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  • DSM Partnership creates Entrepreneurial Advisory Council

    The Greater Des Moines Partnership recently announced it has established an Entrepreneurial Advisory Council for the Regional Economic Development Board that will advise staff and organization leadership about initiatives and community issues. The Council will help review Partnership initiatives like the Plains Angels, NestMint and the BIZ. Council members include community members like Tej Dhawan,…

  • Three investments by Iowa angel group total about $750,000

    Plains Angels, a Des Moines-based consortium of angel investors established last June, has invested about $750,000 in three Iowa businesses, the group’s co-founder Mike Colwell told the Des Moines Register. Carroll-based Agren, a 17-year-old agriculture consulting company …

  • Iowa recruiting tour hits San Francisco today, Palo Alto Thursday

    A trio of Iowa economic and business organizations are embarking on a West Coast tour hopeful their message about the benefits of moving to the Hawkeye State is music to the ears of Californians. The Greater Des Moines Partnership is hosting a recruiting event at 5 p.m. today in San Francisco that features a live…

  • Iowa angel group forms with focus on Midwest

    The Business Innovation Zone announced Sunday the formation of the Plains Angels, an independent, nonprofit consortium of angel investors that plans to make investments in the areas of technology, agriculture and manufacturing. “We want to help (accredited) investors more efficiently access high-quality deal flow,” said Mike Colwell (far left), director of the Business Innovation Zone,…

  • Activating the Silicon Prairie

    Earlier this month, I had the good fortune of participating in a forum with leaders from around the Midwest. Executives from Greater Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis gathered around a central theme: Metropolitan areas in the Great Plains and Midwest can, and must, take proactive and collaborative actions that are critical to…

  • Serving up SXSW: A photo recap of the Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar

    Amid the rain and eventual shine at South By Southwest last week in Austin, Texas, Silicon Prairie News hosted a different kind of open bar. We tried something new this year to extend the networking, take a breather from the conference craze and provide our party attendees a unique experience with an edible spoon. We…

  • Stop by the SXSW Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar, 10 a.m-3 p.m. Sunday

    South By Southwest Interactive might be a little soggy, but our cereal’s dry. Stop by Halycon (218 W. 4th St.) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday for your breakfast bowl at the Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar. With the help of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Greater…

  • Snap, Crackle, Pop: Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar on Sunday of SXSW

    If you’re headed down to South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, make sure to bring an early morning appetite because Silicon Prairie News plans to serve a breakfast of champions. Join us for the first Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar at Halcyon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. We’re switching from liquor…

  • 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…

  • TED Conference to stream live in Des Moines – Wed., March 2nd

    (Photo by Eric Charlton via Flickr.) TEDxDesMoines organizer Alexander Grgurich has teamed up with the Greater Des Moines Partnership to put on a livestream of the upcoming 2011 TED Conference in Long Beach, California on Wednesday March 2nd. TEDxDesMoines, first held last May, is a local version of the famed TED conference, produced under license,…