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PrairieCast with Sam DuRegger, Tej Dhawan and Drew Larson (Video)
Not one, not two, but three guests on this week’s PrairieCast. When he heard that the “stop online piracy act” (SOPA) was on our discussion list for the week, BrownWinick’s Drew Larson couldn’t wait to drop his knowledge of the subject on our audience. Actually, that’s not true. After learning that Larson was planning a…
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NatGeoTV features Omaha casino security software (Video)
Next time you visit a casino remember this: they’re watching, they’re watching very closely, and now, thanks to software from an Omaha company, 21CSi, they’re analyzing data about players in real-time – betting histories, street addresses, relationships to casino employees, it’s all in their system. National Geographic Channel’s Casino Wars …
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With ‘technology like eHarmony,’ CoolProducts hopes to help gift givers
If you think CoolProducts.com sounds similar to other ecommerce sites you’ve seen, Tony Schmidt suggests you to think again. Schmidt, the CEO of Lawrence, Kan.-based CoolProducts, is very clear about what he believes distinguishes his website from the competition. “We do not analyze your click stream to provide ‘people like you bought …
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Prairie Moves: Sam Wilken, Local Hero Design, Locusic and more
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, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Sam DuRegger and Tej Dhawan
Join us at 2 p.m. today for Episode 64 of PrairieCast streaming live from our offices in downtown Des Moines. Our in-studio guests are Sam DuRegger (far left) of Charming Beard Productions and Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines (photos by Anna Jones/Ikonix via flickr.com). Discussion topics include what’s next for Silicon Sixth, this…
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A sit-down with Downs: Proxibid president on ecommerce, balance, growth
When Ryan Downs came on board as president of Proxibid in August 2010, Downs, an Omaha native and veteran of eBay and PayPal, expressed considerable excitement over his new gig. “This is a really rare opportunity to be involved in a disruptive Web company that’s growing like crazy, that is relentlessly focused on the customer,…
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Archrival founders to speak at Capital Insights on Wednesday
Capital Insights, an event produced by the Lincoln Young Professionals Group which aims to bring local innovators together, will feature an interview with Archrival at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the North Loft at the Apothecary …