SmartyPig, Foursquare in Des Moines Register

A couple startups were mentioned this past week in the Des Moines Register. The first, a local startup with growing national impact, and the second, a New York City-based startup with growing impact on local businesses.

A couple startups were mentioned this past week in the Des Moines Register. The first, a local startup with growing national impact, and the second, a New York City-based startup with growing impact on local businesses.

West Bank expects to end SmartyPig association this year

January 29, 2010

By Karen Mracek

West Bank and SmartyPig, the online savings program developed by Des Moines entrepreneurs, will likely part ways this year, the West Des Moines company said in its earnings release today.

“SmartyPig’s success in attracting deposits is outgrowing West Bank and in all likelihood SmartyPig deposits will transition to a much larger bank in 2010,” the statement said.

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Businesses welcome Foursquare phone game

January 31, 2010

By Jeff Eckhoff

Welcome, Des Moines, to Foursquare – an electronic and still-incomplete (in Iowa) land where people with smart phones leave menu tips for their friends and compete with each other to see who has the best social life. It’s a land where everyone has a shot at claiming dominion over their favorite meeting places. And it could be one of the more promising corners of cyberspace for businesses hoping to make money off the latest Internet trends.

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This story is part of the AIM Archive

This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »

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