The Fall 2008 Startup Talent Showcase is on Friday (2018-10-26) at the Cortex. There's a current of innovative activity like this in St. Louis that's easy to miss if you didn't know where to look. (See also: Startup Connection, 2018-11-07.) That kind of oversight also manifests itself in the reverse direction, where the companies who are doing quite good work can't attract the people who don't know they're there. There's a panel today at Venture Cafe on the topic: Pain Points in the Tech-Talent Pipeline – Employers’ Perspectives. (Is there a shortage or not? I take a skeptical angle at these sorts of cries. But I can believe that even if a country's shortage doesn't exist, the distribution might be pushed to the edges, leaving the middle thin.)
Anyway. Let's use the company list from the event to learn a little more about the small and not-so-small companies trying to engage the entrepreneurial workforce in STL:
| Company | URL | GlassDoor | |
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| 1904 Labs | 1904labs.com/ |  |
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| Agility Collective | agilitycollective.com/ | |
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| Archlogix | archlogix.com/ | |
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| Claim Academy | claimacademystl.com/ | |
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| Coolfire Solutions | coolfiresolutions.com/ | |
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| Covene | covene.com/ | |
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| Disruptel | disruptel.com/ | |
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| DOT Foods | dotfoods.com/ | |
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| Eaton Corporation | eaton.com/us/en-us.html | |
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| Epharmix | epharmix.com/ | |
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| Explority | explority.com/ | |
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| Final Thoughts | finalthoughts.com/ | ||
| Gremlin | gremlin.com/ | |
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| Influence & Co. | influenceandco.com/ | |
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| Ivani LLC | ivani.com/ | |
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| Jane.ai | jane.ai/ | |
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| Lean Media | lean-media.com/ | |
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| Navvis | navvishealthcare.com/ | |
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| NBS Consulting | nbsconsulting.com/ | |
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| Rozzy Learning Company | rozzylearningcompany.com/ | |
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| SensrTrx | sensrtrx.com/ | |
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| SteadyMD | steadymd.com/ | |
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| Ten Peaks Partners | tenpeakspartners.com/ | |
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| USA Mortgage | usa-mortgage.com/ | |
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| Venture Cafe | vencaf.org/venture-cafe-st-louis/ | |
More info
- [1904 Labs] David Nicklaus, 'Innovation time' is talent edge for software firm, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2018-02-16
- [SensrTrx] Crunchbase: SensrTrx
- [SensrTrx] David Nicklaus, Ameren Accelerator adds six firms, including two from St. Louis, St Louis Post-Dispatch, 2018-06-21
- [SensrTrx] Technori podcast, Episode 259: Bryan Sapot – CEO – SensrTrx, 2018-08-30
- [SensrTrx] Pipeline celebrates Entrepreneurial Expression at the 11th annual Innovators gala, Silicon Prairie News, 2018-01-26
- [Ivani] Crunchbase: Ivani
- [Coolfire Solutions] Nathan Rubbelke, St. Louis records nearly $100 million in venture capital funding during third quarter: Report, St. Louis Business Journal, 2018-10-09
- [Coolfire Solutions] Crunchbase: Coolfire Solutions
- [Jane.ai] David Nicklaus, Have a corporate question? Karandish hopes you'll ask Jane, St Louis Post-Dispatch, 2018-06-12
- [Jane.ai] Elina Tarkazikis, AI platform for lenders voted best tech at #DigMortgage18, National Mortgage News, 2018-09-26