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Business Record unveils Forty Under 40, includes Ben Milne, Geoff Wood
The Des Moines Business Record on Thursday announced its 13th annual Forty Under 40 list, which recognizes 40 central Iowa business leaders under the age of …
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Dwolla Instant goes live on mobile. Milne gives demo (Video)
Dwolla, the online cash transfer startup based in Des Moines, rolled out mobile access today to Instant, its most popular feature release yet, on its iOS (left) and Android apps. Announced in December and made available to a limited amount of users through its website, Instant takes the wait time out of adding cash to…
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Web developer, software engineer, sales executive, intern and more
We’re excited to bring you our 88th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Sleight Advertising, Fusion Tree and Xuba in Omaha; Don’t Panic Labs in Lincoln …
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PrairieCast Video: Dwolla funding rumor, SOPA Blackout Day
This week on PrairieCast our guests were Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. It was great timing, as we chatted with Lampe and the rest of the panel about the rumors of a Union Square Ventures-led Series B funding round for Dwolla and also looked back at how the SOPA Blackout…
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Prairie Moves: Mike Hays, Rachel McClung, Allrecipes.com 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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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Sayer Martin and Jordan Lampe
Join us live at 2 p.m. for this week’s PrairieCast. Our guests include first-timer Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc. and returning guest Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. We’ll be discussing the week’s biggest stories including the SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day and the rumors that broke on Friday of an upcoming Union Square Ventures …
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BetaBeat sources: Union Square Ventures to lead Dwolla’s Series B
Dwolla has been hinting for some time at an upcoming Series B round, but today BetaBeat released a story citing multiple sources saying it will be in the neighborhood of $10 million and led by New York’s …
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PrairieCast Video: Bloom.com’s 100K members, SmartyPig’s new president
This week on PrairieCast, the panel’s topic list included news from social beauty product engine Bloom.com and the social savings platform SmartyPig, the announcement of two statewide events in Iowa (Startup Fair and i2iowa) and a look at Sarah Lacy’s new venture PandoDaily. This week’s guests: Emma Peterson of Tikly, Sam DuRegger …
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