Prairie Moves: John Hobbs, Levi Rosol, 80/35 app and more
May 17, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Photo by Brittany Mascio
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.
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Career Moves
- John Hobbs joined the team at What Cheer (Omaha) – via whatcheer.com/news
- John Pryor, formerly with Big Dog Motorcycles (Wichita) hired as a graphic designer; Katelyn Stone, formerly with Applebee’s Inc. Guest Relations, hired as an Account Architect; and Anthony Piercy joined the team full-time as a web developer at Red Nova Labs (Kansas City) – via email
- Levi Rosol joined the team at Eliason Media (Des Moines) – via twitter.com/levirosol
- Jim Linder named to lead University of Nebraska innovation and economic competitiveness initiatives – via nebraska.edu/media-resource-center
New Work
- Tikly (Des Moines) a startup ticketing service for local venues, officially launched – via tikly.co/dsm
- Proxibid (Omaha) joined with Real Plums, Inc. to create Auction Plums – via finance.yahoo.com/news
- We are KC Tech (Kansas City) launched – via twitter.com/wfjackson3
- BitMethod (Des Moines) launched apps for Android and the iPhone for 80/35 music festival – via bitmethod.com/blog
- Wendy Townley and Steve Gordon, Jr. featured in eBook: "No Idling: 30 stories inspired by Do the Work" –via thedominoproject.com/2011
Product Development
- Dwolla (Des Moines) announced additions of Spots for the Android and Windows 7 – via dwolla.org/blog
Media Mentions
- Nathan Hidajat (Ames, Iowa), the second grader and charity: water fundraiser, featured in The Tribune: "Drawing attention to clean water"
- Bo Fishback of Zaarly (Kansas City) interviewed by Beyond the Pedway: "Propelling The Buyer Powered Market – with Bo Fishback of Zaarly"
- Zaarly (Kansas City) mentioned in a brief by Flyover Geeks: "Commerce App Zaarly Helps Get Things Done"
- Dwolla (Des Moines) featured by American Banker: "Dwolla Dashboard to Give Banks Deep Analysis on Mobile Use"
Misc.
- Dwolla (Des Moines) named one of seven 'Best in Show' technologies by attendees of FinovateSpring 2011 – via msnbc.msn.com
- Google's presence in Kansas City commented on by The Aulos: "Silicon Prairie, a Reality?"
- Craftly will join GeoClip.it and Gordilla family at EliasonMedia – via twitter.com/LeviRosol