April 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Indianola Simpson College released a highlight video from last Saturday's Startup Storm event on the institution's YouTube channel. The video highlights the work of organizer Macy Koch, a graduating senior, and presents interviews with her and speakers Donni Alley and Ben Milne. Clips from Christian Renaud and Nathan T. Wright's presentations … read more
April 20, 2011 by Michael Stacy
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
April 20, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
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
April 19, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Looking to squeeze every last drop out of the 54 hours of Startup Weekend Kansas City before you transition back to those other 8,706 hours of your year? No to worry: we have you covered. We caught up with SWKC organizers Steven Chau and Adam Coomes to get their thoughts on this year's event and tips for how to harness and carry forward the momentum … read more
April 18, 2011 by Geoff Wood
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
April 18, 2011 by Geoff Wood
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
April 18, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Behold the power of the T-shirt. It was fitting in a way that CraftWig, the only team to don matching T-shirts for Startup Weekend Kansas City final demonstrations on Sunday, walked away from the bizperc office space as the winner of SWKC. CraftWig, an online community for crafters that offers in-depth tutorials, shopping lists, price comparison and sharing, finished first among the eight teams that participated … read more
April 18, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha If you're a foursquare user who checked-in to a venue this past Saturday you may have been surprised to learn that it was Foursquare Day, the second annual social media holiday celebrating, of course, all things foursquare and taking place on April 16 (4/16). With the check-in, users earned a Foursqare Day Badge to add to their virtual badge library. In the days leading up to the holiday, foursquare released the video above to thank users for their dedication and contributions to their mobile… read more
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