January 2, 2014

  • As second birthday nears, Goodsmiths founder reflects on changes, growth

    Just months before its second birthday, the founders of Des Moines-based Goodsmiths are reflecting on their business’ growth and making some changes. As both the startup’s revenue and sales have been on the rise 15 of the last 21 months, the startup recently reduced its team to focus on marketing and attracting users to its…

  • Lincoln startup scene one of Journal Star’s biggest business stories of 2013

    The startup scene in Lincoln saw some major growth in 2013. So big that it was among the Lincoln Journal Star’s top business stories in 2013. The Journal Star said the growing support system for Lincoln’s startup community has helped accelerate the boom…

  • Startup Spaces: Looking back at the six featured startups of 2013

    Last year we launched Startup Spaces, a monthly series in partnership with turnstone that showcases the unique offices of companies across the Silicon Prairie. Its been a lot of fun to coordinate over the last six months, and we’ve affectionately come to describe this series as “MTV Cribs for the startup crowd.”  We asked our…