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PrairieCast with Nate Becker and Danny Schreiber (Video)
This week on PrairieCast, we had Nate Becker from SHift and Uppward – in town for the week from Brooklyn, New York – as our first in-studio guest in the new configuration for the show. Additionally, Danny Schreiber, Silicon Prairie News’s managing editor Skyped in from Omaha. Discussed this week “Silicon Prairie Feedback List, Version…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Nate Becker
Today at 2 p.m. CDT we’re excited to have Nate Becker, the fourth and last member of the Uppward founding team to appear on PrairieCast, join us in our Des Moines studio for episode 47. Nate, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, works remotely with both Uppward and SHift. We’ll be talking about Dwolla founder…
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Chris Burns, Nate Becker & Ben Sinclair share the SHift story
Most don’t have it easy when they launch their startups. Companies will universally go through the initial process of finding office space, or converting a basement into workspace, building a client list, or finding vendors and consultants for day-to-day needs. SHift, a web and mobile application development firm founded this past February by Ben Sinclair,…
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On TechCrunch: Planely – On the Silicon Prairie: Uppward
In preparation for her upcoming trip to the LeWeb conference this week, TechCrunch writer Alexia Tsotsis tried out the service of one of the conference’s partners, Planely, a web-based app designed to help you connect with other passengers on your flight. After signing up and entering her flight details, a match was made. She learned…
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Uppward iPhone app released in the App Store
Image from the iTunes app store. The four person crew behind Uppward announced today that their mobile application aimed at connecting and rewarding air travelers had been approved by Apple and released in the iTunes App Store. James Eliason, Nathan T. Wright and Ben Sinclair of Des Moines along with Nate Becker of Brooklyn, New…
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Prairie Moves: Shane Reiser, Chris Burns, Ben Sinclair & more
(Photo by Derek Purdy via Flickr.) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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…