Member Spotlight: Beyond Creative

Founded three and a half years ago by Adam Devizia and David Messner, Beyond Creative is making waves in the Springfield community. Their story starts like any other humble start up: working out of backpacks and laptops in and out of coffee shops. It wasn’t until a run in with a client of theirs that […]

Introducing The eFactory Accelerator Cohort #2

We’re excited to announce the companies in Cohort #2 in The eFactory Accelerator that will begin February 6th. Apt Crowd (Founder – Chad Boschert) is a solution focused text analytics company targeting engineering technical communities. They apply advanced text analytics algorithms that improve Q&A forum outcomes by connecting users with quicker answers, expert users, and […]

Member Spotlight: Wide Open Networks

BREAKING NEWS: The Internet is a big deal. Alright, this isn’t necessarily breaking news (unless you’ve been living in a bunker for the past 20 years à la Kimmy Schmidt), but it doesn’t make it less true. Matthew Thomas and Cameron Rose are making ripples in the Downtown Springfield community with their company, Wide Open […]

Introducing The eFactory Accelerator Cohort #1

We’re excited to announce the companies in The eFactory Accelerator Cohort #1! Meet The Daily Scholar, Eagle Speak, MOFIN Labs and ShopZeely. The Daily Scholar is a comprehensive publication cloud-based software solution for education, businesses and professionals. Eagle Speak is a unique communication platform for businesses and teams. Unlike most communication applications, it runs behind the scenes, […]

Community Spotlight: Amy Blansit

One could make the case that Missouri State professor, Amy Blansit, has a lot on her plate. When she’s not teaching for the Kinesiology at MSU or leading programming at The Fairbanks, a community center in the Grant Beach neighborhood, she’s working on her newest business, Solely Jolíe. This past week, Amy visited the International […]

Member Spotlight: Interactive Dynamics

Jody Chaffin saw a need in May 2011. He and his partner saw a hole in small and medium size businesses in Southwest Missouri and sought to fill it. Mobile is the future. All of the signs were pointing in that direction and they took advantage of it. The App Pros moved into The eFactory […]