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PrairieCast: Brad Dwyer of the Facebook app company Hatchlings
Our guest on PrairieCast this week was Brad Dwyer, the founder of Hatchlings, an online social game built utilizing the Facebook platform. Brad, a senior at Iowa State University majoring in computer science, is making a lot of waves in Central Iowa’s entrepreneur community. Most recently, he took home the award for the Student Innovation…
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Nathan T. Wright takes peek inside Council Bluffs’ Google Data Center
Nathan T. Wright, founder of Des Moines-based Lava Row, recently emceed the Technology Association of Iowa’s Prometheus Awards. These awards recognize achievement in the technology sector from across the state. As part of his duties, Nathan made a trip to the western border to see Google’s new data center in Council Bluffs. In the video…
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TAI’s Prometheus Awards highlight innovation throughout Iowa
Playing on its reputation as the “Academy Awards of Iowa’s high tech industry,” the fifth annual Prometheus Awards took place last night with a Hollywood-style theme, complete with a celebrity photo booth, award statues, plenty of tuxedos, and even a red carpet. The awards are a production of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) meant…
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SmartyPig CEO to keynote Pitch Refinement Session
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) recently announced that Bob Weinschenk, CEO of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig, will share a keynote…
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Hatchlings founder talks about the success of his Facebook app company
When you put together a list of the fastest growing technology companies in Iowa, you probably don’t include Hatchlings, Inc., but you should. I recently had the chance to sit down with Brad Dwyer the company’s founder, who is also a senior in Computer Science and Entrepreneurial Studies at Iowa State University, to learn about…
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TAI announces Prometheus Award finalists
The 2010 Prometheus Award finalists were announced Thursday, honoring the best technology companies and professionals throughout Iowa. This year’s awards are co-sponsored by LWBJ Financial and are the fifth annual recognition by the Technology Association of Iowa. Winners will be announced in a ceremony at The Meadows Convention Center in Altoona on April 6th.
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Des Moines community addresses need for better capital pitches
Access to capital is an important element of any entrepreneurial ecosystem. Often, the path to that capital begins with a pitch where you have a limited amount of time to educate, persuade and convince an investor that your idea is worth their time and money. The ability to put together a cogent pitch is not…
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Prometheus Awards application due January 29
Nominations for the Technology Association of Iowa’s 2010 Prometheus Awards are due next Friday, January 29. These annual awards, sometimes called the “Academy Awards of Iowa’s high-tech industry,” highlight the accomplishments of technology companies around the state. Any technology company is eligible to submit for the awards in a variety of categories. The ceremony will…