February 10, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day late this week), 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com … read more
February 9, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Seven Des Moines creative professionals and entrepreneurs are teaming up to hold the first Iowa Creativity Summit on Thursday, March 1 on the campus of Drake University. "Everyone needs more creativity," the event's website reads, "but there is a big disconnect as to what it means, and how to encourage it in your environment." Headlined by Matthew May, author of three books, including "The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation," the summit … read more
February 9, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Leap2, a Kanas City, Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to its new take on searching the web on mobile devices. Leap2, a Kanas City,Kan.-based startup that launched its iPhone app in November, released its Android app on Wednesday, bringing wider distribution to its new take on searching the web on mobile devices. "You don't have to go to a page of search results any more," Mike Farmer (below), founder of Leap2, said in a phone interview on Saturday, "you can go direct to the website … read more
February 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage … read more
February 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Dwolla, an online and mobile payments network based in Des Moines, announced today it raised $5 million in a series B round led by Union Square Ventures of New York, with participation from Village Ventures and Thrive Capital, also of New York, Artists & Instigators of West Conshohocken, Penn. (Marc Eckō's venture innovation company) and angel investor Paige Craig of Los Angeles-based Betterworks. "The first round … read more
February 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Two Omahans are among a list of investors named as participants in a $2.5 million Series A round by Artspace, an online marketplace for contemporary art. On Jan. 31, the New York-based startup sent out the announcement, naming 12 investors. Four of them are institutional investors and eight are individuals, including Todd Simon, senior … read more
February 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines In January, Betabeat cited un-named sources to report that Dwolla had raised around $10 million in a Series B round led by Union Square Ventures of New York. Dwolla, a Des Moines-based pay online cash transfer startup, responded quickly but passively on Twitter with allusions to songs titled "Rumors." Today … read more
February 5, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Brad Feld, an early stage investor and entrepreneur, shared a series of personal stories to a group of Standford University students in October, in part illustrating how his fulfilling life as an entrepreneur has come with challenges, too. As a follow up to Willis Jackson's post on Saturday, "Why our community needs Startup Spouses," I wanted to share the video below in which Feld reflects … read more
February 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesday and Thursday (one day late this week), 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of … read more
February 2, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Since TECHdotMN launched a little more than two years ago, I've followed the tech industry in my home state of Minnesota thanks to the work of two individuals, Jeff Pesek and Mike Bollinger, co-founders of the site. With a mission similar to ours at Silicon Prairie News, Pesek and Bollinger have built an authoritative outlet to showcase original reporting, curated media coverage, a comprehensive calendar of events … read more