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Video: Bulu Box presents at SPN Startup Story Social
Enter your email below to watch the interview Email Watch the Video Bulu Box co-founders Paul and Stephanie Jarrett were the guest speakers at Silicon Prairie News’ first Startup Story Social, a new event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. Bulu Box is a discovery ecommerce platform that allows consumers to sample and…
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SPN Startup Story Social revealed successes and surprises
Last night Silicon Prairie News hosted the first Startup Story Social, a new event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. Startup Story Social is aimed at helping to ensure the future of Silicon Prairie’s tech startup scene by building the community through social events that combine founders, creative types, investors, engineers, designers, marketers,…
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Anne Bachman and Paul Jarrett talk help and Helping Oats
Enter your email below to watch the interview Helping Oats founder Anne Bachman and Bulu Box founder Paul Jarrett sat down with Brian Lee from Silicon Prairie News during the Pipeline Entrepreneur Innovators Awards to talk about starting out and building professional relationships. Helping Oats is a consumer packaged gourmet oatmeal bowl. Bachman got…
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Pipeline announces their 10th year anniversary with a new module in Ireland
For almost a decade now Pipeline has supported some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the region. At its St. Louis module last week Pipeline announced they are accepting applications for their 10th class, which will include a module in Ireland next September. Over the last nine years Pipeline has gained a reputation for being the premiere…
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Bulu Box receives $1.5MM to launch new data software
Bulu Box, a health food and vitamin sample subscription box service, has received $1.5 million to launch Bulu Insights, a proprietary software that uses data received from sample surveys. The fundraising round was led by Flyover Capital and included Dundee Venture Capital and Triompf. “We use our customers’ feedback to guide all decisions on BuluBox.com,”…
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#BangTheDrum with Bulu Box Founder Paul Jarrett
If you’ve been following me on social media in the past 2 years (probably because I inappropriately “friended” you) you have probably heard me talking about “The Bulu Crew” and what we’re doing at Bulu Box amidst the various ramblings of a highly-over-caffeinated entrepreneur. Thanks to my social marketing networking skills I’ve caught myself beating…
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What does publicity from a half-marathon mean for Bulu Box?
It was among the more unconventional marketing plays for cash-strapped Midwest startups, but Bulu Box was all in for sponsoring the Good Life Halfsy, a new half-marathon in Lincoln. But not everyone was on board at first. “I think Paul hesitated a bit at first and I don’t blame him,” Stephanie Jarrett, Bulu Box’s co-founder…
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And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…
After literally thousands of votes, the input of a handful of judges and a lot of creative social media campaigns, all of you dressed to the nines and joined us Thursday evening at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre to see who would be deemed the best of the Prairie. Now we’re excited to share with you…
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Get to know the five finalists for Startup of the Year
This is the one everyone’s talking about. They’re making headlines, headed toward long-term success. And the finalists are…
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Bulu Box scores $2 million in funding to hire CTO, grow base
Bulu Box has secured $2 million in a Series A round led by Dundee Venture Capital and supplemented by Mid-American Angels, Two Bridges Capital, Linseed Capital and Midwest Venture Alliance.