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Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News.
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Career Moves
- Jennifer Faenza, formerly of Yahoo!, joined Sojern (Omaha-based, San Francisco office) as Vice President of Consumer Facing Products – via businesswire.com
- Rahul Gupta (Omaha) has joined the team at Planet Water Foundation (Omaha) – via email
Media Coverage
- Paul Berkbigler (Lincoln) and Lisa Vitale (Omaha) of Nebraska AIGA on the Omaha Morning Blend, mention of Archrival (Lincoln) and What Cheer (Omaha): Morning Blend, Thursday, October 14
- Zac Triemert of Lucky Bucket Brewery & Solas Distillery (Omaha) named one of Food & Wine’s “40 Big Food Thinkers 40 and Under“
- Brianne Sanchez (Des Moines) of the Des Moines Register wrote an article and blog post about startups in Iowa: “The Future of Des Moines: Collecting small sum seed money” & “Des Moines Startups“
- DailyMav (Omaha), a Groupon clone catering to University of Nebraska at Omaha students, covered by WOWT: Daily College Deals
- James Eliason of Eliason Media (Urbandale) highlighted by the Des Moines Register: James Eliason, founder and chief executive, Eliason Media, Urbandale
- SmartyPig‘s (Des Moines) PhilanthroPig covered by the Des Moines Register: Elbert: ‘Pig’ trio offers nonprofit fund tool
- Sigler‘s (Ames) work for foursquare (New York) covered by the Des Moines Business Record: Sigler checks in to Foursquare
- Omaha 10-10-10 (Omaha) covered by University of Nebraska at Omaha‘s Omaha News: Omaha 10-10-10 recap video
Product Development
- Confurrent (Omaha) built the Buy the Big O! Show mobile site – via buythebigoshow.com
- Electric Pulp (Sioux Falls) launched spookyordooky.com for Stephen Colbert and saneornot.com for Jon Stewart – via twitter.com/electricpulp
Misc.
- TEDxOmaha photos by Bryce Bridges were posted on Facebook: TEDxOmaha
- Omaha named one of the “Fastest-Growing Cities In The U.S.” by Forbes: Omaha, Neb.
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln set the record for biggest college Swarm: Big Boi reppin’ the foursquare!