Silicon Prairie News

647_3ffb050ae0_small February 17, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This week's topic grew from an experience I had when I first moved to Des Moines in August of last year. In my initial wave of networking in the entrepreneurial community, I asked the simple question of "where do entrepreneurs gather?" As you can imagine, I received a variety of answers. This week, Andy Brudtkuhl and I discuss the pros and cons of individual coffee shops as entrepreneurial venues throughout the community as well as few other locations that we frequent for discussions… read more

602_d72f483883_small February 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

We’re excited to bring you our sixth Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring a regional call for Wordpress developers and positions from Infegy in Kansas City and Bozell in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com ...  read more

644_6f87b5d28d_small February 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines If you haven't heard of or full grasped what Des Moines-based startup SmartyPig is up to – social banking – check out the short video below to learn more. I hadn't seen a video from them like this before, short and all-encompassing of their product, so I felt it'd be great to share. I'm also a big fan of screencasts (who isn't?). read more

646_ae01814dc0_small February 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Name: Catherine Bosley | Full-time job: Photographer | City you’re blogging from: Omaha 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Bosley Creative, photography and family, BosleyCreative.wordpress.com 2. Why do you blog? I blog to keep my clients up to date on what we are doing at Bosley Creative, for new clients to see our style, post… read more

617_f5565b56af_small February 17, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha Starting today, you may notice that on certain places throughout the site we've introduced advertising units. Currently, these spots are being occupied by Google Ads. Have no fear, this is not a long-term solution! We're currently selling the following ad spots across our site and multiple distribution channels. These are available as monthly contracts starting immediately… read more

640_fb1d31c421_small February 17, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Last Thursday, the Innovation Accelerator was pleased to co-host a Cyber Security Workshop with the Scott Technology Center (pictured) and the Peter Kiewit Institute. The Innovation Accelerator invited four government-funded cyber security startups to its offices… read more

638_38530936fe_small February 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Sioux Falls Check out The Post SD, "South Dakota's home for journalism," to hear the lessons learned by one of contributors, John T. Meyer of Sioux Falls, from his crowd sourcing experiment, PickMyNHLTeam.com. Here's the start of Post editor Heather Mangan's article, which includes a video interview with John. read more

639_091710723f_small February 16, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Late last week, the Des Moines Music Coalition announced the dates and venue for the 2010 iteration of the 80/35 Music Festival. Set for Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 this year's festival will again take place at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. The organizers have put out a call for both local and regional acts who would like to participate in the event. Those interested in participating can find... read more

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