrong with Terva.Ag, the Ames-based company that serves as an online marketplace for agriculture real estate in Iowa.
But when the software was upgraded, an opportunity to rebrand the company presented itself.
"After talking with customers and clients, brand recognition is really important and we wanted something that was more descriptive of what we…
Last week during the Monetery event, Albert Wenger—Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures in New York—recommended CEO's and founders spend at least a third to half of their time recruiting and hiring.
"The number one mistake first time entrepreneurs make is they under index on how many candidates they think they need to see to fill a position,"…
A problem solver who grew up on a Southeast Iowa farm started a company that could save piglets lives and farmers dollars.
FarrPro is an Iowa City-based AgTech company that creates efficient and effective piglet heating solutions.
Amos Peterson is a co-founder and the CEO of FarrPro. He joined Mike Colwell of the Greater Des Moines Partnership…
Baking desserts made her colleagues happy so Christina Moffatt kept doing it.
It wasn't long until her colleagues would start paying Moffatt for her desserts. Enough work was coming in that she would file for a LLC and start Creme in July of 2010. Less than six months later, Moffatt realized Creme had become more than a…
As a leader in the Ames startup community, Diana Wright crosses paths with a lot of entrepreneurs.
After studying advertising, marketing and entrepreneurship at Iowa State University, Wright now works as the Marketing & Programs Coordinator at the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University.
"It’s all come full circle," Wright explains. "During my time as…
This AgTech company started as an idea during an agriculture entrepreneurship class at Iowa State University eight years ago.
That class required students to come up with an original business plan in the agriculture industry. Because of his experience with crop scouting, Michael Koenig wanted to develop something more intuitive to better utilize the information that…
Any piece of fabric presents itself as an opportunity for Janet Bergeron.
Bergeron has been sewing since she was eight years old and since retiring from the Des Moines tech community, she's working more than she ever has.
"Quilting is an art form, I just have a different view of the world," Bergeron says. "Quilts don't have to…