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Kum & Go connects with Bawte for summer promotion
Bawte, a social media application for sharing purchases, is getting some major marketing fuel this summer through a promotion run by Kum & Go, the nation’s fifth largest privately held, company-operated convenience store chain. Through the end of August, the West Des Moines-based chain is giving away a gift card weekly to someone who shares…
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Q&A: John Jackovin goes full-time with bootstrapped Bawte
About 15 minutes after coming up with the idea for Bawte, John Jackovin said he knew he’d one day be working on it full-time. That day came on Friday, after he left his position with Bettrlife, another Des Moines startup, to work on Bawte 100 percent. Jackovin, 38, co-founded Bawte with the aim of harnessing…
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Bawte aims to bridge gap between consumers and businesses
A few years ago, John Jackovin’s 9-year-old daughter received a significant gift — a Yamaha keyboard. It was an exciting moment for the family, and Jackovin wanted to share it with the world. Jackovin (left), who had been working in technology for nearly 10 years, quickly discarded the product registration card that came with the…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with Sam Schilll and John Jackovin
Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 78 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests Sam Schill of Shoplr and the Sigler Companies and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte. Discussion topics will include the big takeaways from SXSW and the Startup Act. Did you catch our last episode,…