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Tikly, a ‘ticket service with a twist,’ launching soon out of Des Moines
Over the weekend, details began to emerge of a new ticketing startup, Tikly, planning to launch out of Des Moines in the next 30 or so days. The service will be unique to the current marketplace as it will have Dwolla as a payment option from the start. Emma Peterson, a marketer with significant experience…
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Zaarly releases branding, requested city list and Facebook pages
Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered marketplace born out of Startup Weekend Los Angeles this past February and now with significant offices in Kansas City, released a new and enhanced web presence on Friday. Previously, the startup was collecting emails for future launches in a series of city-specific standard LaunchRock …
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Startup Weekend Kansas City: CraftWig walks away with win
Behold the power of the T-shirt. It was fitting in a way that CraftWig, the only team to don matching T-shirts for Startup Weekend Kansas City final demonstrations on Sunday, walked away from the bizperc office space as the winner of SWKC. CraftWig, an online community for crafters that offers in-depth tutorials, shopping lists, price…
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Did you know: Omaha developer had hand in foursquare’s Palm app
If you’re a foursquare user who checked-in to a venue this past Saturday you may have been surprised to learn that it was Foursquare Day, the second annual social media holiday celebrating, of course, all things foursquare and taking place on April 16 (4/16). With the check-in, users earned a Foursqare Day Badge to add…
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SPN Out & About: Startup Storm recap
This past Saturday I had the privilege to speak at Startup Storm, a first of its kind event put on by Macy Koch, a senior at Simpson College. The event, billed as “teaching and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial development,” featured an opening keynote by Nathan T. Wright, founder of Lava Row and co-founder of Uppward,…
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KCITP’s Mentorship Kickoff recap and interview with founder
If you didn’t make it to KCITP’s Mentor Kick Off earlier this month, here’s what you missed: Over 200 people came out and held conversations keyed to software development, computer networking, system administration, project management, startups and social media. Each focus area had its own corner in McFadden’s Sports Saloon and conversations were tailored to…
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Videos released from 2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship
Videos from this past February’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship have been released by Nebraska Entrepreneur. This year’s summit had an increased tech and creative presence on the speaker lineup which included, among others, our own co-founder, Dusty Davidson. To view the full event schedule, see our post: “Schedule: 2011 Nebraska…
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KANEKO: Portals this Thursday, Undivided Lives on April 29
KANEKO, an open space for open minds that nurtures and promotes creativity in the arts, sciences, and philosophy as well as our venue partner for Big Omaha, has two upcoming events to get on your radar. The first, happening this Thursday, April 21, will be a public preview for a multi-media performance project titled Portals.…
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Events: DSM Daily Launch, Startup Drinks, Pecha Kucha and more
Iowa dominates the events on the Priarie this week starting tonight with a product launch party for DSM Daily (left) and then continuing on Wednesday and Thursday, each day featuring an evening gathering. On Wednesday, there’s also a BIZ Business Insights and Networking Luncheon. Outside of the Iowa events, Pecha Kucha Night will take place…