October 23, 2012

  • Prairie Portrait: Abby Goltz of Banno

    Silicon Prairie News: What were the biggest challenges you encountered last year moving from a job in the advertising industry to your current gig with Banno? | Abby Goltz: I would say the biggest challenge was just learning and working in a completely different niche. I went from proof reading disclaimers and pulling manufacturer incentives…

  • TAGG Fundraising launches looking to help nonprofits, local businesses

    Two Omaha entrepreneurs are out to change the face of fundraising with TAGG, a web-based tool they hope will drive donations by “connecting people’s passions to their pocketbook.” Holly Baker and Leslie Fischer founded TAGG (which stands for Together A Greater Good) with dual goals: Enable charitable causes to raise money more easily and help…

  • Prairie Moves: Dwolla adds feature to rival PayPal’s Mass Payment

    Lead Read: “With MassPay, Dwolla Takes On PayPal By Offering Lower Fees, Support For More Recipients” – TechCrunch on Monday reported on Dwolla’s MassPay, a feature that pits the Des Moines-based startup closer in competition with PayPal. | Quotable: “Finding the right startup to join is a lot like dating. It’s not always easy. It’s…

  • Student startup Expat Care looks to reduce loss of medical knowledge

    “It was just a great idea that had to happen,” Patrick Kwete, a University of Nebrsaka at Omaha bioinformatics student, said of his brainwave of January 2011. Expat Care, a software system designed to facilitate easier communication about treatment results between doctors across the globe, was incorporated last summer. While talking with doctors and med…

  • Shane Reiser to spotlight Startup Genome at Cornstalks Thursday

    Shane Reiser, an Omaha resident who recently started working for Des Moines-based startup Dwolla, will speak Thursday at Cornstalks, a monthly forum hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Reiser, who previously worked as director of marketing at Kohort and before that served as COO of Startup Weekend,…