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Philosophy over function: How I found the right co-founders
(Guest post by Dan Shipton) When building a company, you may be tempted to seek out partners who solely compliment your skills, or lack thereof. If you aren’t a programmer, designer, writer or marketer, you may look for people who are. But choosing a co-founder isn’t just a matter of plugging in skill sets—there’s more…
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Prairie Portrait: Neil Roberts of BitMethod
Silicon Prairie News: A couple weeks since BitMethod announced its shift in focus to developing Change, what’s your take on devoting most of your time to the product rather than to consulting or client work? | Neil Roberts: Our work always begins with creating beautiful wireframes, mockups and interaction documents we’re very proud of, that…
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Prairie Moves: Tripleseat, TAI, New BLK & more
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, please email info@siliconprairienews.com.
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Prairie Moves: Bozell, SkyVu Pictures, TwitZip and more
The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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South by Southwest 2011: Vote for Panels from the Prairie
The opening day of South by Southwest (SXSW) is a more than seven months away, but preparations for this 10-day event featuring an interactive, film and music festival are well underway. A good majority of the planning is taking place in Austin, Texas, the location of the event since its inception…
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Closing this week: iPhone app submissions, reader survey
BitMethod, based in Des Moines, developed BNO News’ iPhone push application, which was recently rated one of the Top 10 Mobile Web Products of 2009 by ReadWriteWeb. iPhone/iPod Touch apps developed on the Prairie Next week, Aaron Onken will publish a post with a list of names, icons, and descriptions of iPhone / iPod Touch…