April 14, 2010

  • Work by Archrival & Phenomblue recognized by Webby Awards

    Congrats to Lincoln-based Archrival, a youth marketing agency, for being named a Webby Award nominee and Omaha-based Phenomblue, an interactive experience agency, for twice being named an official honoree. About the awards, from webbyawards.com: The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established…

  • Des Moines tops Forbes’ Best Place For Business And Careers list

    Forbes.com, the digital flagship of Forbes’ business publications, rated cities across the nation on a 12-point scale to determine the best places for business and careers. Topping the list is Des Moines, who moved up from 7th position in a similar list last year. Forbes cites the educated workforce, low cost of doing business, and…

  • PrairieCast: Mike Ferrari of SmartyPig on his startup experience

    This week in PrairieCast, Andy and I are joined by Mike Ferrari, the co-founder of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig (Twitter: @SmartyPig). SmartyPig is a web-based money saving startup, founded by Mike and Jon Gaskell in 2006. Mike shared his experience launching a startup, from making the decision to quit his day job to working full-time…

  • Upcoming events: Startup Weekend KC, MVF with Pete Ricketts and more

    Here’s a rundown of upcoming events around the Prairie. Make sure to check out our events page weekly as we’re constantly adding new ones. Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner (Omaha) – April 22, 5:30-8 p.m. Featured Speaker: Pete Ricketts (left), founder of Drakon, LLC, an asset management company in Omaha. He previously served as a…