Search results for: “make money online”

  • Midwest art and music turn to technology to keep making fans—and money

    As it has with nearly every aspect of life over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we experience art. With many galleries and performance venues closed or limiting in-person attendance, art organizations and artists across the Midwest are increasingly turning to technology to showcase their work safely and maintain relationships with […]


  • Virtual Workforce Development Approach Encourages Youth to Dig Themselves, Discover Their Talents and Compete for Prize Money

    When CEO of Symphony Workforce Todd Smith speaks about Discover Your Genius, a workforce development challenge for high school and college students, enthusiasm brightens his voice.  When he describes what DYG (“dig”) has done for underserved youth across Nebraska—particularly in rural areas where food deserts, poverty and lack of mental health services persist—it’s hard to […]


  • Physician Focused launches platform that makes life easier for physicians

    Physicians need trustworthy service providers in every aspect of their lives. But they’re often too busy to dedicate their limited free time to sorting through referrals and internet searches. That’s why Physician Focused created a platform designed to save physicians time and money. “We started with this idea of cutting down the time physicians take […]


  • AdSwapper gives mobile and online users control over their data

    Google’s 2018 first-quarter earnings are out, and although the cost-per-click is down, earnings are up. The tech giant reported earning $31.16 billion from January through March. The global digital advertising industry as a whole is estimated to be worth somewhere in the range of $260 billion. That’s a lot of money and a lot of […]


  • Ten years after the housing crisis, this St. Louis startup is trying to make real estate more transparent

    This fall marked the ten-year anniversary of the implosion in the housing market. If you weren’t old enough to be a homeowner then, you should know that the Great Recession really, really wasn’t a fun time to live through. Not only did people lose their homes, many others lost their jobs, and the recovery that […]


  • Swizzle turns online text into business intelligence

    A few years ago Nick Szabo found himself in Korea after his wife was offered a job. He thought he would take a year off, but soon found himself in the fast-paced startup world of Asia. In 2014 the team of seven behind St. Louis-based Swizzle started working on a company called Idea Above, which had a […]


  • New site empowers impoverished artists through online marketplace

    Once called Dunia Duara, the founders learned it was hard to spell and pronounce for non-Swahili speakers. Now called ImportRipple, they’re “striving to make a ripple effect that reaches the shores of our producers.” One of the biggest dilemmas facing artists in impoverished countries is the lack of market for their art. Josh Eiermann, a […]


  • Social Money launches private beta of CorePro, its first open API product

    As Social Money approaches $5 billion in transactions, the company is celebrating another first: a product with an open API. Today the West Des Moines startup announced the launch of its latest product, CorePro, a core processing system that helps businesses and developers integrate savings accounts …


  • Lincoln startup helps online shoppers simplify Internet payments

    “Buy now, pay later.” It may well be the mantra of online shopping junkies the world over. But now with the help of a Nebraska startup, customers are able to do just that. FuturePay partners with online merchants to present consumers with a one-touch payment option, all without using a credit card. The company, which is housed in Lincoln’s Fuse…


  • Tools of the Trade: Stripe makes accepting credit cards online easy

    In recent years, an increasing number of companies have devoted themselves to improving the way money moves. Whether you look at the Starbucks-approved Square, the low-cost option Dwolla or today’s featured Tool of the Trade, Stripe, each promises something unique. The Stripe file | Launched: September 2011 | Short Description: Stripe aims to make it easy to accept credit cards…