August 22, 2011

  • Thank you to our Thinc Iowa sponsors

    We’re two months from the inaugural Thinc Iowa conference, and we are humbled by the response of our community and pleased to announce six more sponsors who will help us build this event. Please help us welcome our newest sponsors: Notifyworks, Torsion Mobile, RecoEngine, SeedHere, LiveStream and Microsoft BizSpark. We’d like to extend …

  • Stork.ly delivers valuable experience for 9-year-old entrepreneur

    Between piano lessons, Mandarin classes and chess camp, 9-year-old Emma Renaud found time this summer to ask a follow-up question to the childhood curiosity of where babies come from. “My mom was putting away some baby bibs, and I asked how new parents got the essentials they needed for their baby,” Emma said in a…

  • Wall Street Journal highlights Kansas City as up-and-coming IT hub

    The information technology community along State Line Road got a nice tip of the hat today from a fairly prominent publication on Wall Street. A story in today’s Wall Street Journal on “Where the Action Is” highlighted Kansas City, with its burgeoning IT community, as one of seven up-and-coming industry hubs across the country. The…

  • Coming to campus this fall, Fampus aims to change college events

    As college students get back into the swing of things at school this fall, Des Moines-based startup Fampus is hoping to make itself a prominent part of their planning. Fampus is a social network that aims to be a one-stop shop for all the events happening on and around a given campus. …

  • Events: Angel Investing Overview, Dwolla meetup, Cornstalks and more

    Buckle your seat belts for a wild ride this week. Eight events will have you bouncing back and forth between Omaha, Des Moines and the respective surrounding areas. To kick things off, Tuesday in Lincoln will feature the first of two VBA Silicon Prairie events on Angel Investing. Later that evening in Des Moines …