August 21, 2012

  • Prairie Moves: Visit a summer boot camp for student entrepreneurs

    Lead Read: “Students get a taste of the real world in business boot camp” – The Des Moines Register takes readers to Spirit Lake, Iowa to learn about the Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute (above). Quotable: “So it kinda pissed us off and made us more determined to say ‘screw them’ and go out and do it…

  • Omaha Creative Week seeks to spark creativity Aug. 31-Sept. 9

    Omaha Creative Week returns for a third year Aug. 31-Sept. 9 aiming to provide a creative spark for the Omaha community. Close to 30 events, or “Creative Sparks,” are on the schedule for Creative Week, which, per its website, “celebrates local innovation in culture, businesses, education and social services and those who create new ideas,…

  • Vote Dwolla, Front Flip, Leap2 or MyHomework for Mobile App of the Year

    Whether they were working to improve online payments, customer engagement, web browsing or homework tracking, the four startups represented in this Silicon Prairie Awards category all earned high marks for their efforts on the mobile front. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these four finalists will be crowned Mobile App…

  • Ames game developers see financial fortunes tumble as downloads soar

    Within four days, Mike Boxleiter and Greg Wohlwend saw their latest iPad game downloaded 200,000 times. Then they were forced to give up their homes. Boxleiter and Wohlwend form Ames-based Mikengreg Games Company. They put two years into the development of Gasketball, and even though the game has found popular success — it was in…

  • Startup-like mobile division helps CRi achieve continued growth

    Sue Thaden, the founder and president/CEO of Client Resources Inc. (CRi), describes her company as one invested in making an impact on anyone it encounters. “Our company, culturally, is all about helping people and companies ‘Get it great,’ ” Thaden said, echoing her company’s motto. “If you give first and you lead with service, you…