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Events: DeMo, Tech Startup Happy Hour, Pecha Kucha and more
With so many events going on this week, you’re going to have to pull out those calendars. Tonight, BitMethod picks up from its spring Builder’s Forum when it hosts the first DeMo event. On Tuesday in Kansas City, Augie Grasis (left) will speak at the Technology Entrepreneurs Speakers Program and the two-day E-Day conference kicks…
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Prairie Moves: Jennifer Hoyt, Red Nova Labs, Bumble and more
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, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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Events: Silicon Prairie News Meetup, TechBrew, Venture Fridays and more
After the holiday weekend, we’re set to sail through the week with a few events, one of which we are launching in Des Moines. …
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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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Prairie Moves: Kate Richling, Adam Trabold, Shoplr and 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 emailinfo@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have…
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With Design+Tech, Morrow looks to spur community to design for web
Design+Tech, a new meetup group being put together by Amanda Morrow, will meet for the first time on June 1 at BitMethod (418 6th Ave, Suite 1210) in Des Moines. Morrow, an interface designer for the application development shop, sees the tech startup space as a large opportunity that local designers may not be aware…
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Prairie Moves: John Hobbs, Levi Rosol, 80/35 app and 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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BitMethod launches new ‘Flyover Effect’ podcast
The latest project from the creative team at Des Moines-based application development company BitMethod is a new podcast called “The Flyover Effect.” The podcast debuted Monday, and the first episode featured an interview with Tara Hunt, CEO and co-founder of Montreal-based Buyosphere. In this episode, BitMethod’s Dan Shipton and Scott Kubie …
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TownPoints launches in Des Moines, looks to evolve group-buying model
Whether you call it group-buying, online coupons or simply daily deals, the industry popularized on an international scale by Groupon and LivingSocial is getting more and more entrants every week. In the past few months on Silicon Prairie News, we’ve written about local services like Deal Garden out of Omaha and DSM Daily in Urbandale.…
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Events: Builders Forum, TechBrew, Startup Weekend and more
It’s shaping up to be a busy week for folks in Des Moines, where three events of interest are scheduled over four nights. Later in the week, Omaha and Kansas…