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  • Prairie Moves: Justin Graves, GoodTwin Design, Zappn and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Prairie Moves: Christopher New, Emma Peterson, Fresk and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Where do the entrepreneurs hang out? In Des Moines, it’s at Amici.

    A mentor or professor from my past — I don’t even remember who at this point — mentioned to me that upon moving to a new city the first thing he did was seek out the coffee shops where the local tech entrepreneurs hang out. That, in his opinion, was the best way to get…

  • Prairie Moves: Dave Medema, Erik Antonson, Charise Flynn and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Bitcoin: What is it and how is Dwolla involved in its marketplace?

    In a guest post on this site addressing the recent attention given to Dwolla because of Bitcoin, Dwolla founder and CEO Ben Milne wrote: “I can’t go a day without talking about it or being asked about it. Whether it’s the CEO of a billion-dollar company, a friend in passing, a reporter or someone in…

  • Guest Post: The virtual currency debate, exchange and hysteria

    Our PR guy asked me if the second sentence is necessary. I personally believe it is. Why? Because if you think about it… It’s more likely your going to buy a banana than a bitcoin and yet… Even reading this you’re probably spending time trying to wrap your head around what the heck cryptocurrency is…

  • Dwolla hits $1M a week in transactions, Iowa usage surpassed

    Ten days ago, the day Dwolla launched GRID, which we called a “Facebook connect” for its payment network, the startup’s founder and CEO Ben Milne tweeted about the day’s activities: “Today is insane. No idea what else to say.” And later, in a screenshot, embedded above, he showed the hockey stick jump in site traffic.…

  • 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…

  • PrairieCast with Josh Cramer and Jordan Lampe (Video)

    This week on PrairieCast we were joined remotely by first time guest Josh Cramer founder of Cramer Dev of Iowa City and in-studio by returning guest Jordan Lampe, communications director for Dwolla. Articles discussed this week: “Big Omaha Video Series: Marc Eckō of Artists & Instigators,” “Clickstop, founder Guenther garner regional recognition,” “With …

  • Prairie Moves: Drew Gourley, Shane Neuerburg, Pongr 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 …