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Silicon Prairie dominates The Street’s list of cities to start a business
Financial and business news website The Street on Tuesday named Des Moines, Kansas City and Omaha as three of its six recommended cities to start a business in the U.S. Updated from the original article in August—adding three cities, including Des Moines—it suggests that it’s …
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Goodsmiths rolls out paid plans, promoted items
Ecommerce startup Goodsmiths today introduced paid plans. When the “marketplace for makers” launched last April, co-founder Levi Rosol said one of the site’s advantages over its better-known competitor, Etsy, was its pricing structure—it didn’t charge a listing fee and it took …
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Coworking space Innovation Cafe to move downtown April 1
Innovation Cafe will take its coworking office space and existing members downtown April 1 to 111 W. 10th Street after about two years in the Crossroads. The 13,000 square feet of usable space is a large step up from the previous location’s 5,500 square feet, which is the biggest reason behind the move, Innovation Cafe…
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CandyCam’s robotics confection puts controls in videographers’ hands
If you’ve ever watched a football game on TV, you may have noticed the over-the-field shots—the ones that look as if the camera is flying above the play. Those angles aren’t coming from the sidelines or stands. To get those shots, the camera has been suspended in air by Kevlar wire. Now, imagine putting that…
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“Silicon Prairie” film available today; Dwolla to host screening at 6 p.m.
“Silicon Prairie: America’s New Internet Economy,” a short documentary that stresses the importance of the Open Internet by telling the stories of startups in the middle of America, is now available on the film’s website. “Pay what you want, from $0 up,” the site states, encouraging donations to the film that began as crowd-funded project.…