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Present.io launches, aims to provide meeting rewind for ‘TiVo generation’
With Holiday TechBrew on Tuesday evening and the Dwolla Meetup on Thursday night, it’s safe to assume some in the Des Moines startup community slogged through early …
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Q&A: Ryan Bennett of LivThis on pivoting, Midwest vs. Valley
If you’re familiar with Amazon’s Wish List feature, which allows users to add practically any merchandise to their wish list from any website, LivThis built a similar software plugin that aims to provide online shoppers an alternative option for collecting online items all in one place. Kansas City native and LivThis founder Ryan Bennett moved…
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With 40 clients in college postseason, Hudl helps teams go bowling
Dude, let’s go bowling. That, it seems, is a common sentiment right now among Hudl’s partners in the college football ranks. Hudl, the Lincoln company that makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports coaches, published a blog post yesterday …
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With Nannagram, Fresk Interactive aims to keep grandma’s photos fresh
Stefan and Thomas Hansen can check grandma’s gift off their holiday shopping list. The brothers, who together make up Des Moines-based Fresk Interactive, took care of that with the launch of Nannagram, a digital “picture frame” application. With Nannagram, users can push photos via email and Facebook (and soon SMS) to a viewing device like…
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With focus on monetizing mobile for media, Kickanotch Mobile aims big
Beware, media outlets without monetizable mobile applications: chances are, Kickanotch Mobile has you in its crosshairs. Kickanotch, a Prairie Village, Kan.-based startup that makes native mobile applications …
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Senators introduce Startup Act, aim to boost new business growth (Video)
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) late last week introduced The Startup Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at jump-starting the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses.The act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs. Those five pro-growth principles are:…
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KC Star looks at Google Fiber from Mountain View vantage point
The Kansas City Star on Sunday took perhaps the most expansive look at Google Fiber in Kansas City that we’ve seen so far from any media outlet, and it did so from a different vantage point. Where most literature on the arrival of Google’s ultra high-speed netwrok in Kansas City has honed in on what…
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With local investing approach, Nelnet aims for a ‘better community’
For Lincoln-based Nelnet, investing in local startups is part business and part contributing to an “ecosystem” of strong startups and growing businesses in Nebraska. “If we can create a better environment in our community for startups, technology, whatever it is, that’s only going to benefit Nelnet,” said Ben Kiser, Nelnet’s managing director of communication services.…
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Despite changes to CrunchBase profile, Sojern not going anywhere
A recent change to Sojern’s corporate headquarters on its CrunchBase profile isn’t an indication of any larger changes, the company says. The profile was updated on Nov. 24 to show that Sojern, a travel marketing company that was founded in Omaha, is now headquartered in San Francisco. But in a phone conversation Friday, Susan Booth,…
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Kauffman Sketchbook explores where entrepreneurs get money (Video)
The folks at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation have released another of their signature animated sketchbook videos, and it’s one that will likely leave proponents of boot-strapping businesses nodding their heads in agreement. Paul Kedrosky, a senior fellow at the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation narrates the video, entitled “Money Game.” …