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Prairie Portrait: Blake Miller of Think Big Partners
Bio: Partner at Think Big Partners working directly with portfolio and client companies on innovation and company creation | Title: Partner, Think Big Partners | Age: 27 | City: Kansas City, Mo. | Silicon Prairie News: Your started a web design company at 14. What lessons about entrepreneurship did you learn then that still come…
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Startup Missouri is go for launch, will join in busy day on Jan. 31
The Show-Me State is joining some of its Silicon Prairie neighbors in launching a statewide effort later this month in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership. …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with Emma Peterson, Sam DuRegger and Michael Stacy
Join us at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Episode 70 of PrairieCast with guests Sam DuRegger of Dwolla, Emma Peterson of Tikly and our own Silicon Prairie News editor, Michael Stacy. We’ll talk about new events announced here in Iowa, a big milestone for Bloom.com, former Big Omaha speaker Sarah Lacy’s new venture and more. Did…
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SmartyPig tabs new president, prepaid card veteran Scott McCormack
SmartyPig, an online social savings platform based in Des Moines, announced today the appointment of a new president, Scott McCormack (left), a former vice president of First National Bank and most recently a director of a prepaid card programs company. McCormack, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, took on the role at SmartyPig in November,…
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Gigabit Challenge to culminate in daylong event Wednesday
The finalists are in place. The speakers are set. The judges are, too. Now, about all that remains is a good, old-fashioned business pitch session. The Gigabit Challenge, a business plan competition hosted by Think Big Partners to mark the arrival of Google’s …
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Events: SPN Meetup, AIM Speakers Series, DeMo and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…