Front Flip

  • Front Flip hits 1 million users, almost 5 million scans after national push

    Front Flip‘s team might just be doing back flips today. The Kansas City-based loyalty marketing company—that serves brands like Bud Light and franchise groups from McDonald’s and KFC—today announced it has reached one million mobile users. After securing a steady base in KC, the company said it was able to build a following in cities such as Dallas, Atlanta…

  • My leap from PepsiCo to enjoying the ride as “that older guy” at Front Flip

    “Have you lost your mind?” “No. This company is going to make it really big!” That was my go-to answer whenever someone felt like passing judgment. While I wasn’t 100 percent sure I bought my own story at the time, I was sticking to it. After 12 years at PepsiCo, I accepted an offer with…

  • Former AMC exec, FishNet Security founder join Front Flip board

    Loyalty marketing company Front Flip has added two local business executives, Peter Brown and Gary Fish, to its board of directors. The Leawood, Kan.-based startup announced the additions March 26, two months after Brown and Fish participated in Front Flip’s $3.7 million Series B round. Brown is the former chair, CEO and president of AMC…

  • Front Flip adds $3.7m to grow sales team, focus on mom-and-pop shops

    Customer loyalty marketing startup Front Flip, the maker of a virtual scratch-off app with the same name, announced today it closed a $3.7 million Series B round led by Jon Darbyshire of the Leawood, Kan.-based Archer Foundation. A number of other Kansas City area investors also participated in the round, including Peter Brown, former chairman,…

  • A (belated) midyear look at the “10 Silicon Prairie startups to watch”

    One counts McDonald’s among its account holders, another carries recognition from the SXSW Interactive Awards and another had its product featured on the PBS News Hour. Seven months ago, none of these milestones had been achieved, but we’ve seen quick progress and achievements. In January, I presented a list of 10 Silicon Prairie companies that…

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  • Front Flip takes its customer engagement platform nationwide

    Front Flip is ready to bring its virtual scratch cards to vendors across the country. The Overland Park, Kan.-based startup today announced the nationwide availability of its customer engagement platform, which is designed to help businesses attract, engage, reward and retain customers through the use of “scratch cards” on mobile phones. Following pilots in select…

  • Prairie Moves: Josh Harbert, Erica Birkman, Jim Howard and more

    Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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…

  • Ten Silicon Prairie startups to watch in 2012

    In 2011, we did our best to keep a close eye on Silicon Prairie startups, covering entrepreneurs who dared to disrupt the established local marketplace, aimed to make the online shopping experience more social and dreamed of virtual town-halls that increased citizen participation. Among the startups we covered, there were a few in each city…

  • Amidst rapid growth, Front Flip hopes success is in the cards

    One of the fastest growing startups in the Kansas City area is making a big bet that its cards can trump the competition. Front Flip, a customer engagement platform based in Overland Park, Kan., launched in the Kansas City market on Nov. 4 and already has about 300 businesses and nearly 40,000 individual users on…