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Join us for the SPN Meetup with Hatchlings on Thursday
With a projected high of 54 degrees in Des Moines today, it’s hard to think tomorrow marks Groundhog Day, a day where many hope and pray the furry guy doesn’t see a wintry shadow. Tomorrow night, Feb. 2 from 5-7 p.m. at Raccoon River, the spokesrodent from a related genus, Analog the Prairie Dog will…
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Join us in Des Moines for a SPN Meetup with Hatchlings, Feb. 2
On Feb. 2 the nation will prepare for a highly anticipated holiday of the year: Groundhog Day. Though it’s safe to say that this Midwest winter has felt more like a Canadian summer, there’s still an urge for us to hold out for a shadow. From 5-7 p.m. that night – shadow or no shadow…
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Reinvigorated Hatchlings founder makes hires, enters ‘re-startup’ phase
There’s nothing quite like quality face time with enthusiastic users and a big IPO from a competitor to renew a startup’s zest for pursuing aggressive growth. That’s a lesson learned recently by Brad Dwyer, the Panora, Iowa-based founder of Hatchlings. Dwyer created Hatchlings, a Facebook game that revolves around finding, collecting and hatching virtual Easter…
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Prairie Moves: James Armstead, Fresk, Nebraska Global and more
What is Prairie Moves? – 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,…
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Thinc Iowa: The return of the startup T-shirt roundup
If, as we posited in May, Big Omaha is like Paris Fashion Week — and at this point we see no grounds for questioning that claim — then it stands to reason that Thinc Iowa is akin to a runway show in Milan. Sure, Versace and Prada are replaced by Zaarly and Dwolla. But, still,…
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PrairieCast with Brad Dwyer and John T. Meyer (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Brad Dwyer, founder of Hatchlings, and John T. Meyer, co-founder of 9 Clouds and Silicon Prairie News contributor based in Sioux Falls. Also, PrairieCast is now recorded in a green screen studio which lets us place any image behind us – if you…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Brad Dwyer and John T. Meyer
Tune in today at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 40 of PrairieCast. We’ll be joined by guests Brad Dwyer, founder of Hatchlings and John T. Meyer, co-founder of 9 Clouds and Sioux Falls contributor to Silicon Prairie News. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, that features round table-style discussion of the top issues in…
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Brad Dwyer: Risks produce big rewards for Hatchlings
(The following is a guest post by Brad Dwyer of Hatchlings.) I have found that one of the most important things to do as an entrepreneur is to mix things up every once in a while. Most of the time your new ideas are going to flop, but every once in a while you’ll hit…
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What’s a successful viral app look like? How about a six-hour drive?
On Monday we posted a story about Hatchlings running a charity campaign called “You Play, We Pay.” Hatchlings, which can be described as a virtual egg hunt inside of Facebook and other online apps, plans to give a total of $60,000 to three causes. In our story, Hatchlings founder Brad Dwyer told us…