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Prairie Moves: Quartz explores Dwolla-Square collaboration
Lead Read “Why the two hottest US startups in payments might collaborate to marginalize Visa and Mastercard” – Quartz lays out an argument for how a collaboration between Dwolla and Square could disrupt retail payment services. | Quotable “But overall, I can recommend PeggyBank.” – Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg puts his stamp of approval…
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Pitch and Grow events set for Des Moines, Cedar Falls this month
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) will host a pair of Pitch and Grow events this month, providing entrepreneurs a chance to compete for cash and prizes as they pitch business ideas to a supportive audience of industry experts. The first of those events, Pitch and Grow XI, will take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.…
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Code for America chooses Kansas City as partner in 2013 fellowship
Code For America today announced that Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan. have been selected as partner cities in its 2013 fellowship. The Code for America (CfA) application was a joint effort between the two cities, spearheaded by the offices of Sly James, the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., and Joe Reardon, the mayor…
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Fundraising tool Fundrunners wins Startup Weekend Columbia
Fundrunners, a website and mobile app that aims to help runners organize and fundraise for special causes and charities, won the second Startup Weekend Columbia on Sunday, beating out 21 other teams. Trackly, a real-time website monitoring app, took second. OneCDS, a decision support tool for clinicians, placed third. “It’s all about making it easy…