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Prairie Moves: Miranda Smith, QRinkle, Bitmethod and more
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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…
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Big Omaha 2012 tickets on sale at 11 a.m., new ‘season pass’ available
On Wednesday at 11 a.m., Big Omaha 2012 tickets go on sale! We couldn’t be more exited to continue inspiring, educating and celebrating innovation and entrepreneurship through what’s already the fourth year of the event. Big Omaha 2012 will kick off the evening of May 9 and conclude the night of May 11. We are…
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Tech innovation helps Sporting Kansas City earn more recognition
The parade of praise from high-profile publications continues for Sporting Kansas City, Livestrong Sporting Park and Sporting Innovations. Kansas City’s Major League Soccer franchise and the team’s high-tech home stadium and tech-centric spin-off all have received recognition recently in the national media, and it seems to stem in part from the …
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Silicon Prairie Map now features year founded, descriptions and Twitter
Since our post about the Silicon Prairie News map in October, we’ve been working hard and dreaming big about its potential. Beyond being a resource for startups in the region to discover new startups, we’ve updated each pin to include more information, such as office address (when available), a short description, year founded and Twitter…
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Sam Schill and John Jackovin
Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 78 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests Sam Schill of Shoplr and the Sigler Companies (far left) and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte (near left). Discussion topics will include the big takeaways from South by Southwest Interactive and …
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BIZ Insights: Sales processes for emerging enterprises (Video)
Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines, led by Mike Colwell, holds an educational luncheon for entrepreneurs in Central Iowa. Titled “Business Insights and Networking Luncheon Series,” each event features a speaker from the Des Moines community with either expertise or thought leadership in an area that’s applicable to people working on building high growth and…
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BettrLife unveils food-focused app designed to promote wellness
BettrLife on Monday officially introduced its new health and wellness application to the world. The app, produced by a team based in Clive, Iowa, promotes wellness by focusing on what people put into their body. It aims to help users with tasks like grocery shopping, meal planning, meal logging and fitness, and its public beta…
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Roundup of the Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012
With South by Southwest Interactive one week behind us, we’ve compiled links to articles, blog posts, tweets, photos, audio and video that cover or mention Silicon Prairie-based entrepreneurs and startups that took part in the event. During the five-day festival in Austin, Texas, a number of individuals from the Silicon Prairie participated on panels, competed…