January 12, 2011

  • Xuba Launch: Founder reveals their first site, Bloom Circle

    At tonight’s Xuba launch event, the social commerce startup’s founder, Julie Mahloch, took the stage around 6:10 p.m. to a crowd of over 80 people. “We have our first site out in beta and it’s called Bloom Circle, and it’s social beauty,” announced Mahloch halfway through her eight-minute talk. “We’re about women helping women find…

  • Annual Report: Wild, Almost Naive Ambition

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll expand on each of the items that are to be included in the inaugural “Silicon Prairie Annual Report,” which we’ve described as a “look back at the previous year in the Silicon Prairie region, taking into account such metrics as company formations, product releases and developments, investment and M&A…

  • PrairieCast with guests Nathan T. Wright & Ben Milne

    On yesterday’s PrairieCast, Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Uppward and Ben Milne of Dwolla joined hosts Andy Brudtkuhl and Geoff Wood. In addition to talking about their own startups, the four of them discussed the startups and events covered on Silicon Prairie News this past week. These include: Hudl, Hollrback, SmartyPig, Xuba, and…