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At BIZ luncheon, Fastpath president talks keys to remote sales (Video)
Fastpath Solutions caters to nearly 600 clients in more than 30 countries on six continents. And the Urbandale-based company, which makes auditing compliance software, does so while seldom leaving the comfort of its central Iowa home. “We don’t ever see our customers,” Fastpath president Andy Snook said. “We don’t see clients unless we’re drinking beer…
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Aaron Sloup discusses leaving Cerner to go full time with Lantern
Aaron Sloup, entrepreneur and co-founder of KC Hub, recently announced that he has left his job with Cerner to go full time with his startup Lantern, which makes an app designed to help consumers find deals. Of the six people currently working on Lantern, Sloup is the first to pursue the project on a full-time…
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‘Humongous education problem’ fuels Skillshare founder (Video)
The entrepreneurial story Michael Karnjanaprakorn shared May 11 at Big Omaha 2012 was one that grew out of disenchantment with the status quo in education. Karnjanaprakorn’s frustration with education took root when he was in college and came to the conclusion that he’d been duped. College had always been portrayed to him as a place…
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Q&A: BitRouter founder reflects on Iowa, recessions and big lessons
Gopal Miglani, the founder and president of BitRouter, spoke Monday for a lunch and learn at StartupCity Des Moines. He started his first company in 1997 and today heads up BitRouter, a provider of software for digital TV platforms that has its headquarters in San Diego and its engineering office in West Des Moines. “At…
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Inaugural Wire Me Awake conference coming to South Dakota in October
You really can never get enough inspiration and motivation by networking and hanging out with creative individuals and expert speakers, can you? The Midwest has another event to add to its list with the emergence …