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Charise Flynn, a ‘Des Moines rockstar,’ joins Dwolla as COO
On their blog today, Dwolla CEO Ben Milne announced the latest addition to their growing team: Charise Flynn as COO – whom they called a “Des Moines rockstar” in their announcement on Twitter. Prior to joining the Dwolla team, Flynn had been working with Dwolla as a consultant through her own consulting firm C.Results. “Charise…
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Special Series: ‘Talent and Innovation Initiative’ – Site & Building Dev. Act
(Editor’s Note: In this four-part series, Tom Chapman breaks down four bills that are a part of Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s “Talent and Innovation Initiative.”) This bill will set aside $3 million for the development of industrial, business and commercial sites. It allows for numerous uses of the money including demolition, infrastructure, construction and renovation/rehabilitation…
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Events: BitMethod, Ignite & TechBrew
Four events across the Silicon Prairie this week that we’re calling out – BitMethod in Omaha, Ignite in Sioux Falls…
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PrairieCast: 1:30 Tues. with Michael Ferrari & Alexander Grgurich
Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 8th at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 24 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by guests Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig and Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking and TEDxDesMoines. Discussion topics will include Lodo Software, DSM Daily, T8 Webware and more. PrairieCast is a live…
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Announcing the Silicon Prairie Party at SXSW 2011 – Join us!
Last Wednesday about 40 people from Omaha and nearby cities gathered at Slowdown for the Omaha stop on South by Southwest Interactive Town Hall tour. Tammy Lynn Gilmore and Monica Sack of SXSW were the hosts of the night, and the following day they put out a great blog post over on SXSW’s website: “We…