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AJ Nelson: It doesn’t take money to find your users, make them happy
(Guest post by AJ Nelson) Running a startup is pretty insane when you don’t have money. You really are forced to focus on what matters. It’s not spending money on Facebook ads, Google AdWords, mobile app install ads, outsourced firms, email marketing—it’s none of that. There’s no silver bullet here that is going to build…
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ClusterFlunk raises $1M round led by Lightbank, opens Chicago office
Earlier this year, ClusterFlunk expanded its platform to more than 50 universities across the country. Now the company is growing its investor connections across state lines to the Windy City. The Iowa City-based startup announced Tuesday it closed a $1 million round of funding led by Chicago-based venture capital firm Lightbank. Local early-stage fund, Built…
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Eastern Iowa startups find success at 9th annual Prometheus Awards
Eastern Iowa startups stole the show at the Technology Association of Iowa’s ninth annual Prometheus Awards Wednesday evening in Des Moines. Higher Learning Technologies, Banno, ClusterFlunk and TelePharm all took home honors from the annual Iowa-focused awards. Coralville-based HLT won Best Mobile Application …
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Without further ado, the most read SPN story of 2013 is…
On Monday, we introduced stories 13 through 7 of Silicon Prairie News’ most read stories of 2013. Now we bring you the articles that made our top six most popular stories, including our top story of the year …
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Introducing the 13 most read Silicon Prairie News stories of 2013
In the past we’ve written “top stories of the year” posts based on what our editorial team deemed the most important news of the year. This time we turn that tradition on its head and focused on the numbers. What follows is a look at our 13 most read stories over the last 12 months—chosen…
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ClusterFlunk surpasses 10K users, reveals 54 schools for January launch
Less than a year after its official launch, Iowa startup ClusterFlunk—a virtual meeting place that allows college students to collaborate on assignments and prepare for exams—has grown its user base exponentially and is preparing for a national launch come January…
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Become a life-long learner
(Guest post by Joe Dallago and AJ Nelson of clusterFlunk) Education is something we are very passionate about at clusterFlunk. Passionate enough to take our “leap of faith,” and completely ditch the typical route of higher learning that most teens and early twenty-somethings feel they have to take in order to succeed. Passionate enough to…
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clusterFlunk announces plans to add 50 major universities in new semester
This afternoon Iowa City, Iowa-based startup clusterFlunk announced via Facebook that its services will be scaling to 50 major universities beginning in January. “The decision to scale to the number 50, was in regards to our runway and size of team,” co-founder AJ Nelson told Silicon Prairie News. “We feel with our current team and…
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Dwolla founder blogs about recent investment in clusterFlunk
On his personal blog Monday, Dwolla founder Ben Milne wrote about why he chose to invest in Iowa City startup clusterFlunk. “The founders are worth following just to see what happens,” Milne wrote of co-founder AJ Nelson and Joe Dallago…
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ClusterFlunk closes $100K seed round, looks to expand team
Iowa City startup ClusterFlunk has closed a $100,000 seed round. “We received funding from strategic investors who will help us get to the next level in our company and product operations,” co-founder AJ Nelson said in a press release. Nelson and co-founder Joe Dallago began ClusterFlunk, a virtual meeting place that allows college students to…