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Startup Spaces: How Shift turned a bland office into a DIY haven
Nestled on the top floor of a nondescript office building in West Des Moines, the team at Shift has made the most of their shared space with agency Performance Marketing. When Shift moved in last August, the space was your typical, drab office space—fluorescent overhead lighting and beige walls. But now, thanks to the DIY…
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Find your way around 1,800+ miles of Iowa trails with new app
There’s lots of reasons to love living in Iowa, but by far one of the state’s lesser known treasures is its trail system. But with its forthcoming iOS app, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation—a Des Moines-based nonprofit focused on preserving Iowa’s land, water and wildlife—is hoping to change that …
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PrairieCast video: VoterTide and the Fast Company ‘Most Innovative’
This week we were joined by two guests, old friend Chris Burns of West Des Moines-based Shift and PrairieCast first-timer Jimmy Winter of Omaha’s VoterTide. We discussed recent news related to VoterTide as well as Fast Company’s “Most Innovative” list which included two startups with Silicon Prairie ties, Dwolla and Zaarly. This week on the…
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Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Jimmy Winter and Chris Burns
Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 75 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in downtown Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests Jimmy Winter of VoterTide and Chris Burns. This week we’ll talk with Winter about VoterTide’s recent news as well as look into the Silicon Prairie companies that…
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‘Hacker spirit’ pushes Shift’s Sinclair to keep tinkering, building
If it’s Friday and it’s lunchtime and Ben Sinclair isn’t at Performance Marketing’s West Des Moines offices, it’s a pretty safe bet where he is instead. He’s making a beeline to the buffet line. Mind you, he’s not there for the fare — Sinclair gives the food a review that’s lukewarm at best — but…
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Prairie Moves: Sean Freitag, Eric Clymer, Shift and more
What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) 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…
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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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Prairie Moves: Christopher New, Emma Peterson, Fresk and 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…
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PrairieCast with Steve Carter and Chris Burns (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Steven Carter of the Iowa State University Research Park and Chris Burns of SHift. Discussed this week: Aneesh Chopra, US CTO, and Erich Broksas, Case Foundation and Startup America Partnership, added to the Big Omaha lineup, As charity: water campaign nears end, Hidajat…