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Prairie Moves: Cramer Development, What Cheer, Hollrback & More
Published every Tuesday (two days late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please…
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Announcing Thinc Iowa, October 20-21, Des Moines
Since becoming a part of the Silicon Prairie News team nearly two years ago, and immersing myself in the entrepreneurial and business community of Iowa, I couldn’t be more excited to make this announcement today. Coming this October, we will be holding the inaugural Thinc Iowa event in Des Moines, a conference on the common…
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CQM Systems wins TAI’s Pitch and Grow III (Photos)
Coralville-based CQM Systems beat out 14 other competitors in Technology Association of Iowa’s third Pitch & Grow event last Thursday. Held at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, this Pitch and Grow was the first the organization has put on outside of Des Moines. CQM Systems, described in their pitch bio as a…
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Thanks to our SXSW Silicon Prairie Party sponsors!
he clock is ticking – we’re just a few days away from the Second Annual Silicon Prairie Party at South by Southwest Interactive and we want to express a huge thank you to our sponsors from across the region! The event will again take place at the Lanai Rooftop Lounge on Sunday, March 13th. The…
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Omaha SXSW Send-Off, TechBrew Des Moines & Ignite Cedar Rapids
Outside of the major event the week, South by Southwest Interactive taking place south of the Silicon Prairie in Austin, Texas from March 11-15, there’s an event in Omaha tonight and two events happening in Iowa on Thursday. Details from the events’ websites are below as well as links to where you can find more…
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Prairie Moves: Andrew Peters, The Foundary, Sojern & more
(Photo by Mark Michaelis via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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MyEntre.Net, an online hub for Iowa entrepreneurs of all kinds
My first official post here at Silicon Prairie News is on an organization that I’m closely tied with, MyEntre.Net, a division of my employer, the Incubation Services at the University of Northern Iowa. Truth be told, my editor actually requested that MyEntre.Net be my first topic. MyEntre.Net has come to be the face and a…
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TechBrew Iowa City, Ignite Lincoln, PechaKucha Omaha & more
There’s a solid lineup of events this week all across the Silicon Prairie, from Lincoln, down to Kansas City, and back up to Omaha. Check out the listings below and learn more about each by clicking on the provided link. To see events beyond this week, pay a visit to our events page, siliconprairienews.com/events. If…
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Top 10 Moments of Year 1 in Des Moines
The Des Moines launch, our virtual “Grand Opening” of sorts in this community, took place on January 14, 2010 to coincide with the launch of our site redesign (see “Welcome to Silicon Prairie News Version 2.0”). Our first post on a Des Moines company, however, dates back to September 2008 when Jeff Slobotski talked with…
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Beer && Code tonight, TechBrew & Uppward Meetupp Thursday
This is a bit of a late notice, as it usually seems to be the case for our Beer && Code postings (sorry about that Andy Peters), but if you’re interested the group will be meeting tonight for its holiday party. Details for the party as well as two other gatherings happening this week are…