What is Prairie Moves?
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 you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com.
New Tech
- CrimeView NEARme (Lincoln, Neb.), a new University of Nebraska–Lincoln technology, provides location-based crime data to police – SPN, Nebraska Entrepreneur and KLKN TV
New Creative
- Handmark (Kansas City) redesigned its website, changing its UI and updating promotional capabilities – handmark.com
- Bozell (Omaha) launched an online campaign for Westlake Harware – Nebraska Creative
Product/Business Development and Milestones
- Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) launched version 2.0 of its app, releasing a new reputation system – TechCrunch, Venture Beat and Press Release
- doodle cloud (Des Moines), the recent Startup Weekend Des Moines winner, launched a Kickstarter campaign for $12,000 – kickstarter.com, SPN and Des Moines Register
- NotifyWorks announced that financial advisors are now using its platform along with lawyers – NotifyWorks blog
Mentions
- The Foundary by Hayneedle (Omaha) – Mashable: “4 Ways To Make Your Ecommerce Site More Visually Appealing“
- Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines – Nebraska Entrepreneur: “2012 Summit Speakers Address Young Entrepreneurs“
- U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (Kan.) – Techdirt: “Senator Moran Chats With Techdirt About SOPA, Innovation And The Importance Of An Open Internet“
- Ben Lueders of Eleven19 (Omaha) – Illustrate Omaha: “Designer Spotlight: Ben Lueders“
- Hurrdat Social Media (Lincoln, Neb.) – The Big Plate: “Case Studies: Hurrdat Social Media“
- SmatyPig by Social Money Systems (Des Moines) – Forbes: “8 Ways the iPad Can Help You Earn and Save Money“
- Tej Dhawan of StartupCity Des Moines – Des Moines Business Record: “A Closer Look – Tej Dhawan“
- Beka Doolittle of ThePinkStore.com – Omaha World-Herald: “From pink slip to Pink Store“
SXSW
- RecBob: “RecBob Does SXSW” (Video)
- Dwolla: “#SXSW – What are we releasing?“
- Think Big Partners: “Blogging from the Bus: Day 1 of StartupBus” and “Blogging from the Bus: Day 2 of StartupBus“
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- Techmeme: “Alyson Raletz / Kansas City Business Journal: Missouri approves Google’s request to set up video services in Kansas City“
- Ars Technica: “The five technologies that will transform homes of the future“
- FiberKC.biz: “Can Google’s New Patent for the Fiber Project Spark SMB Entrepreneurship?“
Recognition
- Ben Milne of Dwolla (Des Moines) – American Express Open Forum: “Top 10 Entrepreneurs Under 30“
Blogged
- Real Estate Fan Pages (Des Moines): “Real Estate Fan Pages Beta” (Video)
- 87central (Des Moines): “Our Secrets Thus Far“
- StartupCity Des Moines: “Media Matters: Reporters Share Trade Secrets“
Misc.
- Des Moines Register: “House approves bill creating Iowa ‘Start-a-Business Month’ giving breaks on business-incorporation fees“
- Think Big Partners and Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce have chosen “IgniteKC” as the winner of the naming contest for the 2012 Kansas City conference on innovation and entrepreneurship – Press Release and SPN
Credits: Photo by David DeHetre via Flickr