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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.
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Lead Read
“Hacking It: Michael Gelphman assembles an app-building crew this weekend” – Profile on Kansas City IT Professionals founder who left his day job in February to pursue growing the 8,500-member organization.
Quotable
“So here’s a prediction: long before the Berkshire Hathaway warrants expire, many of the papers Buffett has invested in will have reduced both print days and their newsroom staff, and journalists will be writing the “What went wrong with the Media General deal?” story.” – Clay Shirky on Warren Buffett’s recent newspaper purchase – Clay Shirky blog
Fundings
- EyeVerify closed a $1.4 million seed round – VentureBeat, Kansas City Business Journal, SPN
- Nitride Solutions was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of nearly $150,000 to commercialize its manufacturing technology – Press Release and Kansas City Star
Career Moves
- Ashley McMillan joined the Partnership for Technology Innovation as executive director – partnership4techinnovation.org
- John Jackovin, formerly with BettrLife, began working full-time on Bawte – twitter.com/jackovin
- Brett Neese joined DomiKnow as a developer/copywriter intern
New Tech
- iapps24 releases Pro-Share 2.4, an app that allows user to share their mobile photos and videos on social media sites – Press Release and Promo Video
New Creative
- Cognovant redesigned its website – cognovant.com
- Phenomblue created a Microsoft Surface app The Ohio State University Alumni Association – Phenomblue blog
Product & Business Development
- Hudl rolled out a batch of updates – Hudl blog
- Lava Row moved into the Midland Building on “Silicon Sixth” – Lava Row blog
- StorageFront launched a mobile-friendly version of its website – Press Release
Mentions
- Michael Gelphman of Kansas City IT Professionals – Hacking It: Michael Gelphman assembles an app-building crew this weekend – The Pitch
- Dwolla – How Dwolla has made me over $500 in 6 months – Location 180
- Hurrdat Social Media – Hurrdat Social Media, Small Startup with a Big Voice – Downtown Lincoln Association
- Matt Watson – Ex-VinSolutions exec pours sale proceeds into Stackify, other tech startups – Kansas City Business Journal
- Cognovant – PocketHealth Raises the Bar for mPHRs – Smart Phone Health Care
- Jorunn Musil of Flying Hippo Technologies – Get to Know: A well-decorated Web designer, Jorunn Musil, 24 – Des Moines Register
- Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines – Startup America Update – Startup Iowa’s Christian Renaud – StartoTV
- Nick Seguin, formerly of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation – Dynamit growth calls partner back from Kauffman Foundation post – Columbus Business First
Recognition
- Tikly and MindMixer were part of Business on Main’s “5 Startups to Watch” list
- LockPath‘s Keylight Platform v2.3 recieved a five-star review from SC Magazine
Blogged
- Account Aggregation is Power – Wade Arnold
- How the PocketHealth App Keeps Data Private – Cognovant
- Journeys – Jack Perry
- Hudl Up Tour: By the Numbers – Hudl
- An Ultimate Guide to the Little Things – Brent Beshore
- Why I Write One Sentence Emails On My iPhone – Daniel Shipton
Misc.
- Epic Adventure Level 1 Review – Adobe Days In San Francisco – Thomas Frank
- eGovernment firm NIC makes Forbes’ fastest-growing tech companies list – Kansas City Business Journal
- Warren Buffett’s Newspaper Purchase – Clay Shirky
- Why Clay Shirky is right and Warren Buffett is wrong – GigaOm
Credits: Screenshot from pitch.com
