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The story of PandoraFM
At last Thursday’s “Pandora Listener Town Hall” in Omaha, an attendee raised his hand and asked Pandora founder Tim Westergren if his service had any future plans to open up their API (application programming interface) to allow developers to build web apps on top of Pandora and user data. The attendee, Omaha developer Gabe Kangas…
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Pics from Last Night: BitMethod Open House
Thanks to the music of Ryan Stier (Des Moines), I’m now on an internet meme kick. Hence the headline, inspired by former meme and still frequented site: Texts from Last Night. Stier played at BitMethod’s open house last night and his setlist consisted of meme song after meme song, such as the recent hits Bed…
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Dwolla closes $1M Series A round – interview with founder Ben Milne
Ben Milne, founder and CEO of Des Moines-based Dwolla, announced today that his startup has completed its Series A financing round with $1 million from two…
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Building the Foundary – Part II: The Future
(Left: Hayneedle’s Doug Nielsen, Steve Dee, and Jason Goldberger) In less than six months, the Foundary has gone from a proposed idea to a successful home flash-sale site standing alone but also shining a light on another former startup company, Hayneedle. There are distinctions between the two sites and looking forward, the team at the…
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disRUPT: NeHII works toward better healthcare database
(Left: Deb Bass of the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII). Photo by Marlon Wright.) Despite repeated calls for a digital healthcare records system, paper usually runs the show. You fill out the insurance form multiple times. Your critical records might be at another location across town. If you experience a health crisis, emergency room doctors…
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Archrival acquired by Dachis Group
Archrival, a Lincoln-based social youth marketing consultancy, has been acquired by Dachis Group, a Social Business consultancy headquartered in Austin, Texas. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. According to Dachis Group, the acquisition provides their consultancy crucial insight and expertise to an important demographic for Dachis clients – youth – and significantly bolsters…
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Nebraska Angels provide $500k seed funding to MRail
(Left: Photo pointing out a selection of the components of MRail’s technology. Courtesy of the Nebraska Angels.) MRail, a Nebraska-based company developing technologies for the rail services sector, has obtained $500,000 in seed funding from members of the Nebraska Angels. The terms of the deal…