Siouxland and the Dakotas

  • IdeaMensch events coming to KC, Omaha, Des Moines and Sioux Falls

    IdeaMensch, a Los Angeles-based blog and event company sharing the stories of entrepreneurs, is 21 days into a four-month trek through the nation’s contiguous 48 states. The undertaking, titled #IM48, is a road trip to showcase entrepreneurs. During the first week of August, #IM48 will make stops in Kansas City (Aug. 1), Omaha (Aug. 3),…

  • Inaugural Wire Me Awake conference coming to South Dakota in October

    You really can never get enough inspiration and motivation by networking and hanging out with creative individuals and expert speakers, can you? The Midwest has another event to add to its list with the emergence …

  • With Iowa Startup Alliance, spaces to open doors to visiting entrepreneurs

    Like wildfire or something else that makes for less trite similes but spreads in equally speedy fashion, coworking spaces and incubators seem to have swept across the Silicon Prairie in recent months. From Sioux City to Cedar Rapids, from the DSM to KCMO, there is, at present, a proliferation of the places opening their doors…

  • Vaynerchuk presenting at free Sioux City event on Nov. 4

    Need a dose of motivation? Have no fear, Gary will be here. Making a return trip to the Silicon Prairie, Gary Vaynerchuk is scheduled to speak at a free and open to the public event at 1:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4 in Sioux City, Iowa. As part of the Siouxland Social Media Conference organized by…

  • Prairie Moves: StartupCity, QuickCal, OneLouder and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Zaarly releases branding, requested city list and Facebook pages

    Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered marketplace born out of Startup Weekend Los Angeles this past February and now with significant offices in Kansas City, released a new and enhanced web presence on Friday. Previously, the startup was collecting emails for future launches in a series of city-specific standard LaunchRock …

  • Socie Award winners announced – South Dakota’s finest online

    Last night, the South Dakota online community celebrated with the unveiling of the first annual South Dakota Socie Award winners, which was put on by Sioux Falls marketing firm, Click Rain, and regional newspaper, Argus Leader. Over the past couple weeks, nearly 400 social media enthusiasts cast…

  • Socie Awards to recognize South Dakota’s finest online

    We’ve all read the stats on the number of users on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. Even in a place like South Dakota, vibrant online communities have sprung up and have yielded some fine social media personas. Two Sioux Falls companies have teamed up to recognize South Dakota’s finest online with the first annual South…

  • Forbes ranks Sioux Falls ‘Best Small Place for Business and Careers’

    Believe it or not Sioux Falls has more than just cornfields and cows. In fact, Forbes.com recently named Sioux Falls #1 “Best Small Place for Business and Careers.” (Image from forbes.com.) This was the seventh consecutive year Sioux Falls has held the top spot. Forbes’ annual ranking evaluates communities based on 12 factors including costs…

  • Debbie Millman speaking in Sioux Falls this Thursday, August 19

    President, editor, author and radio talk show host are just some of the many hats that design guru Debbie Millman wears. This Thursday, August 19, Milliman, president of AIGA…