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Prairie Moves: Riane Menardi, Ellen Wilde and Goodsmiths
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days 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,…
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Angry birds settle: Twitter, Iowa-based Twittad hash out ‘tweet’ deal
Tweet it from the rooftops: Twitter and Des Moines-based Twittad have settled their squabble surrounding the trademark of the term “tweet.” Twittad CEO James Eliason confirmed via email on Monday that his company, a platform for sponsored advertisements on Twitter, has reached an agreement with Twitter over the trademark of “tweet.” Twittad, which previously held…
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Twittad, GeoClip.it, Uppward: James Eliason is a part of them all
This week I had an opportunity to sit down and get to know one of Des Moines’ most active entrepreneurs, James Eliason. A 1997 graduate of Valley High School in West Des Moines, Eliason had a decision to make: play baseball for Central College or Wartburg College, or take a shot at the University of…
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Eliason Media hires director of business dev., expands into Chicago
Eliason Media, the Urbandale, Iowa company behind the sponsored tweet platform Twittad announced the addition of a director of business development on Tuesday. Company founder James Eliason has tapped Sandro Serra (pictured) recently of Tribune Media Net, for the role. Sandro brings with him a background in managing advertising campaigns with large retail clients. Sandro…