View Comments Timothy Baynes told the News-Leader Friday that when most people think about the "startup ecosystem" for tech companies, they associate sources of early capital investment with places like Boston and Silicon Valley. But Baynes, CEO of a Springfield-based startup devoted to optimizing the ecommerce shopping experience through "smart recommendation," said heartland entrepreneurs with a winning idea don't have to venture so far away in search of seed capital. Baynes' company, Compatio, was among hundreds of applicants competing for one of five spots in Missouri State University's 2019 eFactory Accelerator program, the most recent year the eFactory ran the program. The Accelerator took a pause during the 2020 pandemic year, but it's coming back for 2021.