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CompanyCam turned lost job photos into a $2 billion business
A Nebraska roofer wanted to find the right picture. The company he built now helps contractors turn everyday jobsite evidence into reports, customer updates and a shared memory of the work.
Chad Wilken Took the Windowless Room
He left Hudl for a windowless room behind a roofing company and spent nearly eleven years turning a messy photo problem into durable software. Then, with uncommon restraint, Chad Wilken stopped to decide what should come next.
The Agency That Got Bigger by Making Its World Smaller
Most agencies advertise their range. Swanson Russell built a national business by advertising its limits - and learning the people who operate loaders, raise cattle, tend turf and fish before breakfast.
The Company Newspaper Never Died. It Went to Lincoln.
From a modest office in Lincoln, News Link sends reporters into rail yards, factories and community agencies - then turns what they find into the publications employees actually recognize themselves in.
Johnny Le Knows Brands Behave Like Teams
Before he became Nelnet Business Services' chief marketing officer, Johnny Le learned leadership in design studios, youth soccer, bowling lanes and the referee's lonely patch of grass. His useful idea is simple: give people room to play, and give difficult moments a little grace.
Clint Runge Built an Agency That Refuses to Grow Old
He started with architecture, a $500 car-wash idea and the nerve to learn in public. Nearly three decades later, Archrival is joining Havas Play without surrendering the Midwestern character that made it useful.
Travefy
Travefy is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based SaaS company that builds itinerary management, proposal, CRM, and marketing software for travel professionals. Founded in 2012, it pivoted from consumer group-trip planning to a B2B platform now trusted by 50,000+ travel brands worldwide, helping travel advisors, agencies, tour operators, and DMCs design branded itineraries, send proposals, manage clients, and market their businesses from a single connected platform.