March 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Interested to learn more about Dwolla Spots? You've come to the right place, we'll be live-streaming the announcement. Here's a quick overview of the meetup tonight: Opening remarks by Ben Milne, Startup Presentation: Startup Weekend by Ben Reiser, Startup Presentation: Uppward by Nathan T. Wright, Startup Presentation: Scoreyard… read more
March 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines The new platform Dwolla CEO Ben Milne hinted as revolutionary last week in our preview post was announced today as "Dwolla Spots" and will be rolled out in the the next version of their iPhone app later this month. As the screenshot shows on the left (courtesy of Dwolla), Spots will implement geolocation services to let users find locations around them accepting Dwolla, and then once the transaction has been made users will be able to share it on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere, bringing a more social experience to the way in which consumers spend money. One way to think about it is through a comparison with foursquare – while you check-in to venues after arriving there, you'd now "check-in" to a location after you've… read more
March 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Many thanks to the more than 130 individuals who made it out to McFadden's last night to help us kick off our expansion to Kansas City. We thought we'd wrap up the night by 8:30 p.m., but conversation about the growing community in and around KC kept us there until 10 p.m., and I know some of us wanted to stay for another hour. The individuals, stories and ideas we heard last night will be energizing… read more
March 1, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
(Photo by Ben Gallagher via Flickr.) 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. read more
March 1, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're releasing the last presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and author of the New York Times bestseller "Delivering Happiness". When Tony confirmed that he'd be able to make Big Omaha 2010, we all knew we were in for a treat. Tony shared many of the details around what has made the Zappos organization… read more
March 1, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in today 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 27 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Andy Stoll, a social entrepreneur and media producer working to revive the entrepreneurial community in areas of Cedar Rapids devasted by the 2008 floods and Stefan Hansen of Fresk Interactive who recently debuted the BeerGenius interactive display at El Bait Shop. Discussion… read more
March 1, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City (Chris Routh and Ben Tyson of Five and Fifty presenting at LAUNCH Conference on February 23rd. Photo by Ken Yeung via Flickr.) There’s a new deal in town and it’s called Five and Fifty, a Kansas City startup that provides businesses a quick and easy way to create a minimum 50% off deal that last for five hours. People in the local area receive the deal through text message, making it different from Groupon. “Five and Fifty is the first real-time… read more
February 28, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, March 1st at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 27 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Andy Stoll, a social entrepreneur and media producer working to revive the entrepreneurial community in areas of Cedar Rapids devasted by the 2008 floods and Stefan Hansen of Fresk Interactive who recently debuted the BeerGenius interactive… read more
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