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Q&A: Tikly founder shares why SXSW is a great fit for Des Moines startup
While we’re down at SXSW, we’ll be writing about the region’s entrepreneurs and covering sessions we think can bring value to the community. All of this wouldn’t be possible without our content partner, Pinsight Media+, which is making it happen. For those at SXSW, take note: 75% of apps make less than $1,000 per month.…
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Tikly CEO among those honored at TAI’s Women of Innovation awards
Thursday evening two familiar faces in the Des Moines startup community were honored at the Technology Association of Iowa’s annual Women of Innovation awards. Jo Eckert—assistant executive director at the West Des Moines Business Incubator—and Tikly founder and CEO Emma Peterson both received awards …
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Tikly to depart StartupCity, begin work with Urbandale tech firm
Online ticketing startup Tikly is set to depart business incubator StartupCity Des Moines at week’s end, the Des Moines Register reported this morning. The startup was part of the incubator’s initial group of residents when it opened its doors October 2011. Founder and CEO Emma Peterson …
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Startups represented among TAI Women of Innovation finalists
The Technology Association of Iowa has announced the finalists of its fifth annual Women of Innovation Awards, which honor women leaders in science, technology …
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Its ‘concept proved,’ Tikly rolls out new version with controls for users
Tikly, an online ticketing service in Des Moines, today is rolling out its custom web and ecommerce system, a new version that allows users to create ticketing events on their own. “The first chapter of Tikly was a ticketing service that we built out using a third party ecommerce system,” Emma Peterson, the 22-year-old founder…
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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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Watch PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Peterson, DuRegger and Stacy
Join us at 2 p.m. today for Episode 70 of PrairieCast with guests Sam DuRegger of Dwolla, Emma Peterson of Tikly and our own Silicon Prairie News editor, Michael Stacy. We’ll talk about new events announced here in Iowa, a big milestone for Bloom.com, former Big Omaha speaker Sarah Lacy’s new venture and more. While…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with Emma Peterson, Sam DuRegger and Michael Stacy
Join us at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Episode 70 of PrairieCast with guests Sam DuRegger of Dwolla, Emma Peterson of Tikly and our own Silicon Prairie News editor, Michael Stacy. We’ll talk about new events announced here in Iowa, a big milestone for Bloom.com, former Big Omaha speaker Sarah Lacy’s new venture and more. Did…
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PrairieCast with Tej Dhawan and Emma Peterson (Video)
Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Emma Peterson of Tikly were our guests today on PrairieCast where we talked about Shannon Thomas and Kenny Younger’s Startup Weekend Love Story, RecBob’s Startup Weekend “launch” in Cedar Rapids and Dusty Reynolds’ question, “can entrepreneurship be taught?” We also looked back at the …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Tej Dhawan and Emma Peterson
PrairieCast Episode 69 will come to you live today at 2 p.m. The show will feature Tikly’s Emma Peterson (far left) and Startup City Des Moines’ Tej Dhawan (near left). We’ll chat about Startup Weekend’s love story, Dusty Reynold’s question, “can entrepreneurship be taught?” and more. PrairieCast is a live, weekly podcast for which a…