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Wade Beavers

Wade Beavers

Entrepreneurial mobile product leader, founder, investor, and sports coach

wadebeavers
Rochester, Minnesota
Joined October 2025
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Mobile-product entrepreneur and operator: Beavers co‑founded and led DoApp from 2008 through its 2016 acquisition by NEWSCYCLE Solutions, then led NEWSCYCLE's mobile product pillar. Over that period he built a scalable mobile publishing platform and local ad technology used by hundreds of local media apps. mediashift+3
Product inventor and founder in connected fitness: As a co‑founder of uBody, Beavers is named on patents for a "smart weight‑lifting pin," indicating hands‑on involvement with hardware/software fitness products and IP strategy. justia+1
Local sports entrepreneur & coach: He co‑founded The Yard Sports Training and remains active in local coaching and program development, combining business leadership with community sports involvement. yardtraining+1
Advisor / investor to startups and venture groups: Since exiting DoApp, Beavers has taken on advisor and investor roles with regional venture groups and startups (e.g., Great North Labs, AI/market-intel ventures and local sports/startup investments), leveraging operator experience to mentor founders. greatnorthlabs+2
Early UX and product background informs his approach: Beavers' UX work (including at IBM) shaped an operator-first product mindset that he applied building DoApp's mobile platforms and later product-led startups. mediashift

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"We've got an app for that": Q&A with Wade Beavers

July 1, 2016

Interview about DoApp's origins, app strategy, Mayo Clinic collaboration on mRemedy, and the acquisition by NEWSCYCLE — overview of product and company strategy.

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DoApp Wants to Dominate Mobile Apps for Local Media

May 1, 2010

Long-form interview covering DoApp's business model, product decisions, user-generated content, and the company's role delivering mobile apps to local media outlets.

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Hobbies

Baseball coaching and youth sports (longtime coach; involved in local baseball and training activities). postbulletin+1