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2847_ae3096baeb_small September 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines When Erin Ginkens opened the current chapter of her career five years ago by leaving a job to launch her own business venture, she did so with what she believed was a pretty good idea of how the story would play out. "I thought that I was going to market a billing program I had written for attorneys," said Ginkens, president of Des Moines-based Entrepreneurial Technologies. "(But) as soon as I got out into the world, my panic about no longer having a paycheck completely took over my desire to market my product." So the plotline she … read more

2164_fab2853342_small April 28, 2011 by Geoff Wood

West Des Moines Entrepreneurial Technologies announced the debut of a new service, altro.us, late Wednesday. I caught up with Erin Ginkens, the company's president, over email to learn about it. Silicon Prairie News: What is altro.us? Erin Ginkens: It’s a giving platform that focuses on the individual and allows them to raise money online on behalf of their favorite charities, without the need for a fancy (and expensive) custom website. It also lets charities have their own pages to collect donations. We decided to emphasize simplicity over … read more