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Des Moines entrepreneur John Ruan remembered
John Ruan, one of Des Moines’ most prominent entrepreneurs, passed away last Saturday at the age of 96. John was an example to everyone in our community’s creative class of the heights of success that can be reached as an entrepreneur and an innovator. John’s entrepreneurial story began at the age of 17 when he…
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PrairieCast: Entrepreneurial venues in Des Moines
This week’s topic grew from an experience I had when I first moved to Des Moines in August of last year. In my initial wave of networking in the entrepreneurial community, I asked the simple question of “where do entrepreneurs gather?” As you can imagine, I received a variety of answers. This week, Andy Brudtkuhl…
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Call for WordPress developers, KC startup developer position, and more
We’re excited to bring you our sixth Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring a regional call for Wordpress developers and positions from Infegy in Kansas City and Bozell in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com …
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Social banking startup, SmartyPig, explained in 1 minute 10 seconds
If you haven’t heard of or full grasped what Des Moines-based startup SmartyPig is up to – social banking – check out the short video below to learn more. I hadn’t seen a video from them like this before, short and all-encompassing of their product, so I felt it’d be great to share. I’m also…
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Five in Five with Catherine Bosley from Bosley Creative
Name: Catherine Bosley | Full-time job: Photographer | City you’re blogging from: Omaha 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Bosley Creative, photography and family, BosleyCreative.wordpress.com 2. Why do you blog? I blog to keep my clients up to date on what we are doing at Bosley Creative, for new clients…
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Help us get rid of Google Ads!
Starting today, you may notice that on certain places throughout the site we’ve introduced advertising units. Currently, these spots are being occupied by Google Ads. Have no fear, this is not a long-term solution! We’re currently selling the following ad spots across our site and multiple distribution channels. These are available as monthly contracts starting…
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Downtown Des Moines featured in New York Times
On Tuesday, the Commercial section the New York Times’ website featured an article on real estate development downtown Des Moines. The article noted the investment that Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Nationwide Mutual Insurance and other large companies are putting into developing the Western Gateway neighborhood as well as the efforts by the City…
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SPN contributor recounts his experiment, PickMyNHLTeam.com
Check out The Post SD, “South Dakota’s home for journalism,” to hear the lessons learned by one of contributors, John T. Meyer of Sioux Falls, from his crowd sourcing experiment, PickMyNHLTeam.com. Here’s the start of Post editor Heather Mangan’s article, which includes a video interview with John.
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Omaha Game Developers Association meeting Saturday, February 20
Dave Mark, president and lead designer of Omaha-based Intrinsic Algorithm, sent over information about this Saturday’s Omaha Game Developers Association: The next Omaha Game Developers Association meeting is this Saturday, February 20 at 6 p.m. The meetings are held at Scooter’s, 108th and O street in Omaha. The meeting is open to anyone – whether…