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Zaarly and Dwolla win Ad Age’s Digital West Brand Hacks
Two Silicon Prairie startups have emerged from a field of 12 today taking home top prize in Ad Age’s Digital West Brand Hacks competition. Thanks to a tip from Jordan Lampe of Dwolla, we’ve learned Zaarly, a startup based in San Francisco with offices in Kansas City, took the “Social Hack” portion and Dwolla, a…
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New T8 Webware app aims to help consumers get a ‘Grip’ on finances
T8 Webware today introduced a new product designed to give consumers a better understanding — or grip, as it were — of their personal financial picture. Grip, unveiled at FinovateFall 2011, is an app that aggregates a consumers’ balance and transaction data from an unlimited number of domestic financial institutions into a single …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Brian Hemesath
Join us live at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 56 of PrairieCast with guest Brian Hemesath. Hemesath, a serial entrepreneur currently working on Catchwind, VolunteerLocal and NotifyWorks, will preview his presentation for tomorrow’s BIZ Networking Lunchoen on boostrapping his startups. He’ll also discuss the news of the week including Startup Weekend Omaha, Tom Chapman’s “Stack…
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Portals premiering at KANEKO Oct. 5-6, call for social media enthusiasts
After an April visit for production and one performance, acclaimed violinest Tim Fain is returning to KANEKO in two weeks for the world premiere tour of Portals, a collaboration merging live performance …
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ShareWhere provides location-based planning power, savings
There are plenty of geolocation features on social networks, but Dylan Hamilton …
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Win tickets to see Handmark founder speak at KC Next event tonight
Join the Kansas City entrepreneurial community for KC Next’s second to last Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program of 2011. The event, which starts at 5:30 this evening at Polsinelli Shughart PC (700 W. 47th St, Ste 1000), will feature Augie Grasis of Handmark who will speak on “Living on the Bleeding Edge of Technology Without Bleeding…
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Prairie Moves: jTube, Shane Farritor, Levi Rosol and more
What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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,…