Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News. To submit an item for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com or use the form below.
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 not always well-groomed. And, in some cases, it’s downright odd.” – Kaylee Williams of VolunteerLocal shared tips to land the right job with a startup. – Des Moines Register
Fundings
- Angel Capital Group of Kansas City, Kan. closed a round of funding with Matchpoint Careers, a New York-based startup described as a “Match.com for the human resources industry” – Press Release
Product & Business Updates
- Dwolla rolled out MassPay, a feature that allows a user to pay up to 2,000 people at once – MassPay, Dwolla blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Des Moines Register, The Next Web and BetaKit
- Torsion Mobile released Mojaba 1.13, an update it calls “a big one” – Torsion Mobile
Mentions
- Tikly – Tikly’s Peterson speaks at tech conference, says company ‘moving and shaking’ – Des Moines Register
- Scuffn – Tech Spotlight: Music made by motions – Des Moines Register
- Divshot – Hacking Hacker News – Technorati
- SketchCamp Des Moines – BitMethod designer hosts camp today on age-old technique of sketching – Des Moines Register
Recognition
- University of Missouri-Kansas City named Evan Kirsch of Folioboy “Student Entrepreneur of the Year” at its Entrepreneur of Year Awards
- Technology Association of Iowa released its 2012 Women of Innovation finalists
- Corridor Business Journal named Josh Cramer of Cramer Dev and Sheila Samuelson of Busy Coworking to its “Forty under 40” list
- MIT Technology Review named Des Moines native Ben Silbermann of Pinterest to its “35 Innovators Under 35” list
Blogged
- Williams: Romance, drinks and startups – Kaylee Williams
- The Startup Revolution Starts With You – Lesa Mitchell
- After the Introduction, How to Network Successfully. – Mike Colwell
- Tripleseat from Soup to Nuts – Jono Morris
- We are 1 – Grain & Mortar
- Dear Grain & Mortar – Eric Downs
Misc.
- Elite Form is now being used by Kansas University Strength & Conditioning – Kansas University Strength & Conditioning on YouTube
- Stackify will pitch Thursday at Startup Connection’s Fall Showcase in St. Louis – Press Release
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