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May GDMLI breakfast to focus on Des Moines’ Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s (GDMLI) quarterly Daybreak Leadership Breakfast series will be taking an in-depth look at the local entrepreneurial ecosystem when the group gathers at the Greater Des Moines Partnership Building (700 Locust) on May 19. The May breakfast, with the theme “Silicon Prairie: A Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”, will feature a panel…
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PrairieCast with Sam Schill & Shane Reiser (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend and Sam Schill of the Sigler Companies. Discussed this week: Teams continuing on from Startup Weekend Des Moines, Experiences at South by Southwest Interactive, Zaarly goes live at SXSW, sets to expand to other cities, Startup Weekend alum…
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PrairieCast Live Stream: 1:30 pm with Shane Reiser and Sam Schill
Tune in at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 30 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by two guests fresh off their first experience at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin Texas, Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend and Sam Schill of the Sigler Companies. Discussion topics will include SXSW, Thinc…
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Startup Weekend Des Moines: Reflections of a past participant
As someone who participated in the first Startup Weekend Des Moines (see my Silicon Prairie News guest post at the time: “Startup Weekend Des Moines is a success”) back in July 2009 and had the chance to spend several hours at this past weekend’s event…
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Prairie Moves: Andrew Peters, The Foundary, Sojern & more
(Photo by Mark Michaelis via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, 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,…
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Startup Organizers Summit recap and takeaways
(Marc Nager speaks at the Startup Organizers Summit. Photo by Steven Chau via Flickr.) Scott Heiferman, Meetup.com founder, said it best in a tweet following his closing keynote presentation at the Startup Organizers Summit. “Imagine! Ppl start @startupweekend chapters in cities globally &they come together in KansasCity. #sosummit was impressive.Watch this space!” Heiferman was spot…
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Startup Weekend: Now ‘Powered by the Kauffman Foundation’
The overarching Startup Weekend organization, a nonprofit based out of Seattle, has announced the receipt of a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the largest American foundation with a focus on entrepreneurship. This is exciting news for…
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Shane Reiser joins Startup Weekend team full-time
This past weekend, 164 individuals gathered in the coworking space of New Work City for Startup Weekend New York, a 54-hour event challenging attendees to present ideas, form teams, plan, implement, and then present their just-born startup. Leading the planned chaos was Shane Reiser of Des Moines, a now full-time employee of Startup Weekend. Prior…
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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…