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Startup Fair draws 100 exhibitors, more than 400 visitors across Iowa
Given the record temperatures on the last day of January, Tuesday evening’s Iowa Startup Fair could probably have been held outdoors at the state fairgrounds. But since meteorologists’ predictive powers are still far short of Nostradamus, the crowd at StartupCity Des Moines, Amici and other area locations would have to just crack some windows to…
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Chris Pirillo Meetup in Des Moines: photos and recap
Chris Pirillo capped off his trip home to Des Moines with a meetup at Amici Espresso downtown on a beautiful late-summer evening Monday. A group of about 35 people came out to visit with Chris over the course of nearly three hours, and I was able to snag a few photos near the start of…
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Q&A: Chris Pirillo on coming home and all things Gnome
In case you didn’t catch wind of it through our announcement last week or via the Facebook event page, let this serve as a friendly reminder that Chris Pirillo is stopping by Amici Espresso (206 6th Ave.) for a meetup tonight from 5:30-8:30. Pirillo, the Des Moines-born founder of the Lockergnome blogging network and the…
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DSM, SPN fill up Amici Espresso for first meetup
A huge thanks to the nearly 100 members of the Des Moines community that came out to Amici Espresso last night for the first Silicon Prairie News Des Moines Meetup. It was a great chance to connect with longtime readers of the publication and also meet a few new faces. We were there a mere…
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Join us at 4:30 p.m for the Silicon Prairie News Meetup at Amici
Our team will be out this evening in full force at Amici Espresso downtown for our first Silicon Prairie News Meetup in Des Moines. We’ll get started at 4:30 p.m but feel free to swing by anytime before 6:30. It’s a casual gathering with no agenda or presentation, just a time for the Silicon Prairie…
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Join us for the Silicon Prairie News Meetup on July 7 at Amici Espresso
I’m very excited to announce our first Silicon Prairie News meetup in Des Moines! Please join us for Happy Hour from 5-6:30 p.m at Amici Espresso downtown for casual conversation and drinks. A big part of the mission of Silicon Prairie News is to bring people together and we haven’t, yet, had the chance for…
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Where do the entrepreneurs hang out? In Des Moines, it’s at Amici.
A mentor or professor from my past — I don’t even remember who at this point — mentioned to me that upon moving to a new city the first thing he did was seek out the coffee shops where the local tech entrepreneurs hang out. That, in his opinion, was the best way to get…