What is Prairie Moves?
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com.
Fundings
- PeggyBank (Omaha) raised $500,000 from undisclosed investors – SPN
Career Moves
- Abby Rowling joined Hatchlings (Des Moines) as a Community Manager – Hatchlings on Facebook
Product/Business Development and Milestones
- SocialVolt (Kansas City), an enterprise social media management provider, rolled out Channels – Press Release, Forbes, All Facebook, BizReport, The Brain Yard, CMS Wire and SPN
- Tikly (Des Moines), an online ticketing service, rolled out its new version that gives controls to users to create events and tickets – SPN and StartupCity Des Moines blog
- Lodo Software (Omaha), a provider of personal financial management software for banks and credit unions, announced that 120 financial institutions have signed on to use its OurCashFlow product integrated with Jack Henry & Associates’ NetTeller Online Banking system – Press Release
Mentions
- FrontFlip (Kansas City) – Mobile Insider: “Using QR To Create In-Store Mobile Moments“
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Drone Journalism Lab (Lincoln, Neb.) – Washington Post: “Drone journalism, businesses and policing — the pilotless aircraft could soon fill U.S. skies“
- Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines – Nebraska Entrepreneur: “Christian Renaud on Maturing the Business Ecosystem in the Midwest“
- Steve Kiene of Nebraska Global – Nebraska Entrepreneur: “Nebraska Global’s Kiene to Give Closing Keynote at Friday’s Summit“
- Dwolla (Des Moines) – Credit Card Processing Blog: “Barclays Pingit Shows why Dwolla-like Start-ups Stand no Chance“
- Bryan Findell of SecretPenguin (Omaha) – Skate Hive: “Lucky 7 – Bryan Findell“
- Nebraska Angels (Lincoln, Neb.) – Omaha World-Herald: “Kansas firm gains more Angel help” and “DNA analyzing device goes from idea to market — all in Nebraska“
- Ben Sinclair of Shift Interactive – WHO TV: “Tax App: Many companies have created an application to file your taxes straight from your smartphone or tablet“
- Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s “eCity” – Kansas City Star ” ‘ECity’ gets a boost from KC area entrepreneurs“
Gig Bits
Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.
Thanks to our sponsor
- Kansas City Star: “Google files applications to offer TV service in KC“
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Google asks Missouri and Kansas to allow video service in KC“
- Techmeme: “Google ready to launch pilot pay-TV program in Kansas City” via New York Post
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Google video request gets social media buzzing”
- Des Moines Register: “Google’s move in Council Bluffs a high-speed leap to future?“
- Mashable: “Google Wants to Plant Satellite Dishes in Iowa [VIDEO]“
- Forbes: “5 Steps Google TV Must Take To Win Kansas City“
Recognition
- The Technology Association of Iowa and LWBJ Financial Announce 2012 Prometheus Award Finalists – Press Release and SPN
- Oxide Design (and SPN’s Big Omaha event) – “Oxide featured in Visual Marketing“
Blogged
- Torsion Mobile (Des Moines): “Torsion Mobile Release New Software to Make Websites Usable on Smartphones“
- Think Big Partners (Kansas City): “002 Think Big Radio: Think Big Partners Update“
- KCITP: “Kansas City Information Technology Professionals Founder Talks @ Venture Fridays {VIDEO}”
- Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines: “Administrative Attention Deficit Disorder“
- Becky Mollenkamp: “Be nice—It’s good for you.“
Misc.
- “Missouri entrepreneurs granted investments by UM System fund” – Missourian
*Update 9 p.m. – At request of client, removed item from New Creative section.
Credits: Photo by Marilylle Soveran via Flickr
