Weekly Recap: Des Moines is for hipsters, growth of KCSV & more

Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…

dmStartupDrinks October

A photo of the October dmStartupDrinks crowd taken via drone.

Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week.

SPN’s most-read stories from last week

  1. Powderhook’s Eric Dinger: How I balance my startup and my marriage” by Guest Contributor (10/13)
  2. 12 Silicon Prairians who won’t #GSD this afternoon, because #Royals, obvs” by Jordan Pascale (10/15)
  3. Leap.it wins $100K on Kansas City stop of Rise of the Rest tour” by Jordan Pascale (10/10)
  4. Mike Johnston marches to his own drum in the online education industry” by Kate Brousseau (10/10)
  5. The (toy) robot revolution is here, thanks to Modular Robotics” by Ryan McCready (10/10)

Iowa

  • The Technology Association of Iowa announced its Women of Innovation awards finalists this week, including ReAPP founder Blake Rupe and Entrepreneurial Technologies’Erin Rollenhagen. — Des Moines Register
  • The Iowa Startup Accelerator’s Launch Day is set for Nov. 6. Grab your free ticket now! — Iowa Startup Accelerator
  • Des Moines’ creative and tech community got some great national press through a series by the National Journal: “Do the Most Hipster Thing Possible—Move to Des Moines” — The National Journal
  • Students in Simpson College’s EMERGE program recently launched a new app called Snitch’n. — Google Play Store
  • Did you hit up dmStartupDrinks last week? Check out the photos. — Facebook

Kansas City

Nebraska

  • John Wirtz: Let’s build companies, not products. — KC Star
  • Opendorse now supports Instagram endorsements. — opendorse
  • Calling all students: CodeDay Omaha is just around the corner. Register now. — CodeDay

 

We love to hear what you’re up to! Read something interesting about entrepreneurship or startups in the Midwest? Send it our way for the weekyl recap to editor@siliconprairienews.com

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