Nathan Wright

  • Lava Row founder Nathan Wright “hanging up the consulting hat”

    Nathan Wright, founder of Des Moines social media consulting firm Lava Row, announced today on his personal blog that he’ll be “hanging up the consulting hat” to step into Hy-Vee’s new digital marketing and innovation position. “Building, sustaining and growing Lava Row has been the most rewarding challenge of my life,” Wright wrote. “Along the way…

  • Prairie Moves: Number Laundry, T8 Webware, MindMixer and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • SXSW releases panel podcasts

    From March 11-15, more than 19,000 individuals from around the world gathered in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive. Recently, SXSW released podcasts of this year’s panel presentations, three of which featured panelists from the Prairie. For those of you who missed out on SXSW or those of you who want to relive the…

  • Prairie Moves: Josh Dreyer, Jeff Valder, Jonathan Sharp & More

    Published every Tuesday (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, please…

  • PrairieCast: Streaming live at 1:30 pm CST

    Tune in at 1:30 p.m. today for the return of the Silicon Prairie News’ weekly podcast, PrairieCast. Now streaming with live video, PrairieCast is part of the lineup at Webcast One Live and will be available each week here on Silicon Prairie News. This week we feature discussion about new companies, new product launches, and…

  • South by Southwest 2011: Vote for Panels from the Prairie

    The opening day of South by Southwest (SXSW) is a more than seven months away, but preparations for this 10-day event featuring an interactive, film and music festival are well underway. A good majority of the planning is taking place in Austin, Texas, the location of the event since its inception…

  • Catching up with Lava Row

    When the SPN team was in Des Moines this week, we took the opportunity to stop by Lava Row’s offices to talk with Nathan T. Wright and Hillary Brown about what’s new. Nathan told us about the Des Moines’ Social Media Breakfast taking place next Tuesday, 8 a.m. at Mars Cafe (2318 University Ave).

  • SXSW PanelPicker closes Friday, please vote for proposals from the Prairie

    Here’s a great way to start your week: click on a link below, learn about what they hope to present, and show your support by giving them a “thumbs up.” Whether or not you plan to attend South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) this coming March, you can see and vote on the over 2,200 submitted…