March 15, 2012

  • So… much… Madness! Prairie companies get in on tourney fun

    The start of the NCAA Basketball Tournament means a two-day epidemic of anemic workplace productivity. Across the U.S. today and Friday, water cooler conversations will linger longer than normal and browser windows will mysteriously disappear when bosses approach. But a handful of Silicon Prairie companies are readily embracing the Madness of March, seizing …

  • Prairie Moves: Syncbak, Sojern, SocialVolt and more

    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 you have suggestions on…

  • SXSnippets: Dwolla’s Lampe learns the allure of ‘lasers, wine and geeks’

    1:15 a.m. – Walk in late, drenched with rain, to Gary Vaynerchuck’s Secret Wine Party from Matthew Rosenberg’s Fast Society/Cameo house party. Lasers, wine and geeks make for an amazingly awesome combination. | 9:30 a.m. – Christina Aguilera apparently looks …

  • Five Elms Capital seeks fastest-growing companies for Flyover 50

    Five Elms Capital today announced the launch of the inaugural Flyover 50, an effort to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. “The middle of the country has ridiculously been viewed as a flyover zone,” Fred Coulson, managing partner of Five Elms Capital, said in a release. “We think the Flyover…