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Bunchball founder comes to Des Moines for gamification social
DES MOINES—Bunchball may be headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., but six members of its team call central Iowa home. Now the company’s founder and Chief Product Officer Rajat Paharia is headed to Des Moines to share why harnessing the power of gamification can be valuable to companies, big or small.
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The artist installations are back in force at Big Kansas City, robots and all
Kansas City, atmosphere is everything. The obvious example would be that it is held in a decades-old airplane hangar. Beyond the venue, a key piece of providing attendees with a unique environment is the art that come from local artists. The discovery and interaction of art installations are a vital piece of the encouragement and…
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How many on the Prairie use Bitcoin? One man tries to deduce the answer
(Guest post by Edward Weniger) During an informational seminar we recently hosted, an attendee posed the question “How many people are involved in bitcoin in the state of Nebraska?”
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Social Money teams up with TMG to offer prepaid card options
DES MOINES—It’s been a busy week for Social Money. Earlier this week, the financial services technology company announced CoreSaver, an end-to-end digital banking solution for credit unions and community banks. Now the West Des Moines-based company has announced a partnership with The Members Group (TMG), a Des Moines-based financial services company that provides payments processing…
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Fourth-annual Columbia Startup Weekend returns this week
Columbia’s fourth-annual Startup Weekend is about to kick off. The opening party will be at Quinton’s Bar and Grill on Thursday, October 2, and the event takes place Friday through Sunday at the Museao Building. Following standard Startup Weekend protocol, this weekend-long event aims to spark entrepreneurial engagement among students, designers, developers, business professionals and…
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Coders aim to make public data useful at first Hack Lincoln weekend
LINCOLN— Lincolnites with an eye toward making public data more useful will get a chance to work with a number of state and local data sets in October. Open Nebraska, a “civic hacking” group, is hosting its first weekend hackathon in Lincoln Oct. 17-19. Hack Lincoln begins Friday at 6 p.m. and continues through Sunday…
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Second annual MECA Challenge kicks off Thursday with 40 students
KANSAS CITY—The second annual MECA Challenge kicks off Thursday with roughly 40 high school and college students headed to the Kansas City Startup Village to help solve real world business problems for local companies.