Columbia The South by Southwest follow-up story for Newsy was just as worthwhile as the first. The Columbia, Mo. startup last week garnered the award for Best iPad Publishing at the MediaPost Appy Awards, where it won the News category in 2011. The company's free video news app … read more

New York City Financial and business news website The Street on Tuesday named Des Moines, Kansas City and Omaha as three of its six recommended cities to start a business in the U.S. Updated from the original article in August—adding three cities, including Des Moines—it suggests that it's … read more

West Des Moines Ecommerce startup Goodsmiths today introduced paid plans. When the "marketplace for makers" launched last April, co-founder Levi Rosol said one of the site's advantages over its better-known competitor, Etsy, was its pricing structure—it didn't charge a listing fee and it took … read more

Kansas City Entrepreneurs have less than a week to apply for free rent and work space in a Kansas City, Kan. house purchased by Boulder, Colo. investor and author Brad Feld. Those with an idea that maximizes the value of Google Fiber have until Monday to vie for a spot … read more

Kansas City Slate's Farhad Manjoo visited Kansas City in January to explore Google Fiber's capabilities and came away resigned, not knowing how to take advantage of the gigabit speeds. He toured the Google Fiber Space and talked with two entrepreneurs in Homes for Hackers … read more

Des Moines Plains Angels, a Des Moines-based consortium of angel investors established last June, has invested about $750,000 in three Iowa businesses, the group's co-founder Mike Colwell told the Des Moines Register. Carroll-based Agren, a 17-year-old agriculture consulting company ... read more