February 29, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines On this week's episode, Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Andrew Kirpalani of Ensighten joined me to discuss the upcoming Startup Weekend in Des Moines and the Startup Visa legislation currently in Congress and Iowa Senator Grassley's role in the process. This week on the Fast Four it was @DHH gone racing, the Big Omaha teaser website launch … read more
February 28, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 76 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Andrew Kirpalani of Ensighten. Discussion topics will include Iowa political ties to the current Startup Visa legislation and this weekend's Startup … read more
February 17, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Silicon Prairie News: Living in Des Moines but working for a company, Ensighten, that's based in Cupertino, what are some rules of the road you follow to make the most out of working remotely? | Andrew Kirpalani: Well, I've just started the remote arrangement — this is the end of my second week — but so far I'm forcing myself to adhere to a routine as much as possible, still starting work at approximately the same time I would if I were in an office here, etc. I am allowing a few indulgences however. I eat breakfast every morning at Baby Boomers around the corner from my apartment, and I don't have to take it to go anymore. The hardest part for me is allowing myself the time to train on a new language and system as I was so used to … read more
January 27, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 coverage, please contact … read more