https://jasonarend.com/news/ News, project launches, awards, company milestones, and archived posts from Jason Arend. en-us https://jasonarend.com/news/the-wooten-co-website-launch/ https://jasonarend.com/news/the-wooten-co-website-launch/ The new Wooten Company website is live, and the work is about more than a cleaner visual refresh. A property management website has to be beautiful, fast, useful, and trustworthy at the same time. It has to help people find a place to live without making them fight the interface. Projects Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/springfield-tech-council-fifth-anniversary-tech-week-2026/ https://jasonarend.com/news/springfield-tech-council-fifth-anniversary-tech-week-2026/ Springfield Tech Council is celebrating five years, and I’m proud that this anniversary is ending with something much larger than an event recap: Missouri House Resolution 4330 has been passed and presented in honor of STC’s impact on Springfield, southwest Missouri, and the state’s technology economy. Community Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/inaugural-springfield-tech-week-2025-mayor-proclamation/ https://jasonarend.com/news/inaugural-springfield-tech-week-2025-mayor-proclamation/ Springfield’s first Tech Week is here, and I’m proud to see the region step into something I have wanted us to be able to do for a long time: make the technology community visible at city scale. Community Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/mata-aitp-merge-to-form-springfield-tech-council/ https://jasonarend.com/news/mata-aitp-merge-to-form-springfield-tech-council/ Springfield Tech Council is officially launched, and I’m proud to see years of work from MATA and AITP come together as one unified organization for the region’s technology community. Community Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-acquired-by-hearo-technologies/ https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-acquired-by-hearo-technologies/ Eagle Speak is joining Hearo Technologies, and this is a major step for the company, the product, and the work Myke Bates and I have been building from the beginning. Acquisition Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-enterprise-technology-award/ https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-enterprise-technology-award/ Eagle Speak has won the Enterprise Technology Award at Biz 417’s Excellence in Technology Awards, and I’m proud of what this says about the direction we have been pushing. Awards Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/mid-america-technology-alliance-community-impact-award/ https://jasonarend.com/news/mid-america-technology-alliance-community-impact-award/ MATA has received the Community Impact Award at Biz 417’s Excellence in Technology Awards, and I’m proud of this recognition because it honors work that is not always easy to see from the outside. Community Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-most-innovative-startup-award/ https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-most-innovative-startup-award/ Eagle Speak has been named Most Innovative Startup at Biz 417’s Excellence in Technology Awards, and this one means a lot because it recognizes the core of what we are building. Awards Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-first-prize-spin66-innovation-summit/ https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-first-prize-spin66-innovation-summit/ Eagle Speak has won first prize at the SPIN66 Innovation Summit Pitch Pit, and I’m proud to see the company earn that kind of response from the room. Awards Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-startup-weekend-first-place-audience-choice/ https://jasonarend.com/news/eagle-speak-startup-weekend-first-place-audience-choice/ Eagle Speak just won First Place and Audience Choice at Startup Weekend Springfield, and the response in the room tells me this idea has real energy behind it. Startup Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMT