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Adam Coomes leaves Zaarly, says he’s ‘ready to rock it solo for once’
In following the regional tech scene over the past few years, one individual that’s stood out as a community leader and dedicated entrepreneur has been Adam Coomes. In 2006, Coomes co-founded what has become one of Kansas City’s most well-known startups, Infegy. In 2010, he and his business partner Justin Graves were named two of…
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It’s social. It’s music. It’s Turntable, and it’s taking startups by storm.
The Silicon Prairie, it appears, has more wannabe DJs than a Full House casting call. And recently, an abundance of those aspiring emcees have found an outlet for their spinning skills on Turntable.fm, the Next Big Thing du jour in social music sites. Turntable users, represented by avatars that resemble what Precious Moments cartoons might…
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Startup Weekend Kansas City: Photo and video wrap-up
Looking to squeeze every last drop out of the 54 hours of Startup Weekend Kansas City before you transition back to those other 8,706 hours of your year? No to worry: we have you covered. We caught up with SWKC organizers Steven Chau and Adam Coomes to get their thoughts on this year’s event and…
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Hazard provides playground for users, creator Adam Coomes
By his own admission — if one sentence in a Twitter bio qualifies as admissable evidence — Adam Coomes has “too much fun.” With his latest side project, Coomes is trying to help other people do the same. Coomes, the Kansas City-based co-founBy his own admission — if one sentence in a Twitter bio qualifies…
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Prairie Moves: CremaLab, Syncbak, Pongr, QuickCal & More
Published every Tuesday, 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, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Zaarly team adds three, looks to launch in next 90 days
Even though Zaarly‘s left behind its Mobile HQ (a rented RV) following South by Southwest Interactive, the team has continued to keep its development wheels spinning since returning from Austin, Texas. Asked via email when users could expect a launch, Zaarly CEO Bo Fishback replied: “Launch in the next 90 days in our wave of cities.”…
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Silicon Prairie News – Kansas City Edition launches today!
(Photo by Tim Samoff via Flickr.) Today is a monumental day for Silicon Prairie News. Two years and seven months ago, we launched Silicon Prairie News in Omaha with the focus of telling the stories of entrepreneurs and creatives we knew existed in the community but hadn’t had a chance to have their great work…
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Prairie Moves: Andrew Peters, The Foundary, Sojern & more
(Photo by Mark Michaelis via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, 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,…
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9 Clouds & Infegy named finalists for BW’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’
A huge congratulations to John T. Meyer of 9 Clouds (and a Silicon Prairie News contributor!) and Adam Coomes and Justin Graves of Infegy for making BusinessWeek’s…