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Watch Max Farrell rap freestyle at Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids
Last weekend Max Farrell (@MaxOnTheTrack) broke out in a rap for the team of Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids. Check it out.
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NMotion’s Turnstile Cards team releases app for Lincoln Saltdogs
An idea that began at a Startup Weekend in Cedar Rapids and is evolving through the NMotion accelerator came to fruition this week. Turnstile Cards set out to create digital collectible cards for sports teams, and this week, released its first app, a prototype for minor league baseball team Lincoln’s Saltdogs.
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Sculpt team members create Startup Stock Photos at SW Cedar Rapids
From non-descript collections of cables and wires to startup founders holding laptops, the Internet is full of bad business-themed stock photos. And at some point, most entrepreneurs have encountered them. “Stock photos rank among our least favorite things ever,” Sculpt’s Josh Krakauer told Silicon Prairie News. “But there’s almost no way around it. We do…
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Baseball marketing platform hits home run at CR Startup Weekend
When he pitched the idea Friday evening at the inaugural Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids, Zach Sanderson—who previously worked as a sports photographer at Stanford University—simply thought it would be cool to create a digital alternative to traditional baseball cards. “Stanford’s baseball team didn’t print cards because it was too expensive and by the time they’re…
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Meet the 8 teams of the inaugural Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids
The inaugural Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids kicked off Friday evening with more than 100 people gathering at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance to hear the event’s 68 attendees pitch 35 ideas. While nine teams originally were formed on Friday, David Tominksy—one of Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids’ organizers—says only eight continued through Saturday…
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Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids organization a community effort
It’s been more than a year since a Startup Weekend has been hosted in Iowa’s Creative Corridor. Later this month, a number of Cedar Rapids’ community entities and leaders are coming together to change that with Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids…
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Two Startup Weekends planned across Iowa in coming months
Over the next two months, entrepreneurs from both sides of Iowa will be able to participate in Startup Weekend as two towns host the weekend-long events…