Member Francis Baalmann began his career as an attorney. Now, he’s a real estate property manager, short-term rental owner, and entrepreneur.
Member Interview: Francis Baalmann and ICTShortStay.com
InfoFluency to Launch Revenue Management Tool
Groover Labs member InfoFluency is launching a new Revenue Management Tool. We sat down with Alyssa McGuinn, managing director of business development, to discuss the tool and the reasons they decided to build it.
Local Software Firm Flint Hills Group Launches Whiskey Shelf App
Dave Cunningham, founder and CEO of Flint Hills Group and Groover Labs early adopter, has spent the past several months with his team building a new mobile app for whiskey lovers. Dave, a whiskey enthusiast himself, drew inspiration for the app while leading Campfire, a 12-week startup course taught at Groover Labs.
WorkTorch's Deborah Gladney Testifies Before Congress
Longtime Groover Labs member Deborah Gladney, founder and CEO of WorkTorch, the only career discovery platform for the service economy, testified before the House Finance Subcommittee on Capital Markets on Wednesday, February 8. The subcommittee is a part of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee.
Groover Labs and Member Ingrid Green on KSN
Groover Labs was recently featured on KSN for a weekly segment titled, “Here for You Spotlight.” Reporter Julia Thatcher toured Groover Labs with co-founder Tracy Hoover to learn more about our mission. She then spoke with Ingrid Green, executive director of Drones4Girls, a program that teaches kids to build, code, and fly mini-drones.
Member Interview: Ethan Franks
Ethan Franks started coming to devICT’s Thursday morning Code & Coffee events last year to network with software developers in the area. He’d been working in construction when the Covid-19 global pandemic hit, and he decided to change careers. Ethan enrolled in code boot camp and was a regular fixture in the hotseat area. He recently landed a job as a mobile app developer. We sat down with him to talk about his journey.
Book Our Event Venue!
Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday break. We did, and we’re glad to be back at work. Speaking of work, we’ve had a busy couple of weeks. Of interest to us: the number of calls and reservations we’ve had for our event venue. We’ve booked events with little-to-no warning and events that reach out all the way to October 2023.
WSU Athletics Partners with DARI Motion
Read the latest press release from one of our longtime members, DARI Motion, about their agreement with Wichita State University Athletics, to provide musculoskeletal health and human motion assessmentnts from WSU student-athletes:
Studios Available on January 1, 2023
We have two studios available starting January 1, 2023. The studios are $350/mo., are billed on a month-to-month basis, and seat between 1 and 3 people. While the private offices in the coworking area come with desks and lockable file cabinets, the studios come as they are: you are free to furnish them with your own desk, chairs, couches, lamps, etc.
Members in the News: WorkTorch
Congrats to Groover Labs members WorkTorch on their article appearing in Essence Magazine! WorkTorch, formerly known as QuickHire, recently announced a $2.2M raise as well as a rebranding of the startup’s focus to incorporate not just job discover but also career development.