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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…
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Zaarly team adds three, looks to launch in next 90 days
Even though Zaarly‘s left behind its Mobile HQ (a rented RV) following South by Southwest Interactive, the team has continued to keep its development wheels spinning since returning from Austin, Texas. Asked via email when users could expect a launch, Zaarly CEO Bo Fishback replied: “Launch in the next 90 days in our wave of cities.”…
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SmartyPig CEO on working for a Silicon Prairie-based startup
Leading up to South by Southwest Interactive, we interviewed Bob Weinschenk, an Austin resident and the CEO of Des Moines-based SmartyPig, about joining the company in 2009 and his current role in the startup. Inevitably, the topic of working for a Silicon Prairie-based startup versus working for a startup in the Valley became a point…
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Five Silicon Prairie startups at SXSW and how they fared
(Photo by Janae Weinbrenner of Imijfoto) Leading up to South by Southwest Interactive I wrote a post about five startups from the Silicon Prairie that I thought had a chance to break out at the five-day conference – “Five Silicon Prairie startups that could break out at SXSW.” With this post, I wasn’t predicting any…
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SXSW: One last ‘Thank you’ to our Silicon Prairie Party sponsors
We’re just about recovered from the amazing experience that is South by Southwest Interactive. Once again, one the highlights of our team – and many of the 600 or so other festival goers who participated – was the Silicon Prairie Party presented by Hollrback on Sunday, March 13. This year’s party was put thanks to…
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SmartyPig CEO on SXSW panel ‘Banks – Innovate or Die’ (Video)
For the second year in a row, SmartyPig CEO Bob Weinschenk participated in South by Southwest Interactive panel that brought a lively discussion on stage and a packed house in the seats. Last year’s topic, “Banking 2.0: Financial Services Driven by People & Emerging Technologies,” had the panelists focus on what each of their companies…
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Behind the scenes of Zaarly’s SXSW launch
As I prepared for the trip down to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive earlier this month, I kept a close eye on the Silicon Prairie attendee Twitter stream to see what folks from the region were up to in Austin. The expected tweets about panels and parties raised my anticipation as usual, but…
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Pics from last night: Silicon Prairie Party Presented by Hollrback
When preparing for this year’s Silicon Prairie Party Presented by Hollrback, we knew three things had to come into play for success: a cool venue with an open bar, ridiculous freebies on the table and a packed house of awesome South by Southwest Interactive attendees. For number one, we went with a proven venue and…