February 3, 2012

  • Prairie Moves: Jim Duval, Matthew Kirk, HelloQR and more

    Published Tuesday and Thursday (one day 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. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…

  • Meet AgLocal, the online market for local meat picked to pitch at SXSW

    With South By Southwest Interactive and the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator on the horizon, a Silicon Prairie standard bearer has emerged. It was announced on Monday that AgLocal, a startup based in Overland Park, Kan., was chosen from more than 670 companies as one of the 48 that will participate in the Accelerator on March…

  • Startup studies: Steve Blank offering free online course in February

    Under usual circumstances, taking a class through Stanford University from a professor who is one of the top 10 “Influencers of Silicon Valley” would first involve getting accepted into the university, finding a way to get there and lastly, paying a high tuition or per class fee. Thanks to Coursera, an online learning startup founded…

  • iOS Engineer, associate, UI designer, marketing director, intern and more

    We’re excited to bring you our 89th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please contact Brittany Mascio …

  • Prairie Portrait: Andrew Wirick of GoodTwin

    Bio: Aspiring well funder. Penn State Alumni. Front-end web dev., amateur investor, home brewer and newly minted triathlete. | Title: Partner and Brewmaster at GoodTwin Inc. | Age: 29 | City: Omaha, Neb. | Website: andrewwirick.com | Twitter: @amwirick | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andrewwirick | Intro music: “Saeed” by Infected Mushroom | Silicon Prairie News: Adam Nielsen,…

  • Tej Dhawan reflects on the inaugural Iowa Startup Fair (Video)

    As we reported in a story published Thursday, more than 400 people attended Iowa’s first Startup Fair, held Wednesday evening in six venues across the state. Designed to create valuable connections between the startup and broader business communities, the free event included exhibits from more than 100 …

  • Business Record unveils Forty Under 40, includes Ben Milne, Geoff Wood

    The Des Moines Business Record on Thursday announced its 13th annual Forty Under 40 list, which recognizes 40 central Iowa business leaders under the age of …