What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, Prairie Moves is a roundup of career changes, media coverage, product development and other updates from the companies and individuals regularly covered by Silicon Prairie News.

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Lead Read

“Where High-Growth Founders Go: The Answers May Surprise You” – On Forbes’ website, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation research analyst Kate Maxwell provides an overview of a recent study she co-authored: “The Ascent of America’s High-Growth Companies: Founder Mobility.”

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Quotable

“The things I remember most are writing code in the van on the way to the final presentation, the demo during that presentation that didn’t quite work as expected, being blown away by George’s amazing icons, and Ryan eating a whole plate of vegetables.” – Startup Weekend Omaha co-organizer Corey Spitzer shares his story of participating in the weekend-long event. – Startup Weekend Omaha blog

Product & Business Updates

• Banno unveils upgraded interface, new analysis tools for Grip – SPN
• Bizperc now offering evening coworking package – Think Big Partners

Mentions

• Pollenware – Creating Short-Term Investment Income – Bloomberg TV
• Startup Fair – “Startup Iowa” presents at Clay County Fair in Spencer – KITV
• Startup Fair – StartupIowa draws 125 to second startup fair’s Des Moines locations – Des Moines Register
• Tech Crawl – Lincoln Startup Week’s tech crawl informs about startup businesses, provides networking opportunities – Daily Nebraskan
• Startup Job Crawl – Students talk startups at job crawl Tuesday – Times Delphic
• Anniversary of Big 5 ideas finds progress, but much to be done – Kansas City Business Journal

Gig Bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

• Building 180 fiberhoods—construction order and signups – Google Fiber Blog
• Google Fiber starts sign-up for specific packages – Kansas City Business Journal
• Which neighborhoods will get Google Fiber first? – Kansas City Star
• Kansas City gets hooked up with Google Fiber – Marketplace
• MARC’s neighborhood misses the mark for Google Fiber preregistration – Kansas City Business Journal
• Mixed emotions about Google Fiber – FierceIPTV
• Google Fiber Issues Public Challenge: Get Up To Speed – TIME

Blogged

• Partnerships feed innovation as Pipeline’s reach grows – Dr. Jim Linder
• The NDA – BetaBlox
• My Experience with Startup Weekend – Corey Spitzer
• Google Fiber and the Digital Divide – OneLouder
• Where High-Growth Founders Go: The Answers May Surprise You – Kate Maxwell
• Iowa Startup Fair draws great crowd – StartupCity Des Moines
• An Inside Look at Tech Adoption in Non Tech Businesses – Zapier
• #SPNCrawl – Patrick Keaveny

Misc.

• Mapping fast-growing companies by U.S. county – Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• Chiefs tell fan to ‘get a clue’ via Twitter, story goes viral – CBS Sports, More

Credits: Screenshot from kauffman.org