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What is Prairie Moves?
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days late this week), 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.
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Career Moves
- Riane Menardi joined Torsion Mobile (Des Moines) leading Partner Support – torsionmobile.com
- Ellen Wilde joined SecretPenguin (Omaha) – secretpenguin.com
New Creative
- 8/7 Central (Des Moines) launched a new site for Crown Cleaners – crown-cleaners.com
Product/Business Development
- Dwolla (Des Moines) rolled out Instant, an opt-in feature that gives users immediate access to cash, on its website (coming to mobile app in coming week) – Dwolla announcement, TMG Press Release, SPN, Des Moines Register, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Forbes, GigaOm My Bank Tracker, AllThingsD, TechCocktail, Mashable, Ecommerce Bytes, Payments Source and American Public Media’s Marketplace (Second Marketplace piece)
- Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) rolled out “free lead-generation tools for small business” – Press Release
- DocLanding (Omaha) announced the ability to email files to its service – DocLanding announcement
- Goodsmiths (Des Moines), formerly branded Craftly, launched its splash page with the tagline “marketplace for makers – Goodsmiths announcement and goodsmith.com
- StartupCity Des Moines had its ribbon cutting ceremony / StartupIowa launched – StartupCity blog, Des Moines Register and photos by Anna Jones | Art of Photography
Mentions
- Hudl (Lincoln) – Wired: “For NFL Teams, iPad Is Valuable Playbook“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) – Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: “One Man’s Quest To Disrupt The Payment Industry From Iowa – With Ben Milne of Dwolla” and Meetup coverage – Des Moines Register: “Dwolla leaders get rock star following on tech scene“, Juice: “Dwolla Meetup” and Anna Jones | Art of Photography: “Dwolla Meetup!” and “Dwolla Meetup! Take II“
- Infegy (Kansas City) – Enterprise Apps Today: “Top Business Analytics Startups of 2011“
- StartupCity Des Moines and StartupIowa – Des Moines Register: “Basu: These incubators nurture baby businesses“
- eCreamery (Omaha) – Glamour: “Holiday Gift Guide: Tracey Lomrantz Picks Affordable Luxuries For Everyone On Your List!“
- Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) – Kelsey Group’s Local Media Watch: “ILM West: Closing the Loop” and prTini: “Case Study: Combining Traditional & Digital PR to Increase“
- Bo Fishback of Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) – Business Insider: “How to have it all: Advice From 10 Rockstar Startup Executives Who Are Parents“
- Twittad (Des Moines) – Under 30 CEO: “Top 5 Trademark Disputes of 2011“
Blogged
- DocLanding (Omaha): “Box.net’s New iPhone App — How DocLanding Stacks Up“
- Drone Journalism Lab at University of Nebraska-Lincoln: “Matt Waite on Drone Journalism at the UNL CoJMC” (Video)
- Hudl (Lincoln, Neb.): “Hudl Partners Enter Bowl Season“
- Dwolla (Des Moines): “Open Letter to Louis CK…” and “Thank you, from our entire team“
- Ben Milne of Dwolla (Des Moines): “The Road To Relevance“
- Kansas City Area Development Council: “FastKC | KCADC AM11 | Sizzle Piece“
- Nebraska Angels (Lincoln, Neb.): “Meet the Angels: Pete Ricketts“
Misc.
- AIM Institute (Omaha) announced its 2012 Speaker Series – Press Release
- Nebraska Global (Lincoln) pledged to expand its employee volunteer work as part of A Billion + Change and lead a state-wide challenge to recruit 100 Nebraskan businesses to join the campaign to advance the movement of corporate volunteerism and service – A Billion + Change newsletter
- Big Think: “Why Iowa is No Longer Flyover Territory“
- Shaul Jolles of OfficePort (Kansas City) and August Grasis III of Handmark (Kansas City) received “Urban Heroes” awards from Downtown KC – Urban Heroes and OfficePort blog
- What Cheer (Omaha) is participating in Open Door Mission’s Winter Weather Warm-up Drive – opendoor.whatcheer.com