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Quick Pitch: bHeroic helps volunteers ‘earn their tights’ (Video)
The Bat-Signal is out across the state of Iowa for all types of heroes, and bHeroic is the startup behind the shining light. Born not in the streets of Gotham City but in the Des Moines community at Startup Weekend 2011, bHeroic, also known as Unleash Heroes, is a free social game that encourages ordinary…
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Prairie Moves: Brandon Weber, Shane Mac, VineMe and 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Startup Weekend Des Moines: The winner is ‘Unleash Heroes’
Ten startups, each 54 hours old, gave their final pitch tonight to a panel of judges and “Unleash Heroes” emerged as the winner of Startup Weekend Des Moines. The Unleash Heroes concept is to devise a tracking and reward system of “hero points” to honor and encourage the heroic activities that people do in their…
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More on Hidajat’s charity: water campaign – interview with father
Yesterday, we posted about Nathan Hidajat, a second grader in Ames, Iowa who gave up his 8th birthday in a fundraising effort to help charity: water, a charity that works to provide clean drinking water to people around the world who don’t have access to it. Nathan decided to give up his birthday after seeing…
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Ames 2nd grader, Nathan Hidajat, raises $1k for charity: water in 7 days
Not many can deny that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is a moving speaker. Harrison’s story of personal renewal, his dedication to providing clean drinking water to those who don’t have it, and his ability to redefine how we look at philanthropy has moved people all over the world; from the 500 people in…