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Prairie Moves: Bozell, Turbine Interactive, Skid Vis and more
Published every Tuesday (four days 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…
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Events: TechBrew Cedar Valley and Dwolla Crash Party
Cedar Falls is the epicenter of action on the Silicon Prairie this week, with a pair of functions scheduled there Thursday evening. Folks in the Cedar Valley can commence their Cinco de Mayo at the Technology Association of Iowa’s TechBrew from 5-7 p.m. and then migrate down Main Street for Dwolla’s Crash Party, which kicks…
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PrairieCast with Ben Milne and Drew Larson (Video)
Andy was out this week so I handled hosting duties all by myself but it was made easy with two PrairieCast veterans in studio: Ben Milne of Dwolla and Drew Larson of BrownWinick. Discussed this week: Kauffman: Express Your Pledge and Be Entered for A Chance to Win a Big Omaha Ticket, Kauffman Foundation gives…
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PrairieCast: Live at 1:30 p.m. with Ben Milne and Drew Larson
Tune in today at 1:30 p.m. CDT for Episode 35 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by guests Ben Milne of Dwolla and Drew Larson of BrownWinick. Discussion topics will include the Kauffman Foundation’s “Express Your Pledge” Big Omaha ticket giveaway, the Omaha Developer who won the Zappos API…
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Prairie Moves: Phenomblue, Infotec, Syncbak 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 post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Tikly, a ‘ticket service with a twist,’ launching soon out of Des Moines
Over the weekend, details began to emerge of a new ticketing startup, Tikly, planning to launch out of Des Moines in the next 30 or so days. The service will be unique to the current marketplace as it will have Dwolla as a payment option from the start. Emma Peterson, a marketer with significant experience…
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SPN Out & About: Startup Storm recap
This past Saturday I had the privilege to speak at Startup Storm, a first of its kind event put on by Macy Koch, a senior at Simpson College. The event, billed as “teaching and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial development,” featured an opening keynote by Nathan T. Wright, founder of Lava Row and co-founder of Uppward,…
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Des Moines Partnership highlights Dwolla, city’s startup scene (Video)
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, an economic and community development organization serving Greater Des Moines, released its latest promotional video on YouTube. Clocking in at 1:37, the video features interviews with Dwolla co-founder and CEO Ben Milne as well as the startup’s COO, Charise Flynn. In addition to Dwolla…
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Photos from Prometheus Awards: Dwolla, Book Hatchery and more
The Technology Association of Iowa released photos today from last Thursday’s 2011 Prometheus Awards, the event which honors the top companies and individuals in technology from across the state in the last year. To see this year’s full list of winners, see our post: “Prometheus Awards recognize Iowa’s top tech companies.” The following are select…
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