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iSelect Fund promotes venture investments for early-stage startups
St. Louis may not be a city of venture capitalists now, but one Missouri-based company hopes to soon increase startup investment throughout the Midwest. Co-founder Scott Levine describes the iSelect Fund as a “venture fund vehicle,” meaning the fund will serve as a go-between for hand-picked startups and accredited investors…
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Hooked on the idea of creating my own success
(Guest post by Jonathan Ruiz of e-Beacons) In 2009 I was 18 years old, and recently graduated from high school. In all honesty, I was an underachiever, and I’m sure my teachers would back that claim. When it came to my future the most thought I had given it was telling all my friends that…
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Tikly CEO among those honored at TAI’s Women of Innovation awards
Thursday evening two familiar faces in the Des Moines startup community were honored at the Technology Association of Iowa’s annual Women of Innovation awards. Jo Eckert—assistant executive director at the West Des Moines Business Incubator—and Tikly founder and CEO Emma Peterson both received awards …
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Ruby on Rails developer, product innovator and 27 more
Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region’s tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions are submitted by companies and gathered from public postings…
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KU social entrepreneurship panel streamed at 10:30 a.m. today
This morning, Silicon Prairie News CEO Regan Carrizales will moderate a panel on social entrepreneurship at the University of Kansas School of Business beginning at 10:30 a.m, which will be live streamed on the School’s site. The panel will consist of Jeremy Farmer, Lawrence city commissioner and chief executive of Douglas County food bank Just Food;…
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Applications for U of Iowa JPEC’s developer boot camp now open
Beginning in January, the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center will host an intensive, nine-week developer boot camp. The Dev/Iowa Bootcamp is designed to turn students into professional web developers through 50 hours of training per week, running from January 13, 2014, to March 14, 2014 …