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How two Iowa companies use internal hackathons to give back
Over the years, companies like Google and Facebook have become infamous for their internal hackathons with mass amounts of takeout food, innovative solutions and hacking into the wee hours. But for two Iowa companies, hosting company-wide hackathons has become a way to give back to their communities…
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Far Reach teams up with mortgage forecasting company for new startup
Earlier this month, two Iowa companies teamed up to create Mortgage MarketSmart, a new software startup that helps financial professionals analyze and assess mortgage …
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NU Squared brings vision therapy to tablets
Nadira Shadeed and Joe Rouw are a husband-wife team of optometrists who run a vision therapy-exclusive practice in Georgia. When the two discovered no software on the market suited their unique needs, they decided to build their own. They teamed up with Far Reach, a Cedar Falls-based web design company where Joe’s brother Chris Rouw…
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Holiday roundup: From a Google Fiber poem to a … ‘Holidaysbutt?’
We’ve rounded up more than a half-dozen creative, clever and sometimes confusing holiday greetings from startups, web development shops, marketing firms and, in its usual festive mode, Google. Check out the short descriptions and screenshots below for a link to each item of seasonal cheer …
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Prairie Moves: Marq Manner, VoterTide, Kelsey Dempsey 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 …
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Prairie Moves: jTube, Shane Farritor, Levi Rosol and more
What is Prairie Moves? – 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,…
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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…