Lenexa Would you want to use four remotes to control a home theater system? Of course not. So you may be enticed by what consumer electronics startup Flyover Innovations has going for their Indiegogo campaign. The Lenexa, Kan., startup's first product, Blumoo, is an open-source software and hardware platform capable of morphing any iOS or Android mobile device … read more

Des Moines Most Americans have never made a call to their member of congress. In fact, most probably wouldn't even know how to get started. Enter Phonebank.org, an activism-focused startup that helps individuals and smaller non-profit groups launch Congressional calling campaigns. And as of earlier this month, the company's new Digital Switchboard feature allows individuals to pick up their phone and connect with their representative in Congress simply … read more

Iowa City Less than two years ago, Alec Whitters (far left) was one of thousands of dental students across the country poring over notes and textbooks to prep for his upcoming board exams. To prepare he purchased Dental Decks, paper flashcards that cost about $250 … read more

Kansas City Reading about startups is a pastime you obviously enjoy, but sometimes it's worthwhile to see startups in living color. Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) began airing "Startups: Made in Kansas City" in April, and though not all of the companies fall under our coverage, we wanted to point out the segment with CandyCam, a multimedia robotics … read more

Lincoln You could say Bulu Box has started to think outside the box. Its monthly subscription box of vitamin and supplement samples, that is. "Right now we're focused on subscribers and converting those subscribers into long-term purchasers, which is really where the value of our company is," co-founder and CEO Paul Jarrett (left) told Silicon Prairie News. Jarrett's objective: get his startup's buyers of sample boxes to begin purchasing full-sized products in its online store. With this objective in mind, Bulu Box earlier this year made two … read more

Lincoln Less than a week ago, we introduced the seven startups that make up the inaugural class of new Omaha accelerator Straight Shot. Today, we're traveling an hour west to Lincoln, where five Nebraska-based startups have been enrolled in the first class of NMotion, an accelerator led by NUtech Ventures ... read more

Kansas City Kansas City startup RTF Logic has raised a $120,000 seed round to continue building Truckily, an app that aims to connect food trucks with customers. More than 50 trucks nationwide are signed up for the app—$30 per month for businesses after a 14-day trial—which provides a location-based marketing tool that can automate social media, send push alerts to users and create virtual punch cards. The app—currently only on iOS—is free … read more

Portland When five individuals in April unloaded from a vehicle with Iowa plates in Portland, you would have probably recognized them as Cedar Rapids-based startup RecBob. But now the company, one of 10 in the Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars, has shifted gears to become NextStep.io. The startup, which previously provided a management … read more