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  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Brian Hemesath

    Join us live at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 56 of PrairieCast with guest Brian Hemesath. Hemesath, a serial entrepreneur currently working on Catchwind, VolunteerLocal and NotifyWorks, will preview his presentation for tomorrow’s BIZ Networking Lunchoen on boostrapping his startups. He’ll also discuss the news of the week including Startup Weekend Omaha, Tom Chapman’s “Stack…

  • VolunteerLocal streamlines process for organizers and ‘happy volunteers’

    VolunteerLocal has a clear message for event organizers seeking a better way to orchestrate volunteer forces: if you want your volunteer process to excel, scrap the old spreadsheet. “We know we’ve fixed the problem, and I think a lot of our big task is educating the market that there’s tools like this available,” said Brian…

  • Prairie Moves: Bozell, Turbine Interactive, Skid Vis and more

    Published every Tuesday (four days late this week), 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…

  • Prairie Moves: Josh Dreyer, Jeff Valder, Jonathan Sharp & More

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Congrats to our contributors!

    As the headline reads, we owe a big congrats to some of our contributors. From new jobs and opportunities to graduation…

  • SPN interviews Brian Hemesath of Catchwind

    Des Moines’ entrepreneurial environment has changed a lot in the 10 years since Brian Hemesath launched his first startup. “The community has grown, people are talking more than they did 10 years ago,” he said in our recent interview. “Opportunities for office space and physical infrastructure has grown…