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Green Bein’ Productions’ first game, Kid Command, nears official launch
Some of you may remember the last time we chronicled the inner machinations of Green Bein’ Productions at the tail end of 2009. Well, the nascent video game company’s first product is about ready to break out of its beta cocoon and take to the skies of full release. Collin Caneva (left) and the rest…
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CNN Money’s ‘Good times in ‘The Big O!” features Alice Kim of Trocadéro
The video below is a great piece on Omaha’s recovering economy, with interviews of Alice Kim of Trocadéro, a lifestyle and accessories emporium, and Ron Samuelson of M’s Pub & Vivace restaraunts. All three of these businesses are located in Omaha’s historic Old Market district. It’s especially neat to view this video after looking back…
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Doug Lewis on Iowa’s entrepreneur resources & targeted industries
Three years ago, the Iowa Legislature noted an opportunity for the state to move ahead in the advanced manufacturing, information technology and bioscience industries. To take advantage of that opportunity, they created the Innovation and Commercialization Division within the Department of Economic Development. Its mission is “to grow Iowa’s economy…
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City of West Des Moines opens business plan competition
The City of West Des Moines, the Mid Iowa Small Business Development Center, and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that they are accepting applications for their business plan competition. Top prize in the competition is a seed capital award of $25,000, prizes of $15,000…
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Weekly Startup Links: Scripting.com, Crowdspring, and more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.