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Dwolla’s Series B: Three things it means for Des Moines (Part 2)
On Thursday, I offered three reasons why I believe Dwolla chose Fred Wilson’s Union Square Ventures to lead its Series B round, which was announced on Tuesday. In this post, I look at how the Des Moines startup community could be affected by Dwolla’s milestone. 1. They’ll continue to ‘Dwolla in DSM’ Dwolla co-founder Ben…
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Not a techie? Not a problem. Finding the ‘write’ fit at the Startup Job Crawl
(This is a guest post by Riane Menardi.) In early November, I had no idea that the Midwest had a startup presence — heck, I think I had to look up what exactly a “startup” was after I saw a tweet about the Startup Job Crawl. I was clueless, but intrigued about this four-hour, tech-industry…
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Library’s H&R Block Center quietly serves as resource for entrepreneurs
There’s a little-known secret tucked away on the third floor of the Kansas City Public Library’s downtown Central branch. It’s quiet, high-tech and full of resources for budding entrepreneurs. It’s the H&R Block Business & Career Center. Per the library’s website, the Block Center is dedicated to supporting successful entrepreneurs, in addition to helping patrons…
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Prairie Portrait: Nick Seguin of the Kauffman Foundation
Bio: Midwest guy whose obsessions include: startups, building teams, travel and storytelling. Curator of people, connector of dots. | Title: Partner at Dynamit, Manager of Entrepreneurship at Kauffman Foundation, Board of Directors at Startup Weekend | Age: 27 | Residence: A 747 somewhere, sometimes Kansas City, Mo. | Website: nickseguin.tumblr.com | Twitter: @nickseguin | Intro…
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Mobile media editor, .NET developer, sales executive and 32 more jobs
We’re excited to bring you our 90th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please contact Brittany Mascio …