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Proxi puts power of proximity-based payment at Dwolla users’ fingertips
Dwolla today announced a private beta of a new iOS platform, called Proxi. The new technology from the Des Moines-based startup will allow users to convert their Dwolla-enabled devices (iOS for now, with Android and Windows Phone soon to follow) into movable Spots, seamlessly making and taking payments without additional hardware like NFC or dongles,…
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Live-streaming: Dwolla meetup at 6 p.m.
Not able to make it out to tonight’s Dwolla meetup at Americana (1312 Locust St. in Des Moines)? Not to worry; we’ll have it here. Tune in starting at 6 p.m. for the meetup, which will feature the unveiling of Dwolla’s latest innovation, Proxi (we’ll have more on that on Silicon Prairie News in just…
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Business Record finds increased interest in entrepreneurial education
I love that our friends in the larger publications in Des Moines are writing more and more about the startup community in the area (did you see Juice just highlighted “The Startup Scene” as part of their “Hot in Des Moines” issue?), and I was especially excited to see that the Business Record ran a…
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PrairieCast with Norah Carroll and Mike Colwell (Video)
Always planning ahead, Andy prepared our 52nd episode since I was scheduled to spend the week across the street as a dutiful juror at the Polk County Courthouse. However, the trial wrapped a good 20 minutes before showtime, so I jumped in the second chair to join guests Norah Carroll of Lava Row and Mike…
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Quick Pitch: Locusic is ‘like Pandora for local music’ (Video)
There are plenty of ways to discover new music, but for Jake Kerber, who struggles with Top 40 radio and finds joy in the sounds of his community, there wasn’t an option for local music. So Kerber started Locusic to help users find the beats in their own backyard. Locusic is one of seven entries…
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Milne, Seguin & Slobotski sound off on small-market growth companies
For regular readers of Silicon Prairie News, none of what’s discussed in the Aug. 19 Fox Business article “How to Become a Growth Company in a Small Market” is necessarily …
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Bee’s knees! What Cheer’s Bumble wins Twilio contest
On Tuesday, Twilio released the winners of its Twilio Client Developer Contest, and What Cheer’s Bumble took home one of the five winning titles. Bumble …