Des Moines Whether you call it group-buying, online coupons or simply daily deals, the industry popularized on an international scale by Groupon and LivingSocial is getting more and more entrants every week. In the past few months on Silicon Prairie News, we’ve written about local services like Deal Garden out of Omaha and DSM Daily in Urbandale. Adding to that group today is a new player … read more

Omaha Omaha mayor Jim Suttle today announced the launch of EngageOmaha.com, one of the nation’s first city-wide, virtual town hall websites. The city launched the site in collaboration with Omaha-based startup MindMixer, which offers web-based idea generation and concept prioritization services. Together, the mayor’s office and MindMixer aim to … read more

Omaha Since DocLanding made Silicon Prairie News' headlines in September 2008 with its launch at the DEMO conference, we hadn't heard too much about them in recent years. Earlier this month, however, the online document management provider fired up its Twitter account again and gave a preview of what came this week. "Watch for big news from DocLanding," @doclanding tweeted on April 7. The big news, as summarized with another tweet, came on April 15: "DocLanding relaunch! everything new - CEO, website … read more

Des Moines Over the weekend, details began to emerge of a new ticketing startup, Tikly, planning to launch out of Des Moines in the next 30 or so days. The service will be unique to the current marketplace as it will have Dwolla as a payment option from the start. Emma Peterson, a marketer with significant experience in the local music scene (left, photo from facebook.com), is behind the idea and is working with Ben Milne of Dwolla to execute it. I caught up with Milne on Sunday night via instant message… read more

Kansas City Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered marketplace born out of Startup Weekend Los Angeles this past February and now with significant offices in Kansas City, released a new and enhanced web presence on Friday. Previously, the startup was collecting emails for future launches in a series of city-specific standard LaunchRock … read more