June 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Altoona It’s clear in the way he addresses the subject of smartphones that GiqueGEAR co-founder Todd Arendt has a tendency to, well, geek out about the devices. But for all his excitement over smartphones, Arendt … read more
June 24, 2011 by Michael Stacy
The Business Journals have recently published results from a handful of noteworthy On Numbers surveys, providing a quantitative measure of how the cities of the Silicon Prairie stack up against other cities across the country in a few categories of interest. But, before we get down to the numbers, I'll make a disclaimer: I haven't delved into the statistics enough quite yet that I can speak on them with any sort of authority. So I'm not claiming causality or correlation, nor am I espousing any theories… read more
June 24, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City In classic startup fashion, LiveOn co-founder and CEO Jonathan Whistman described his idea in a phone interview earlier this week: "It's almost like Facebook meets Ancestory.com meets time travel." As a former business development and sales consultant, Whistman executed on his idea with a classic business strategy: the cold call. "I started trying … read more
June 21, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines In a guest post on this site addressing the recent attention given to Dwolla because of Bitcoin, Dwolla founder and CEO Ben Milne wrote: "I can’t go a day without talking about it or being asked about it. Whether it's the CEO of a billion-dollar company, a friend in passing, a reporter or someone in the financial institution space … apparently, I’m the guy to ask." Up until today, Milne hasn't publicly commented on Bitcoin. In fact, he's done the complete opposite. "I’ve been working very hard to keep … read more
June 21, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha The folks at Bozell have added a new piece, and potentially many pieces, to the mobile puzzle through their recent work with QR codes. In May, the marketing company paired designers and programmers to create QRinkle, a free QR code generator. … read more
June 20, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Last year when Megan Hunt signed her name to the lease for CAMP Coworking, it was in her interest to get her money back, and quickly. Within six months of opening the collaborative workspace in the Mastercraft building in North Downtown Omaha, she did. And now as CAMP looks to generate profit and celebrate its first full year in business … read more
June 17, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Iowa City Earlier this week, I saw a tweet that Fundle, a startup building an app to split payments amongst friends for things like hotel rooms or wedding gifts, had applied to PayPal for access to their production API in order to "work w/ real money." Interested to see how they had moved forward since their idea emerged from the latest Startup Weekend Des Moines, I reached out to Fundle CEO Shannon Thomas via email to learn about their progress. … read more
June 17, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha It's no longer the "Greatest Show On Dirt," but the NCAA Men's College World Series will make "History Happen Here" when the opening ceremonies kick off tonight. With this being the inaugural year at TD Ameritrade Park, the CWS will be a new experience – perhaps maybe even a new ballgame – for players, coaches and fans as they learn the lay of the land and the surrounding parking lots. read more
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