July 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Eliason Media founder James Eliason and recent technical hire, Levi Rosol, are teaming up to launch 9 Blue Labs on August 1. "At 9 Blue Labs," Eliason wrote in the company's first blog post, "we bring together exceptional ideas with … read more
July 12, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and booked guest Amanda Styron, co-founder of SeedHere in Cedar Rapids to talk about her upcoming "Cowtown to Boomtown" series of events. Instead of just Styron, we had surprise guests Josh Cramer … read more
July 12, 2011 by Tom Chapman
Omaha The Silicon Prairie Region needs to increase its population. Omaha has lagged fast growing cities like Austin for the last 50 years. In 20 years, one key indicator of success as an entrepreneurial an innovative hub will be whether the community has added people. Places like Silicon Valley and Austin have shown meteoric increases in population alongside their increases in reputation. Within that scope … read more
July 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber & 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. 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 … read more
July 12, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 46 of PrairieCast streaming live on the web from beautiful Des Moines. Our guest will be Amanda Styron, co-founder of the new organization SeedHere working to further innovation in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area. We'll be discussing the "Cowtown to Boomtown" events series that Styron is coordinating this week as well as Hudl's acquisition news … read more
July 12, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Columbia Telling the story of his move from northern California to middle Missouri, Jim Spencer peppers in a couple of punch lines that have become well-polished with use. In 2008, Spencer relocated from San Francisco to Columbia, Mo. to start Newsy, a provider of multi-platform, multi-source video news analysis. "I explained to the folks in northern California," said Spencer, “that really the two main … read more
July 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Lincoln-based Hudl, a company that has made it a mantra to "dominate," appears poised to do precisely that in terms of market share, thanks to an acquisition announced today. Hudl, which makes web-based video coaching and analysis tools, purchased Digital Sports Video (DSV), its primary competitor in the high school football market. With the acquisition of DSV, which is based in Reno, Nev. and works with more than 3,000 high schools, Hudl now has a client list of about 6,500 high schools. … read more
July 11, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Austin As you stand in the back of one of the room at Austin Convention Center at South by Southwest do you ever wonder: "Why are they speaking at SXSW?" More often then not, the … read more
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