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9 Blue Labs to connect ‘exceptional ideas with exceptional talent’
Eliason Media founder James Eliason and recent technical hire, Levi Rosol, are teaming up to launch 9 Blue Labs on August 1. “At 9 Blue Labs,” Eliason wrote in the company’s first blog post, “we bring together exceptional ideas with …
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Uppward announces Facebook app, beta testing set to take off
As iPhone users logged some 1.5 million miles on Uppward, the Des Moines-based creators of the flight-based social application fielded frequent requests from Android users to bring the app to their platform. Consider those requests granted. And then some. Uppward’s James Eliason announced Tuesday that Uppward will launch a Facebook app and is currently accepting…
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PrairieCast with Mike Colwell and James Eliason (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone and Casesmpl and James Eliason of Eliason Media and Uppward. Discussed this week: Casesmpl launches, Dream Big, Grow Here contest announced for 7/1, Uppward expands to any device that includes Facebook …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with James Eliason and Mike Colwell
Tune in at 2 p.m. today for Episode 44 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests James Eliason of Eliason Media and Uppward and Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone. Both guests have special announcements to make on the show, so be sure to join us live. Additional discussion…
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PrairieCast with Christian Renaud & James Eliason (Video)
Our guests today were Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines and James Eliason of Eliason Media, Uppward, and Craft.ly. Discussed this week: – From Green Bein’ Productions in Lincoln, Nebraska: “Kid Command adds 56k users in January” – Connecting with software users in real life: Hatchlings meetup in Austin, Texas, and upcoming Dwolla Meetup -…
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PrairieCast: 1:30 pm Tues. with Christian Renaud & James Eliason
Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22 at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 26 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by guests Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines and James Eliason of Eliason Media, Uppward, and Craft.ly. Discussion topics will include the BIZ luncheon series, the Hudl iPad app release,…
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Prairie Moves: Carl Zulauf, Alex Gates, Megan Hunt & 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Eliason & Rosol launch Craft.ly – Handmade goods meet group buying
A new take on online group buying opened beta sign ups today. The website, Craft.ly, is a service aimed exclusively at the “handmade goods” market. James Eliason, also of Eliason Media and Uppward, approached cofounder Levi Rosol, also of ScoreYard and a Silicon Prairie News contributor, with the idea after learning of it through his…
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PrairieCast: 1:30 pm tomorrow with guests James Eliason & Mike Colwell
Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1st at 1:30 p.m. for Episode 23 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. Our guests this week will be James Eliason of Eliason Media and Uppward and Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone (BIZ). Discussion topics will include the Silicn Prairie News – Kansas City launch,…
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Gordilla peels back new design
Gordy, the Gordilla gorilla mascot, can now be seen in his natural habitat on Gordilla.com. The daily deal aggregator site – made by the same creators of the iPhone app with similar functionality, GeoClip.it – released a redesign of their website today which launched less than a month ago. The site is, more or less,…