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On verge of new platform launch, Gift Card Impressions announces funding
Gift Card Impressions, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company that makes personalization solutions for the gift card industry, on Monday announced it has secured an undisclosed amount of capital investment and formed a board of directors. Both steps are aimed at accelerating the company’s plans for growth, which include the impending launch of a new online…
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Prairie Portrait: Brandon Ruschill of Goodsmiths
Silicon Prairie News: What current project or undertaking at Goodsmiths excites you the most, and why? | Brandon Ruschill: Honestly (and this is what makes me a terrible interviewee), everything. I love to hear about what people want and then build it, or what people think is terrible and then fix it. If I did…
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Cognovant raises $500k, nears release of first product, PocketHealth
Cognovant, a Kansas City, Mo.-based startup that specializes in personal health record technology for mobile devices, announced today that it has closed a $500,000 seed round. That capital will help fund Cognovant’s first product, a mobile application called PocketHealth. PocketHealth is a personal health record designed to capture data that allows users to manage their…
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Big Omaha begins May 9 with a party presented by Kauffman Foundation
We’re kicking off Big Omaha 2012 with the biggest welcoming bash we’ve ever had. Open to the public, the party begins at 8 p.m. at The Slowdown, a rock club and bar located in Omaha’s emerging North Downtown district, on Wednesday, May 9. Attendees, this is the first time you’ll meet one another and have…
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Prairie Moves: Riane Menardi, Eric Heikes, Grant Awes 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…