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I see prairie dogs!
I’m not sure sure how long Lincoln-based youth marketing agency Archrival has been sporting three prairie dogs on their homepage, but I like it! We’re always excited to see our “mascot” out and about. Please leave a comment if you’ve spotted prairie dogs elsewhere on the web (besides the regular places, of course).
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dmJuice: ‘The Des Moines startup scene: A call to action’
Great writeup by Shane Reiser, organizer of Startup Weekend and recently named curator of Des Moines Startup Digest, on dmJuice.com today: The Des Moines startup scene: A call to action | It’s important in any city to cultivate a culture that encourages entrepreneurial activity…
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TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie discusses social entrepreneurship
I had the opportunity to interview an individual that I’ve been inspired by for some time, Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes. Blake has an amazing story of how he’s built the TOMS Shoes name into an internationally recognized social entrepreneurship success story. Blake will be the lunch keynote speaker at this year’s Greater Omaha Young…
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Des Moines community addresses need for better capital pitches
Access to capital is an important element of any entrepreneurial ecosystem. Often, the path to that capital begins with a pitch where you have a limited amount of time to educate, persuade and convince an investor that your idea is worth their time and money. The ability to put together a cogent pitch is not…
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Next AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminar Friday, Feb. 26
There’s still a few seats left for this Friday’s AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminar with Matt Galligan (pictured) of SimpleGeo. The focus of Matt’s presentation will be mobile application development trends and the business community. Matt has an amazing bio in the technology and startup community which he has built over the course of a…
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Five in Five with Pete Jones from Des Moines is Not Boring
Name: Pete Jones | Full-time job: Wells Fargo Financial | City blogging from: Des Moines | 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Des Moines is Not Boring, Proving Des Moines is NOT Boring, desmoinesisnotboring.com 2. Why do you blog? It’s fun, I enjoy it. As a kid, I thought Des…