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MindMixer scores one of the biggest raises in Prairie history
“This one was pretty unique in that we had no intention to do fundraising,” CEO Nick Bowden told SPN last week. “The last round gave us the fuel to grow and scale and legitimized what we were doing, but this came together a lot more informally than a traditional raise.”
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And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…
After literally thousands of votes, the input of a handful of judges and a lot of creative social media campaigns, all of you dressed to the nines and joined us Thursday evening at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre to see who would be deemed the best of the Prairie. Now we’re excited to share with you…
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Get to know the five finalists for Startup of the Year
This is the one everyone’s talking about. They’re making headlines, headed toward long-term success. And the finalists are…
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Four years of scaling MindMixer: What’s worked, and what hasn’t
(Guest post by Nick Bowden, MindMixer co-founder and CEO) It feels strange to be considered by some in the “prairie” as the old guard of startups, but we’ll take it. I suppose it means we have done at least one thing right: stay in business. As we approached the birthday and my anniversary, I did…
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MindMixer co-founder takes job as COO of ophthalmology practice
Nathan Preheim realizes most people are probably thinking, “What the hell?” right now. That’s because Preheim, co-founder and COO of MindMixer, arguably one of the region’s most successful startups, has stepped down. His new gig? COO of Kugler Vision, an Omaha ophthalmology practice. He’ll be in charge of on-boarding patients, training new hires, optimizing work…
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Mindmixer CEO shares investment advice with new startups
It’s only the second week of the Straight Shot accelerator, but seven startups already got advice from Dundee Venture Capital’s Beth Engel and Mindmixer CEO Nick Bowden about fundraising, dealing with investors and more tips on becoming a successful business.
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MindMixer leaving Nebraska to unify team, hire 85 more in Kansas City
MindMixer is closing its Nebraska offices and moving to Kansas City. The online civic engagement platform is moving nearly all of its operations by the end of the summer. MindMixer established an office in North Omaha’s Mastercraft three years ago, and a KC office followed about six months later …
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MindMixer’s Nick Bowden had a whirlwind 24 hours at SXSW
You’ll have to excuse Nick Bowden for the late response. The co-founder and CEO of “Gov 2.0” startup MindMixer has been busy since a whirlwind 24 hours at SXSW. On March 10, he led a discussion about MindMixer, analytics, local governments and how they are thinking about data and engaging constituients. Nearly 100 attended, he…
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Prairie Portrait: Katie Condon of MindMixer
Prairie Portraits is a weekly set of questions intended to help the community get to know someone from the Silicon Prairie startup scene a little bit better. Prairie Portraits feature a fixed set of questions ranging from career background and personal perferences to, perhaps, off-the-wall questions on YouTube videos and entrance music.
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Startup Spaces: Looking back at the six featured startups of 2013
Last year we launched Startup Spaces, a monthly series in partnership with turnstone that showcases the unique offices of companies across the Silicon Prairie. Its been a lot of fun to coordinate over the last six months, and we’ve affectionately come to describe this series as “MTV Cribs for the startup crowd.” We asked our…
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