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AgLocal raises $1m led by Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAir EP
AgLocal has raised the first $1 million of a potentially larger seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAir Equity Partners, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones said in a phone interview Thursday. The seed round also involves a variety of angel investors based in Kansas City and in Silicon Valley. The Kansas City contingent includes AgLocal…
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ShareWhere hires two, turns focus to paid merchant accounts
ShareWhere founder Dylan Hamilton described the service as a puzzle where user and merchant pieces fit together, and with the addition of his first two employees, his team is coming together, too. With an overhaul of the ShareWhere system complete, Chelsea Waits and Rebecca VanDeCasteele were hired to recruit merchants to the service. ShareWhere is…
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TEDxDesMoines returns July 15 with Ben Milne on lineup
TEDxDesMoines is only a few weeks away, but tickets are still available to hear from entrepreneurs, artists, professors and dreamers. Ben Milne of Dwolla is one of the announced 10 speakers. This year’s theme is “The Space Between.” July 15 will mark the third time the event has come to Des Moines, and the first…
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Tools of the Trade: CardMunch keeps you connected
Spring has officially turned to summer and for me that finally means a chance to catch up on all that networking. After a busy spring of attending conferences like SXSW Interactive, Big Omaha and Blogworld NY the stack of business cards begins to pile up (below). In the haze of a conference you exchange lots…
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Web designer, project coordinator, programmers and 20 more
We’re excited to bring you our 108th Opportunities on The Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your position using our Job Board …
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Prairie Moves: ‘Software is eating the world – and will help to feed it’
Lead Read “Software Is Eating the World – And Will Help to Feed It” – Andreessen Horowitz partner John O’Farrell blogs about his firm’s investment in Solum, a Mountain View, Calif.-based ag-tech startup that has plans to open a lab in Ames, Iowa. Quotable: “Anyone on a social network can say, ‘Well I want a…