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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
- Marcus Ross will be joining Client Resources Inc. (Omaha) as a software engineer – linkedin.com/in/marcusross
Product/Company Development
- Zaarly (Kansas City) is making a number of updates, including unique URLs for offers, longer offer times and leaderboard – blog.zaarly.com
- QuickCal (Omaha) made updates and expanded its team – quickcalapp.com/quickcal-happenings
- Dwolla (Des Moines) implemented an autoload feature – dwolla.org/blog
- MyEntre.Net (Cedar Falls, IA) launched Connections, “Iowa’s first comprehensive, searchable database of public resources and programs available to serve small business and entrepreneurs” – myentre.net
New Work
- Randomnade (Omaha), a web application allowing competitive gamers and teams to improve their gameplay, lauched its private beta – randomnade.com
- Phenomblue (Omaha) launched Food Fight Facebook app for TUMS – necreative.typepad.com
Media Mentions
- Green Bein’ Production (Lincoln) – News Net Nebraska: “Video game company is one of a kind in Lincoln”
- Rick Knudtson of Randomnade (full-time at Tripleseat) (Omaha) – Previous – “Randomnade: Interview with Rick Knudtson“
- Proxibid (Omaha) – Site Selection: “A Winning Bid for Innovation“
- Syncbak (Marion, Iowa) TVNewsCheck.com: Syncbak Moving Forward with OTT Platform
- Archrival (Lincoln), VML (Kansas City) and Electric Pulp (Sioux Falls) – ClickZ: “Five Digital Shops in the Heartland“
- Tom Chapman of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Seed Here (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – Corridor Business: “Startup plans to encourage entrepreneurs“
- Seed Here (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – Des Moines Register: “Seminar to explore Omaha rejuvenation“
- Josh Cramer of Cramer Development (Iowa City, IA) – oneforty: How to: Make Your Remote Team a Success
- Gordon Whitten of Sojern (Omaha) – Smart Business – St. Louis: “Gordon D. Whitten Jr. turned inspiration into innovation“
Misc.
- Reflect7 (Lincoln) has been put up for sale – flippa.com
- July 7 marked Proxibid’s 10th anniversary – twitter.com/proxibid
- Des Moines and Omaha listed in “America’s Best Cities For Young Professionals” – blogs.forbes.com
- Scott Rocketship created What if Des Moines…, “exploring the road not (yet?) traveled in Des Moines”
- Mark Hasebroock of MindMixer and Dundee Venture Capital (Omaha) blogged: “Why MindMixer is Killing It“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) announced it’s next meetup, “We’re changing the game. Again” – meetup.com/dwolla
- Torsion Mobile (Des Moines) released pictures from its “Friends and Family Event” – facebook.com
