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  • A Thinc Iowa 2011 media roundup

    As we continue debriefing from the first Thinc Iowa, we are humbled by the support of our attendees and compelled to continue the dialogue started at the conference on Oct. 21. We have collected a list from various media outlets that covered the conference and that will help the conversation about Thinc Iowa remain dynamic…

  • Thinc Iowa installment offers chance for Fresk to flex Kinect muscle

    When Stefan Hansen and his brother Thomas were asked to create an interactive display for last month’s Thinc Iowa conference, the brothers didn’t just — ahem — thinc about it; they let their imaginations run wild. Stefan, 26 and Thomas, 28, who together form Fresk Interactive, used the conference as a welcome opportunity to tinker…

  • ‘Staches and ties: The 2011 Thinc Iowa photo booth pics arise

    Just in time to mark the start of No Shave November, we thought we’d tie up some loose ends from our Oct. 21 Thinc Iowa conference. But first, we mustache a very important question. What are your favorite pictures (and props) from the Thinc Iowa photo booth photo shoot? As we begin to fully reflect…

  • SPN Out & About: Innovation Expo with the Meyer brothers

    I’m pumped for today. If you’re reading this before 8:30 a.m., I’ll be in my car heading north to Sioux Falls, S.D. for the all-day Innovation Expo, an event that aims to bring together the region’s inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs. It’ll kick off at 9 a.m. with a keynote from Dwolla co-founder Ben Milne –…

  • A photo recap of Thinc Iowa 2011

    We wrapped up the first Thinc Iowa conference more than one week ago, and now we have the complete photo set to share. A few of the best taken from the Oct. 21 event are posted below, and a big thank you goes to Anna Jones | Art of Photography and Ikonix Studio for documenting…

  • Prairie Moves: James Armstead, Fresk, Nebraska Global and more

    What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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,…

  • Thinc Iowa Video Series: Douglas Olson of Microsoft Expression Studio

    The ninth speaker in our Video Series is Douglas Olson, who is a partner director of development for Microsoft Expression Studio, Microsoft’s suite of creative and design applications. Olson, who has worked nearly two decades in the startup world to complement his time working for a corporation at Microsoft, shared vignettes from his experiences …

  • Thinc Iowa Video Series: Luke Vandermillen of The Principal

    The eighth speaker in our Video Series is Luke Vandermillen, who heads up marketing for retirement and investor services at the Principal Financial Group, a Des Moines-based financial services provider. A Fortune 500 company founded in 1879, The Principal is firmly entrenched on the “corporation” side of the conversation between startups and …

  • Help us map the Silicon Prairie

    What would it looked like if we mapped the Silicon Prairie? We have a start, but now we need your help. Our goal is to put a pin on the map above for every tech startup, venture capital firm, incubator, coworking space and other major participant in the region we cover, made up of Omaha,…

  • Sunday Video: Meg Whitman interview from eBay’s early days

    When I spoke with Bo Fishback, CEO and co-founder of Zaarly, on Monday to receive the announcement of his startup’s latest round of funding, he was equally excited to share another item of news: current Hewlett-Packard CEO and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman was joining Zaarly’s board of directors. “We have about 30 people, she…