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Catching up with Ben Milne from Dwolla
Ben Milne, founder of Des Moines-based Dwolla, a peer to peer payment platform, will be the speaker at this month’s Cornstalks meeting, happening Thursday, September 30, at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Earlier today, I caught up with Ben to get an update on the company, their money transfer service and the founder himself. Silicon…
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TAI releases companies set to pitch – still time to RSVP for Pitch & Grow
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow, Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) is bringing together individuals from…
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Prairie Moves: Christopher Kollars, SmartyPig, C-Blend & more
(Photo by James Jordan via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves…
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European natives found interactive media startup Fresk Interactive
One of the latest interactive media startups to launch on the Silicon Prairie was founded by a pair of unlikely Iowans: Stefan and Thomas Hansen. The pair are sons of Danish citizens, were born and raised in Germany and now choose to live in Des Moines. While school initially attracted each of them to Iowa…