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Prairie Portrait: Sophie Milord, senior at the University of Iowa
Silicon Prairie News: You’re working on a project tentatively called “Shakespeare in the Kitchen.” Can you explain what the project is and what your goals are for it? | Sophie Milord: “Shakespeare in the Kitchen” is a fun project that appeals to my creative side. It is a cheerful product line of kitchen apparel and…
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Prairie Portrait: Bill Hipsher of USstoragesearch.com
Silicon Prairie News: At last check, USstoragesearch.com had a couple of new products in the works. What’s the latest with those? | Bill Hipsher: Our development team, led by Brandon Taylor, has been pushing hard and will meet a Sept. 1 deadline for our most exciting new product, which will be launched at the major…
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Prairie Moves: KC’s Social Media Command Center nears 25k tweets
Lead Read “By The Numbers (evening update)” – Kansas City’s Social Media Command Center, a group of volunteers monitoring the social media activity around the All-Star Game, is providing updates of its activity on the VisitKC blog, one of the organizations behind the effort. As of last night, the team has reviewed nearly 25,000 tweets…
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Weekly Startup Links: ‘9 signs you’re a startup hipster’ and more
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.
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Prairie Moves: Billboard.biz calls Amp’d one of ‘best concert apps’
Lead Read: “Inaudible Frequencies, InConcert Amp’d, And More – 5 Apps That Are Changing Live Music” – Billboard.biz takes a look at apps changing the live music experience, naming the InConcert Amp’d app as one of the best it’s seen. Quotable: “The investor …
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Bootstrapping isn’t for the faint of heart
(Guest post by Matt Watson.) Software developers are usually very good problem solvers. So are entrepreneurs. I think a lot of software developers want to start their own business, but they struggle to find the right business idea and problem to solve. I have always loved the challenge of a big problem and I am…
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Prairie Moves: Dwolla rolls out Places, Want button
Lead Read: “A want button, for all the Places you want Dwolla.” – Ben Milne introduced two new Dwolla features, Places and its Want button. These will help the startup expand their reach and allow users …
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100-plus Silicon Prairie startups to follow on Twitter
With nominations for our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards in full swing, we wanted to help spark some ideas for companies that might fit in one of our four awards dedicated to startups – Startup of the Year, New Startup of the Year, Consumer Startup of the Year and B2B Startup of the Year. The list…
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Prairie Portrait: Justin Brouillette of MAKE Collaboration
Silicon Prairie News: Having run a successful Kickstarter campaign for The Prop, what words of wisdom can you offer other people hoping to bring their own good ideas to life through Kickstarter? | Justin Brouillette: We found Kickstarter to both be wonderful and perplexing. The largest challenge is not knowing what you are getting into.…
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Sunday Video: Apple’s motivation for making the iPhone
Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the iPhone’s public release. As of today, more than 200 million iPhones have been sold, more than 650,000 apps are available and more than 30 billion have been downloaded, according to ABC. Six months before its release, Steve Jobs took the stage at MacWorld to introduce the revolutionary device.…