February 10, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha At the start of the 2011, the four-person team of Secret Penguin, a youth branding agency rooted in the skateboard, music and youth cultures, launched a redesigned website for themselves. Overall, it was a nice new… read more
February 9, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Kansas City (Photo by Balaji via Flickr.) We're personally inviting all within reach of this post to join us to celebrate the official launch of the Silicon Prairie News - Kansas City edition on Tuesday, March 1st at McFadden's Sports Saloon in Kansas City's famed Power and Light District. Come out and meet the current Silicon Prairie News team as well as our new team of Kansas City contributors. We expect to see… read more
February 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln A major reason Collin Caneva started Green Bein' Productions and launced Kid Command in December 2009 was to someday provide a video game for his children that was a safe and educational outlet on the computer. As we reported yesterday, Kid Command, the online game focused on teaching kids about the environment, is beginning… read more
February 9, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Ames Not many can deny that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is a moving speaker. Harrison's story of personal renewal, his dedication to providing clean drinking water to those who don't have it, and his ability to redefine how we look at philanthropy has moved people all over the world; from the 500 people in the room at last May's Big Omaha to President Obama who mentioned the organization's efforts in a recent National Prayer Breakfast. read more
February 8, 2011 by Kate Ellingson
Lincoln Green Bein’ Productions' first video game, Kid Command, is doing well after its launch just over a year ago in late 2009. "Kid Command today is not what we initially set out for. It’s so much bigger than what we thought it would be," said Collin Caneva, president & CEO of Green Bein’. Kid Command is a green online community with games and quests where kids and families can communicate with others… read more
February 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines On their blog today, Dwolla CEO Ben Milne announced the latest addition to their growing team: Charise Flynn as COO – whom they called a "Des Moines rockstar" in their announcement on Twitter. Prior to joining the Dwolla team, Flynn had been working with Dwolla as a consultant through her own consulting firm C.Results. "Charise has been working with our company building critical relationships during our Series A round… read more
February 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Four events across the Silicon Prairie this week that we're calling out – BitMethod in Omaha, Ignite in Sioux Falls… read more
February 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha If you're a user of Mint or a similar product, the latest move from Lodo Software, a provider of personal financial management (PFM) software for banks and credit unions, may sound familiar. At yesterday's FinovateEurope conference in London, Lodo introduced the FI Dashboard, a cross-selling tool purpose-built to work with OurCashFlow, the company's white-labeled Mint-like software. And here's the familiar part: the FI Dashboard uses information captured by Lodo’s PFM to target those customers who… read more
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