February 22, 2011

  • Prairie Moves: Liz Hunt, David Graff, Sara Camp & 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. And if you…

  • PrairieCast with Christian Renaud & James Eliason (Video)

    Our guests today were Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines and James Eliason of Eliason Media, Uppward, and Craft.ly. Discussed this week: – From Green Bein’ Productions in Lincoln, Nebraska: “Kid Command adds 56k users in January” – Connecting with software users in real life: Hatchlings meetup in Austin, Texas, and upcoming Dwolla Meetup -…

  • TAI announces 2011 Prometheus Award Finalists

    (Left: Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig (right) holds a 2010 Prometheus award for “Breakout Company of the Year.” Photo from Technology Association of Iowa via shutterfly.com.) The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) released the finalists for the 2011 Prometheus Awards this week. The awards, designed to recognize leaders and achievements in technology across…

  • Join us: KC Launch Party next Tuesday, March 1st at McFadden’s

    In case you missed it, Silicon Prairie News officially launched this past week in Kansas City, and we’re excited to share the work of the greater Kansas City community with the world! To celebrate the launch, the amazing team that’s on board in KC, and what’s ahead for the Silicon Prairie, we’re hosting a party…

  • Yves Behar speaking Thurs., Feb. 24 – Eight more tickets up for grabs

    (Left, Fast Company’s October 2007 cover featuing Yves Behar. Photo from mediabistro.com.) With our first round of tickets snapped up quickly, the fine folks behind daOMA (Design Alliance Omaha) have granted us eight more spots to giveaway to this Thursday’s presentation from renowned industrial designer Yves Behar. To learn more about Behar, check out our…

  • Beer me! Fresk’s Stefan Hansen tells the story behind BeerGenius (Video)

    El Bait Shop, a popular downtown Des Moines establishment boasting “the biggest selection of American microbrews in the world” is now home to BeerGenius, the latest project from Fresk Interactive. Launched last Thursday, February 17th, in front of a large crowd of homebrew enthusiasts, BeerGenius is an “interactive product browser” designed to help customers pick…