March 29, 2011

  • Indie Ventures establishes Prairie presence with new Kansas City office

    A West Coast-based venture capital firm with operations in San Francisco and Seattle has added a Silicon Prairie location to its stable. Indie Ventures, which focuses on funding and business development for digital media …

  • Cornstalks Demo Night companies and details (note: change of venue)

    Nine companies are set to demonstrate their products to a crowd of around 70 people this Thursday, March 31, at Cornstalks, a monthly gathering for entrepreneurs starting or running high-growth businesses.

  • Prairie Moves: CremaLab, Syncbak, Pongr, QuickCal & 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…

  • PrairieCast live stream: 1:30 with Christian Gurney & Christopher New

    Tune in at 1:30 p.m. CST today for Episode 31 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by guests Christian Gurney of Torsion Mobile and Christopher New, video producer and Des Moines contributor to Silicon Prairie News. Discussion topics will include the role of branding in attracting talent to Midwestern…

  • BIZ Luncheon Series: Ben Milne of Dwolla (Video)

    Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, holds an educational luncheon for entrepreneurs across Central Iowa. Called the “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each luncheon features a speaker from the community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high-growth and scalable…