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  • Revisiting the question of who’s the No. 2 startup in Des Moines

    Last December, I wrote a post asking “Who’s the No. 2 startup in Des Moines?” In that post, I shared the results of an informal (and unscientific) poll that I conducted around the community to seek out which companies were the “top startups.” While Dwolla was a unanimous selection at No. 1, there was no…

  • Startups strut stuff in first-year showcase at 80/35 Music Festival

    The inaugural year of Start-Up Central at 80/35 was modest — a single tent, promising information and a bit of shade on a sweltering day — but festival officials and startup founders alike see potential to build on the relationship between technology and music. “We actually share quite a bit in that we need to…

  • ShareWhere hires two, turns focus to paid merchant accounts

    ShareWhere founder Dylan Hamilton described the service as a puzzle where user and merchant pieces fit together, and with the addition of his first two employees, his team is coming together, too. With an overhaul of the ShareWhere system complete, Chelsea Waits and Rebecca VanDeCasteele were hired to recruit merchants to the service. ShareWhere is…

  • Startup Job Crawl edition: Internships, developers and more

    We’re excited to bring you a special 98th Opportunities on The Prairie today with opportunities from all over the region including those available from the most recent Startup Job Crawl Des Moines. …

  • Prairie Moves: Eli Perelman, ShareWhere, LiveOn and more

    Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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…

  • Prairie Moves: Miranda Bouck, ActiveGrade, Powow 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…

  • ShareWhere provides location-based planning power, savings

    There are plenty of geolocation features on social networks, but Dylan Hamilton …

  • Prairie Moves: Ed Kuklenski, iapps24, Gordilla and more

    What is Prairie Moves? – 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,…