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Be “less hipster,” add opinion and eight more reader survey takeaways
Fresh off a Big events season and the addition of a Des Moines editor, our newsroom team of three is taking a look at how we can better cover the Silicon Prairie startup community. We have our own ideas, of course, but we really want to hear what’s important to you. With this in mind,…
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Karen Linder starts, sells and invests in companies
If you follow Nebraska startup news, Jim and Karen Linder should be familiar names by now. The husband-and-wife investment team has put money into 20 companies, including SkyVu Entertainment, Bulu Box, Travefy and EyeVerify. But what probably isn’t too familiar …
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Boutique Window brings in $650k from Nebraska Global, Nelnet
Two weeks ago, Ella Wirtz and Courtney Rodgers launched their marketing software following three months of private tests with around two-dozen stores. This week, nine months into their startup journey, the duo announced their latest milestone: Boutique Window closed a $650,000 Series A round. The new capital, which comes from software investment firm Nebraska Global,…
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New Kansas City event hopes to inspire teen innovation
After years of owning his own small business, William Robison’s children had begun to ask questions about owning their own business someday. “As a business owner for as long as they can remember, they have only witnessed this side of the world,” he said. “As they mature, I challenge them to explore opportunities of their…
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Register examines “growing pains in Ames” in startup community series
The Des Moines Register in February rolled out a new series focusing on startup communities around Iowa. The series, titled “Starting up Iowa,” kicked off with a story package looking at the “Cedar Valley,” the area …
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New Cedar Rapids school to offer alternative approach, start June 24
Former educators Shawn Cornally (left) and Trace Pickering are bringing students back into the classroom for the summer with their latest “big idea,” aptly named The Big Ideas School. Set to begin its first session June 24, the program promises …
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Archrival founders, investors buy back company from Dachis Group
Remember about two-and-a-half years ago when Dachis Group, a venture-backed Austin startup that builds social media marketing tools, snapped up Lincoln, Neb.-based youth branding agency Archrival? Well, the deal has been undone. Archrival co-founders Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull along with a group of undisclosed, Nebraska-based minority investors …
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Weekly Startup Links: “Dangerous pieces of startup advice”
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.