Hubstaff

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Hubstaff
Type Privately held company
Industry Corporate transparency
Founded2012
Founders
  • Dave Nevogt
  • Jared Brown
Headquarters
Indianapolis, Indiana
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products
  • Hubstaff
  • Hubstaff Tasks
  • Hubstaff Talent
Number of employees
  • 90 (2021)
Parent Netsoft Holdings, LLC
Website hubstaff.com

Hubstaff is a remote company that created a workforce management software suite that offers proof of work, time-tracking software, and payroll management, along with a remote talent finder and project management software. Founded in 2012 by Dave Nevogt and Jared Brown, today Hubstaff employs a workforce of more than 90 people across the world. [1]

Contents

The company values freedom, transparency, customers-first approach, accountability, and attentional control. [1]

Hubstaff was seen as a rising technology company in 2015, when they received a nomination as part of Techpoint’s Mira Awards for The Best of Tech in Indiana. [2] The company also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2018 [3] and 2019. [4]

History

Dave Nevogt and Jared Brown founded Hubstaff after they began to hire freelancers and wanted a better way to manage them. Nevogt was previously the founder of McCordsville-based Innovative Solutions Inc., while Brown had a background as a developer. [5] [6]

Following the creation of the software with the same name as the company, the outsourcing of freelance work became more common with the development of sites such as Elance and oDesk. [7] Hubstaff considered that the use of their software allowed for entrepreneurs and startup companies to focus on the strategic side of the business, rather than operational tasks. [8] The use of freelance management software became more frequent as web-based startups began to outsource the majority of their operational teams. [9]

In 2014, the company appeared in the Huffington Post as a commentator when looking for red flags when recruiting on LinkedIn. The analysis carried out by Hubstaff included spotting spelling or grammatical mistakes, as it can demonstrate a sloppy attitude towards detail and communication. [10]

Hubstaff were nominees for the Best Tech in Indiana Award in the best Tech Startup of the Year category in 2015. [2]

In April 2020, an article was published on The Wall Street Journal website, discussing how companies were seeing increases in productivity while using the software developed by Hubstaff. [11]

In May 2020, Hubstaff's co-founder Jared Brown appeared on NBC's The Today Show and talked about the role of software developed by the company in supporting businesses in the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Hubstaff. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  2. 1 2 Hall, Joshua (February 5, 2015). "Nominees Announced for 16th Annual TechPoint Mira Awards Honoring 'The Best of Tech in Indiana'". TechPoint.
  3. ↑ "Inc 5000 2018: Introducing the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America". Inc.
  4. ↑ "Inc. 5000 2019: Introducing the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America". Inc.
  5. ↑ "Jared Brown of Hubstaff". Startup Collective.
  6. ↑ Allan, Martha (February 5, 2011). "2011 Forty Under 40: Dave Nevogt". Indianapolis Business Journal.
  7. ↑ "Jared Brown – Co-Founder of Hubstaff.com". ideamensch. January 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Building A Virtual Team That Moves Your Business Forward with Dave Nevogt". Eventual Millionaire.
  9. ↑ Gerber, Scott (November 17, 2013). "Does your startup really need to hire in-house developers?". TheNextWeb.
  10. ↑ "8 Red Flags to Watch for on a Potential Hire's LinkedIn Profile". Huffington Post. December 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ "You're Working From Home, but Your Company Is Still Watching You". The Wall Street Journal.
  12. ↑ "Working from home monitoring: Hubstaff co-founder talks software". Today.
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