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1784_9e4e0d7845_small February 14, 2011 by Christopher New

Urbandale Ryan Parlee has a knack for managing several enterprises concurrently, and has a diverse resume of interests that he attends to, but he says the two keys to working that way are creating strong partnerships with trusted associates, and "knowing when to say no." He notes that his daily priority is on Flying Hippo Web Technologies, described as a "web strategies company." "One of the lessons I've learned along the way is that of focus," said Parlee. "Realizing that with what we're doing… read more

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

1748_ccd3eab88c_small February 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Urbandale Another daily deal site, another local twist, and this time, literally. Two weeks ago, we covered the launch of Deal Garden, an Omaha-based daily deal site focused on college towns with a population of 50,000 to 200,000. Today, we've caught wind of a daily deal site that's preparing to launch in Des Moines with a focus on local. Beginning mid-April, DSM Daily plans to feature only locally-owned… read more

1408_a80864409d_small November 4, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Urbandale (Left, Dustin Anderson, Eliason Media CTO) Eliason Media, an Urbandale, Iowa-based application development and consulting company, recently released an update to its latest product, GeoClip.it, a location-based mobile advertising aggregator application for the iPhone. Here are the listed new features released with Version 1.2, from itunes.apple.com: sort deals by distance; send deals to yourself via email; faster, more stable… read more

1235_b3e9d9233e_small September 8, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Urbandale Eliason Media, the Urbandale-based company behind Twittad, launched a mobile product last week called GeoClip.it. The product delivers deals (coupons) to users on their mobile device based on their location. Users can either open the application directly to see available deals or choose to be… read more

1082_1b34655015_small July 16, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Urbandale Over the past decade, technology professionals across the country have come to know Dice.com as an important site for industry job-seekers and recruiters. What's not always apparent, however, is that Dice is located in the Des Moines area and has been since the founders moved it to Iowa 15 years ago. The company began as a San Francisco-based startup… read more

634_add7801482_small February 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Urbandale Eliason Media, the Urbandale, Iowa company behind the sponsored tweet platform Twittad announced the addition of a director of business development on Tuesday. Company founder James Eliason has tapped Sandro Serra (pictured) recently of Tribune Media Net, for the role. Sandro brings with him a background in managing advertising campaigns with large retail clients. Sandro will... read more