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Watch: Ben Milne at Dublin Web Summit, ‘The Future of Money’
Less than a week after speaking at our conference, Thinc Iowa, Dwolla CEO Ben Milne flew across the pond to sit on a panel on Friday at the Dublin Web Summit, a two-day event featuring over 100 speakers (and I’d say, it’s a pretty awesome lineup). Just before lunch, Milne participated in 20-minute panel titled…
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Thinc Iowa Video Series: Ben Milne of Dwolla
The seventh speaker in our Video Series is Ben Milne, co-founder and CEO of Dwolla, a payment platform that allows users to send and receive funds from any other user at a flat rate of 25 cents per transaction. In his talk, Milne discussed the unique challenges and advantages associated with building a business in…
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Thinc Iowa: The return of the startup T-shirt roundup
If, as we posited in May, Big Omaha is like Paris Fashion Week — and at this point we see no grounds for questioning that claim — then it stands to reason that Thinc Iowa is akin to a runway show in Milan. Sure, Versace and Prada are replaced by Zaarly and Dwolla. But, still,…
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Thinc Iowa: Ben Milne – ‘Think bigger than your parents are comfortable with’
Thinc Iowa’s afternoon session Friday began with Ben Milne, who is (or should be) a known name to Silicon Prairie News readers. Milne is the CEO and co-founder of Dwolla. He started the company based on a problem he had with his previous startup: high interchange fees. With an understanding of interchange fees, a term…
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Prairie Moves: Todd Razor, Becky Mollenkamp, Kickanotch and more
Thinc Iowa preparations have me occupied during the week so I’m finding time to catch up on content on Saturdays and Sundays. Enjoy this fresh off the press Prairie Moves (links gathered through today) that’s just a few days later than its usual Thursday appearance. Also, if you’d like to see what we’ve been up…
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Guest Post: Why Thinc Iowa is so damn important
(This is a guest post by Ben Milne.) I went through a few other abrasive titles to this prior to landing on this one. For those of you that don’t know me, my inner dialogue is typically a little more obtuse, especially when I’m excited about something. I’ve been at ground zero and this idea…
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Innovation Expo to highlight and help Prairie entrepreneurs
In less than a month, Sioux Falls will be the gathering spot for the eighth annual Innovation Expo, taking place Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center. The Expo, which is hosted by Enterprise Institute, a non-profit that provides business development and services to individuals and startup companies, brings together inventors, researchers…
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Prairie Moves: Nick Nisi, Joe Petsick, TwitZip 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.
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HTML5 problem solver, software engineer, web designer and more
We’re excited to bring you our 72nd Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Bozell, Relevant Math and Jelecos in Omaha, and Tickly, Dwolla and Eliason Media in Des Moines. …
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