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Tech, culture to take center stage at The Forum on Thursday and Friday
Two days dedicated to refining and directing “new and unforeseen ideas, experiences and collaborations” are on tap this week in Kansas City, Mo. The Forum, a tech and culture conference held in conjunction with the music-focused Middle of the Map Fest, will run from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at OfficePort (a coworking facility…
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Hallmark Cards acquires online video startup SpiritClips
Hallmark Cards, a household name in the greeting card industry and one of the region’s most established companies, is turning to a startup to help beef up its digital presence. …
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SPN catches up with Scott Case and the AgLocal team (Video)
Nevermind that he was busy participating in one panel and moderating another last month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Jeff Slobotski, SPN’s co-founder and chief community officer, still found time to put on his reporter’s hat and go to work. In the midst of a whirlwind few days in Austin, he caught…
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Thursday KANEKO speaker to tear down myths about creativity
On Thursday, KANEKO will present a speaker whose bio boasts a computer science degree from MIT and a two-year stint as video game designer at Atari. Keith Sawyer, Ph. D., now a a professor of psychology, education, and business at Washington University in St. Louis, will deliver a presentation based off his latest book …
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More than 20 startups to join Des Moines Job Crawl on Wednesday
Close to 100 students from universities all across Iowa have already registered for the Startup Job Crawl in Des Moines, the second round for the city. The event that brings together startups and students gets underway at 5 p.m. Wednesday at StartupCity Des Moines (317 6th Ave., 5th floor). In typical pub crawl form, students…
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Events: [L5] Pint Night, Startup Job Crawl and Design+Tech
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…