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With Facebook app, Brad Dwyer hatches career as ISU undergrad
Brad Dwyer, 22, launched his entrepreneurial career around a Facebook game he put together while procrastinating instead of studying for a test at Iowa State University in 2008. “It was just something that I programmed over a weekend and put out there to see what kind of reception it would get,” Dwyer said. The game,…
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Announcing our partnership with Juice
When you’re out picking up a copy of this week’s Juice in your local central Iowa coffee shop or restaurant, make sure to flip to page 33 to see our latest partnership in ink, literally. We’re excited to announce that from this issue forward, we’ll be providing a profile of one area entrepreneur to the…
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Beer && Code tonight, TechBrew & Uppward Meetupp Thursday
This is a bit of a late notice, as it usually seems to be the case for our Beer && Code postings (sorry about that Andy Peters), but if you’re interested the group will be meeting tonight for its holiday party. Details for the party as well as two other gatherings happening this week are…
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Tools for the Trade: Domainr is the simple search for domain names
Often the tools that are simple and easy are the ones that make my life better. I’m not always concerned with the amount of features or the stellar design, but instead a clean, easy-to-use application that does the job. Domainr fits that bill. Domainr is a fast search tool that, as they put it, “helps…
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Prairie Moves: Tripleseat, TAI, New BLK & more
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. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com.
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Halo Institute ‘relaunch’ – new director, new location, same mission
As part of a recent transformation of Halo Institute, the offices were moved to a new location on Creighton University’s campus to utilize available space and bring the nonprofit business incubator within close proximity to Creighton’s College of Business. “Some have called it the relaunch of the Halo Institute,” said John Blazek, the new director…