January 14, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Join in on the conversation, send a comment or question our way in the chat box below. read more
January 13, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha The search component of one of Omaha's fastest growing startups – a staff that doubles in size every 12-18 months – has also gained a significant amount of speed. Proxbid, a real auction marketplace (think: online bidders bidding on real, live auctions, such as the Madoff Estate Auction), released a new search tool earlier this week… read more
January 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha At tonight's Xuba launch event, the social commerce startup's founder, Julie Mahloch, took the stage around 6:10 p.m. to a crowd of over 80 people. "We have our first site out in beta and it's called Bloom Circle, and it's social beauty," announced Mahloch halfway through her eight-minute talk. "We're about women helping women find the perfect beauty… read more
January 12, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Over the next several weeks, we'll expand on each of the items that are to be included in the inaugural "Silicon Prairie Annual Report," which we've described as a "look back at the previous year in the Silicon Prairie region, taking into account such metrics as company formations, product releases and developments, investment and M&A activity, and community building." Today, we continue with our series of the "Six Tenets of an… read more
January 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines On yesterday's PrairieCast, Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Uppward and Ben Milne of Dwolla joined hosts Andy Brudtkuhl and Geoff Wood. In addition to talking about their own startups, the four of them discussed the startups and events covered on Silicon Prairie News this past week. These include: Hudl, Hollrback, SmartyPig, Xuba, and Christian Renaud's blog post titled "Des Moines." read more
January 11, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by ActiveSteve 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. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of… read more
January 11, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines (Zach, left, and Ben Anderson of 8/7 Central. Photo courtesy of Eric Rowley/Juice.) Custom-designed T-shirts are a hot commodity among tech startups, and custom screenprinting and design studio 8/7 Central (87c) has positioned itself as the provider of choice for the local entrepreneurial community. "I'm not smart enough to be an engineer or developer, but I always thought it would be awesome if I was," said Ben Anderson, 25, co-owner… read more
January 11, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Dwolla founder Ben Milne calls it "a workaround for a problem we've been trying to solve for a few years," I'd call it another easy way to transfer money at a rate of $0.25 per transaction. Cash transfer startup Dwolla… read more
