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Startup Spaces: DivvyHQ sets up shop in old firehouse, Broadway roastery
Built in 1939, DivvyHQ’s office building in Westport has seen a lot of life in its 75 years. What used to be Westport Fire Station 19 became office space and, once Broadway Roasting Company bought it in 2007, partially a roastery and coffee shop. Fortunately, all that history didn’t die. The fire poles are still…
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Startup Spaces: Looking back at the six featured startups of 2013
Last year we launched Startup Spaces, a monthly series in partnership with turnstone that showcases the unique offices of companies across the Silicon Prairie. Its been a lot of fun to coordinate over the last six months, and we’ve affectionately come to describe this series as “MTV Cribs for the startup crowd.” We asked our…
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Startup Spaces: Take a look at Dwolla’s renovated Des Moines space
For Des Moines-based Dwolla, a renovated downtown office means more space for collaboration and a renewed focus on branding. “Almost everything that can be orange in our office is orange: couches, walls, rugs, shirts, you name it,” Dwolla communications builder intern Lindsay Dressen told Silicon Prairie News …
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Startup Spaces: Explore Bulu Box’s office, housed in a converted condo
For many entrepreneurs and startup teams, non-traditional workspaces have become the norm. And for Lincoln-based startup Bulu Box, a refurbished condo proved the perfect fit for the active, health-focused company. “As a health startup company, an apartment is the perfect space for our culture,” Kate Stous, Bulu Box’s director of brand relations, told Silicon Prairie…
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turnstone, Homes for Hackers bring Small Talks to KC on Sept. 19
Small Talks by turnstone are far from small. In fact, they are turning heads and making waves across the nation as a grassroots way for entrepreneurs to connect around the issues most pressing to small-business owners and startups. Small Talks not only provide a safe venue for open dialogue and discussion…
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Startup Spaces: Sneak a peek at PeggyBank’s Omaha offices
In a small office in Omaha Jim Simon founded PeggyBank, a media conversion company that bills itself as saving “JPegs, MPegs and Aunt Pegs.” In 2010 Simon was digging through old photo albums, home movies and audio recordings trying to convert them to digital files. Saving those memories was an uphill battle; each decade brought…
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Startup Spaces: Take a look inside Goodsmiths’ Valley Junction office
It’s fitting for ecommerce startup Goodsmiths to be located in West Des Moines’ Valley Junction. Nestled above a row of brick-and-mortar offices, eateries and boutiques, the “marketplace for makers” is right at home Goodsmiths’ office…
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Cowork Waldo aims to fill need outside downtown, Crossroads
Coworking has found a home outside Kasas City’s typical hotbeds of downtown and the Crossroads district. Melissa Saubers opened Cowork Waldo February 1 at Wornall Road and 75th Street to fill the need for office and conference space for people living in Waldo, Brookside and the surrounding areas. She also did it out of frustration…
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Turnstone awards office makeovers, anticipates return trip to region
Office furniture company turnstone on Friday handed out its third $20,000 office makeover in three days to wrap up the Silicon Prairie leg of Culture@Work in the Heartland competition. Traveling in a turnstone branded-bus, company representatives made stops at Des Moines startup Goodsmiths, Omaha ad agency Baily Lauerman and Kansas City, Mo. web design and…
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Turnstone wants to give five Midwest startups $20,000 office makeovers
Zaarly got it. Veel Hoeden earned it. Now turnstone is going to bring its hip office furniture and design to three startups in Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City. The Steelcase brand today announced a ten-day, nine-state road trip through the Midwest in February and March that will award five startups in five cities $20,000…