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Register examines “growing pains in Ames” in startup community series
The Des Moines Register in February rolled out a new series focusing on startup communities around Iowa. The series, titled “Starting up Iowa,” kicked off with a story package looking at the “Cedar Valley,” the area …
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Register rolls out new series on Iowa’s startup communities
The Des Moines Register on Sunday published six stories to kick off its new “Starting Up Iowa” series that focuses on startup communities throughout the state of Iowa. The first package of stories took a close look at a northeast Iowa startup community defined by Waterloo and Cedar Falls. “The Cedar Valley has some key…
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PrairieCast Video: Pipeline Innovator of the Year, the Gigabit Challenge
This week on PrairieCast, we’re joined by Marco Santana, The Des Moines Register’s new technology and startup reporter, as well as our own Michael Stacy. We talked through all the news and notes from Pipeline’s Innovator of the Year festivities and looked back on the Gigabit Challenge to discuss what it means to the region.…
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Marco Santana and Michael Stacy
Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 72 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We’ll be joined by Marco Santana, the new Des Moines Register startup and technology reporter, and our own Michael Stacy. We’ll be talking about the Pipeline Innovator of the Year …
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Meet Marco Santana, the Register’s new tech and startup reporter
Marco Santana, the Des Moines Register’s new technology and startup reporter, is comfortable to admit he was “the journalism nerd” in college. Or as he put it: “The guy who wore his ‘journalist’ T-shirt to the bar and did not think twice about it.” “Now, after a few years in the field,” Santana said in…
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Prairie Moves: Clint Andrew Hall, Marco Santana, Fresk and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day 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,…