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Thinc Iowa: The return of the startup T-shirt roundup

3060_49ac34d557_small October 25, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines If, as we posited in May, Big Omaha is like Paris Fashion Week — and at this point we see no grounds for questioning that claim — then it stands to reason that Thinc Iowa is akin to a runway show in Milan. Sure, Versace and Prada are replaced by Zaarly and Dwolla. But, still, it all comes down to who you're wearing. With that in mind, Silicon Prairie News set a crack team of intrepid reporters loose on the streets of downtown Des Moines on Friday — or, more accurately, I walked around creeping … read more

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Innovation Expo to highlight and help Prairie entrepreneurs

2951_bb772e126b_small October 5, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls In less than a month, Sioux Falls will be the gathering spot for the eighth annual Innovation Expo, taking place Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center. The Expo, which is hosted by Enterprise Institute, a non-profit that provides business development and services to individuals and startup companies, brings together inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs … read more

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Coworking comes to Sioux Falls, with Meso opening doors in September

2752_271394dd72_small August 25, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls In the past two years, we've seen and featured coworking spaces popping up on the Silicon Prairie. The Foundry opened in October of 2009 in Des Moines. CAMP emerged last summer in Omaha, and we recently mentioned Vault Coworking, set to launch in Cedar Rapids this fall. The coworking phenomenon continues to spread across the prairie with the arrival of Meso in Sioux Falls. Josh Aberson, a Sioux Falls entrepreneur … read more

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9 Clouds hoping for Potter-esque magic with Lemonly infographics

2588_7fb2c81ddd_small August 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Sioux Falls Infographics are all the rage, and in the coming months, the team at 9 Clouds hopes to capitalize on their popularity with the infographics company, Lemonly. Defined by Wikipedia as a "graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge," they've been popping up everywhere lately: news headlines, daily blogs, company blogs, blog categories and business plans. In fact, it's one startup's core purpose … read more

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Prairie Moves: Justin Graves, GoodTwin Design, Zappn and more

2477_77ce5b84de_small July 6, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more

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PrairieCast with Brad Dwyer and John T. Meyer (Video)

2331_ffc85140bb_small June 1, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Brad Dwyer, founder of Hatchlings, and John T. Meyer, co-founder of 9 Clouds and Silicon Prairie News contributor based in Sioux Falls. Also, PrairieCast is now recorded in a green screen studio which lets us place any image behind us – if you have something you'd like to replace … read more

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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Brad Dwyer and John T. Meyer

2325_06256af65d_small May 31, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 40 of PrairieCast. We'll be joined by guests Brad Dwyer, founder of Hatchlings and John T. Meyer, co-founder of 9 Clouds and Sioux Falls contributor to Silicon Prairie News. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, that features round table-style discussion of the top issues in startup … read more

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FutureMidwest draws region’s ideas, innovators to Detroit

2203_25b1fe784b_small May 6, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Detroit Last week, I was able to attend and speak at the FutureMidwest conference in Detroit. The conference was made up of about 800 designers, developers, marketers, and creatives across the Midwest (primarily Michigan natives). Like Big Omaha, FutureMidwest is in its third year, has a cow for a mascot, and put together an awesome event that really captured … read more

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Tools for the Trade: LaunchRock lets startups do launch day their own way

1873_c31206e10b_small March 8, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Launch day — the moment your startup, blog, business, or new idea had circled on its calendar. The process of getting to that day can be arduous, and perhaps what you launch isn't really the finished product or service you want to display. There has to be an easier way, right? Say hello to LaunchRock. LaunchRock is a slick web app that allows… read more

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AIM Tech Breakfast: 9 Clouds presents ‘Effective use of digital tools’

1842_df21963900_small February 24, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Omaha (Editor's Note: As part of contributor John T. Meyer's "Tools for the Trade" series, I've asked him to introduce and post a presentation he and his brother gave earlier this year under the activities of their social marketing company, 9 Clouds.) Last month my brother, Scott, and I had the opportunity to lead one of the AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminars at the Gallup Riverfront Campus. It was a great event which brought out about… read more