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Charlie Wittmack and his World Tri quest featured on ESPN
As entrepreneurs, individuals often set out to achieve dreams that most deem impossible. While the dream of former Des Moines resident Charlie Wittmack wasn’t in business like the other entrepreneurs we cover, it’s a dream that can’t be ignored. Just over a year ago, he set out on the World Tri, a never before attempted…
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Prairie Moves: Pongr, Tripleseat, Sigler Companies and more
(Photo by Nicholas_T via Flickr) 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,…
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Prairie Moves: Allied Strategy, Phenomblue, Dwolla & more
(Photo by IndigoValley via Flickr) 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,…
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Sunday Video: The World Tri Episode 1: Meet Charlie Wittmack
On the first of this month, Des Moines attorney and adventurer Charlie Wittmack set off on an 11-month journey that’s taking him from the banks of the River Thames in England to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Appropriately titled The World Tri, Wittmack is traveling 12,000 miles through 13 countries, first swimming, then…
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PrairieCast: Andy Stoll discusses social entrepreneurship & World Tri
Our guest this week on PrairieCast is Iowa City’s Andy Stoll, co-founder of social entrepreneurship incubator The James Gang and world traveler. Andy, who is an Omaha native, talks about his experiences with The James Gang, his recently completed 3.5 year adventure around the world and his upcoming project The World Tri. The World Tri…
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TEDxDesMoines speaker lineup announced
When the renowned TED talks series makes its local debut in Des Moines next month, the one day event will feature…