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.
Career Moves
- Ashley Broesch, Rachel Culwell, Cailtin Donohoe and Sara Breen joined Hudl’s (Lincoln, Neb.) support team
Product/Business Development and Milestones
- OneLouder (Kansas City) rolled out a new Friendcaster for Facebook – OneLouder blog
- Dwolla (Des Moines) rolled out redesign of its user account interface – SPN
- The MeNetwork (Denver-based, Omaha office) released numbers: 65,000 users in the U.S., more than 50,000 offers delivered in March 2012 and more than 2,700 merchants in 76 U.S. cities – The MeNetwork newsletter
Mentions
- Bawte (Des Moines) – Des Moines Register: “Bawte connects consumers directly with companies“
- RecBob (Cedar Rapid, Iowa) – KGAN: “Start-ups Excited for JOBS Act“
- Hatchlings (Des Moines) – Economist: “Would you rather fight Google or the IRS?“
- Calvin Pappas of SelectOut (Lincoln, Neb.) – Pursuit of Success: “Calvin Pappas, SelectOut” (Audio)
- Bo Fishback of Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office) – TechCrunch: “Things To Consider Before Saying ‘I Do’ To Investors“
- Brian Hemesath of Tikly (Des Moines) – Des Moines Business Record: “The Entrepreneurs: Brian Hemesath” (Video)
- Lisa Vitale of Brand Hero (Omaha) – Illustrate Omaha: “Designer Spotlight: Lisa Vitale“
- Herb Sih of Think Big Partners (Kansas City) – Portfolio.com: “A 10-Second Lunch for Startups“
- Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News – Pando Daily: “Pando List: Top 5 Tech Marketers“
- Des Moines Register: “Spotlight shines on Pinterest’s Silbermann“
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 Business Journal: “Expect to see more huts in Kansas City — Google Fiber Huts“
- Kansas City Business Journal: “Time Warner Cable, other networks: Google isn’t only one with gigabit capacity“
- KC Rag: “Behold, a Google Fiber Hut” – twitter.com/aarondeacon
Recognition
- HelloQR by Phenomblue (Omaha) – Inspired Mag: “20 Stunning Websites Using Bright Colors“
Blogged
- SkyVu (Omaha): “SkyVu Inside & Outside Tour” (Video)
- SeedLauncher: “Just. Fucking. Build it. (Or lessons learned.)“
- Zapier (Columbia, Mo.) published demo videos: youtube.com/zapierapp
- Christopher Kingsley of 42 (Lincoln): “4 Rules For Raising Money In A ‘Recession’ “
- Pongr (Boston-based, Des Moines office): “Pongr is Exploding With Passion: Behind the Scenes of the Fast Company Photo Shoot“
- Derek Homann of Compete Against Me (Omaha): “Omaha is on the brink of massive change – 1 year progress check“
- Andrew Kirpalani (Des Moines): “I talked to a man who sold his startup today…“
Misc.
- Startup Grind released a video of its interview with Bo Fishback of Zaarly (San Francisco-based, Kansas City office): “Startup Grind hosts Zaarly founder Bo Fishback“
Credits: Photo by Ben Carlisle via Flickr
