Silicon Prairie News

1772_6636019a4b_small February 9, 2011 by Christopher New

Urbandale If Ryan Parlee started one company at a time, you might call him a serial entrepreneur. But the 30-year-old Altoona resident juggles multiple endeavors at a time, so perhaps "parallel entrepreneur" is a more fitting moniker for the father of four (soon to be six). "My dad owned a construction company. I was just around that and knew what it took and what it was like to run your own business," Parlee said. "And I knew it was a lot of work." Parlee's big jump into entrepreneurship came… read more

1770_47ae127692_small February 9, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Our guests yesterday were Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig and Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking and TEDxDesMoines. Topics discussed: - Lodo launches add-on to leverage info captured by OurCashFlow - DSM Daily prepares to serve up only locally-owned daily deals - Wade Arnold and T8 Webware: From dorm room to board room - SXSW 2011 preparations kick off - Dwolla hires… read more

1743_64a63a5daf_small February 8, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by Mark Michaelis 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 our… read more

1769_b233b607dd_small February 8, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines (Ferrari left, photo by Daphne Borowski Photography via Flickr, Grgurich right, photo from twitter.com/alexanderdsm.) Join us here live at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 24 of PrairieCast. Our guests will be Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig and Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking and TEDxDesMoines. Discussion topics will include Lodo Software, DSM Daily… read more

1764_4413f6fff9_small February 8, 2011 by Kate Ellingson

Lincoln Green Bein’ Productions' first video game, Kid Command, is doing well after its launch just over a year ago in late 2009. "Kid Command today is not what we initially set out for. It’s so much bigger than what we thought it would be," said Collin Caneva, president & CEO of Green Bein’. Kid Command is a green online community with games and quests where kids and families can communicate with others… read more

1763_41c1c9345b_small February 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines On their blog today, Dwolla CEO Ben Milne announced the latest addition to their growing team: Charise Flynn as COO – whom they called a "Des Moines rockstar" in their announcement on Twitter. Prior to joining the Dwolla team, Flynn had been working with Dwolla as a consultant through her own consulting firm C.Results. "Charise has been working with our company building critical relationships during our Series A round… read more

1760_b586fe540b_small February 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Four events across the Silicon Prairie this week that we're calling out – BitMethod in Omaha, Ignite in Sioux Falls… read more

1755_e7a9d806d9_small February 7, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 8th at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 24 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Michael Ferrari of SmartyPig and Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking and TEDxDesMoines. Discussion topics will include Lodo Software, DSM Daily, T8 Webware and more. PrairieCast is a live podcast… read more

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