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Aiming to teach kids code, CoderDojo returns Saturday to Des Moines
Plenty of parents want their kids to grow up to be doctors and lawyers, but what about programmers and developers? CoderDojo Des Moines is ready to train the next generation of techies, from middle school on up. CoderDojo started in Ireland and is popular in Europe, but Des Moines and Iowa City are among the…
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InvenQuery powers the ‘Amazon.com for reclaimed building materials’
PlanetReuse recently gained national media attention for its plan to encourage the reuse of building materials, but InvenQuery, the technology that powers it, is just beginning to grow. The two Kansas City, Mo. companies share the same leadership team of Nathan Benjamin and Willow Lundgren. Benjamin has been building PlanetReuse for four years, and the…
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Party on The Prairie from 7-9 p.m. at the SPN Pizza Meetup
If you’re hungry for some socialization with the startup scene and a slice of The Prairie’s finest pizza, make sure to join us from 7-9 p.m. at the The Pizza Shoppe Collective in Omaha. For this Silicon Prairie News meetup, we’ll embrace the nostalgia that comes along with the mention of a traditional pizza party…
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Prairie Portrait: Bill Hipsher of USstoragesearch.com
Silicon Prairie News: At last check, USstoragesearch.com had a couple of new products in the works. What’s the latest with those? | Bill Hipsher: Our development team, led by Brandon Taylor, has been pushing hard and will meet a Sept. 1 deadline for our most exciting new product, which will be launched at the major…