January 6, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (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. … read more
August 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Reminder - Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursday, 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 … read more
July 15, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City In following the regional tech scene over the past few years, one individual that's stood out as a community leader and dedicated entrepreneur has been Adam Coomes. In 2006, Coomes co-founded what has become one of Kansas City's most well-known startups, Infegy. In 2010, he and his business partner Justin Graves were named two of Business Week's "Best Young Entrepreneurs." And earlier this year, he created the Startup KC … read more
June 15, 2011 by Michael Stacy
The Silicon Prairie, it appears, has more wannabe DJs than a Full House casting call. And recently, an abundance of those aspiring emcees have found an outlet for their spinning skills on Turntable.fm, the Next Big Thing du jour in social music sites. Turntable users, represented by avatars that resemble what Precious Moments cartoons might look like after a weeklong bender spent in a South London … 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
March 31, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City By his own admission — if one sentence in a Twitter bio qualifies as admissable evidence — Adam Coomes has "too much fun." With his latest side project, Coomes is trying to help other people do the same. Coomes, the Kansas City-based co-founBy his own admission — if one sentence in a Twitter bio qualifies as admissable evidence — Adam Coomes has "too much fun." With his latest side project… read more
March 29, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday, 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our… read more
March 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Even though Zaarly's left behind its Mobile HQ (a rented RV) following South by Southwest Interactive, the team has continued to keep its development wheels spinning since returning from Austin, Texas. Asked via email when users could expect ... read more
March 10, 2011 by Chris G. Shaw
Kansas City There is a wealth of technology news coming out of Kansas City this week. After securing a $1 million seed round for Zaarly, Bo Fishback is taking a leave of absence from Kauffman Foundation. The StartupBus visited Kansas City last night en route… read more
February 15, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Kansas City (Photo by Tim Samoff via Flickr.) Today is a monumental day for Silicon Prairie News. Two years and seven months ago, we launched Silicon Prairie News in Omaha with the focus of telling the stories of entrepreneurs and creatives we knew existed in the community but hadn't had a chance to have their great work shared with the masses. Shortly after, our focus turned to Des Moines where we saw a similar passion and energy around entrepreneurship and the startup community. With great… read more