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Prairie Moves: Fast Company “pins” portrait of Ben Silbermann, Pinterest
Lead Read: “Can Ben Silbermann Turn Pinterest Into The World’s Greatest Shopfront?” – Iowa native Ben Silbermann gives Fast Company (above) a rare look inside his startup’s growth and pre-revenue phase status. Quotable: “Am I being good to those in my life? Startups are hard. They take commitment, from me and my family.” – BitMethod’s…
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Divshot lands in Los Angeles for Launchpad accelerator
Just two weeks after their August acceptance into Santa Monica, Calif.-based accelerator Launchpad LA, the co-founders of Divshot moved to the Golden State. “It was pretty crazy,” Divshot co-founder Jake Johnson said of the series of events that led the company, formerly based in Kansas City, Mo., to the startup accelerator founded by Mark Suster.…
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Red Nova Labs, Sprint to host pitch event Friday
Sprint is teaming up with Red Nova Labs for this month’s installment of Venture Fridays, part of an effort by the Overland Park, Kan.-based telecommunications giant to connect with some of Kansas City’s budding tech companies. Venture Fridays, Red Nova Labs’ monthly entrepreneurial get-together, will take place from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Winter Garden…
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Sharks set to bite into eCreamery Friday on ABC’s “Shark Tank”
On Friday, you can watch Omaha-based eCreamery founders Becky App and Abby Jordan jump into the Shark Tank. That is, the Emmy-nominated ABC show “Shark Tank,” which features entrepreneurs from across the country pitching their ideas to a panel of potential investors, also known as “the sharks.” App and Jordan traveled to Los Angeles in…
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The best outcomes of Thinc Iowa are the unexpected ones
It’s hard to believe, but we’re just three weeks out from our second annual Thinc Iowa conference. Our team is heads down, working hard to execute the small details that go into putting on our Silicon Prairie Series events. We do our best to make sure everything fits into the overall experience: from the parties…
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First Tech Crawl showcases Lincoln startup scene
Though Fuse Coworking isn’t scheduled to open until Nov. 1, the new Lincoln coworking space rushed part of its clean up and renovation in order to be a stop on the city’s inaugural Tech Crawl on Thursday. “This is exactly what the essence of Fuse Coworking is about,” Fuse co-founder Matt Westenburg said. “It’s about…