November 23, 2011 by Willis Jackson
Kansas City Last week, we checked in with Tim Jahn and Stella Fayman of Entrepreneurs Unpluggd before they traveled to Kansas City to put on their first event in the Silicon Prairie. The theme for the event, which was held Nov. 15 at Screenland Crown Center and featured Bo Fishback of Zaarly, Tyler Prochnow of Think Big Partners … read more
November 21, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
In its final issue of 2011, Entrepreneur Magazine features Kansas City's Bo Fishback of Zaarly on its cover for a story on "10 trends that will define opportunity next year." Zaarly, a San Francisco-based startup that Fishback co-founded at Startup Weekend Los Angeles in April, is highlighted in the magazine's second trend, collaborative commerce. "Collaborative commerce is seriously hot stuff in startup circles," Jennifer Wang of Entrepreneur writes. "For proof, we need merely to turn to Zaarly, a San Francisco startup that went from zero to launch in three months, rallying high-profile investors and scoring bucketloads of press for its rocket-like trajectory." … read more
November 10, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Kansas City The Entrepreneurs Unpluggd series will hold its first Kansas City event from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Screenland Crown Center (2450 Grand Blvd). Limited tickets remain … read more
October 25, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Kansas City Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, an event produced by a duo from Chicago with an aim to create an intimate and engaging environment for entrepreneurs to learn from other entrepreneurs, will take place for the first time in Kansas City on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Screenland Crown Center. Themed "How To Find Your First Customers," this edition of the event series will bring together three voices from the Kansas … read more
October 24, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Zaarly, the peer-to-peer marketplace that lets users offer to buy goods and services around them, has closed a $14.1 million Series A funding round, bringing its total funding raised to $15.1 million. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' iFund and Sands Capital Ventures led the round. Also contributing were CMEA, Venture51, CrunchFund (founded by early Zaarly investor Michael Arrington), Marc Eckō (personally) and Artists … read more
October 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha "So I’ve been around so many startups that I’ve seen a lot of moments," Fishback says. "You know, I’ve said many times to people from the idea someone has an idea to the time they start a company, it’s almost universally one year. I don’t know why. That’s just, like, law of averages or whatever. But it takes a year. This was really different than that. … read more
October 11, 2011 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 … read more
October 8, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
As Thinc Iowa nears (now just 12 days away), our staff resources have been moved around for event planning and execution and unfortunately for our readers, this means our content volume and deadlines take a hit. Expect fresh stories daily, but look to Prairie Moves to keep you in the loop on the activities of our region's entrepreneurs and startup companies when we don't have time to produce a full post. And if you were wondering how Prairie Moves … read more
October 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Next week, tune into Silicon Prairie News for a one-week video series of backstage interviews with our Big Omaha 2011 speakers. Produced by our Big Omaha photo and moving images partner, Malone & Company, this series gives you never-before seen insight into the experiences, strategies and philosophies of these inspiring entrepreneurs … read more
October 4, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Zaarly announced a redesigned website Monday, rolling out changes that its Kansas City-based CEO Bo Fishback said improve the entire user experience. Crediting user feedback in a company blog post, Fishback outlined the three major updates: ability to browse offers without logging in; redesigned browse map, realtime search and "my activity" … read more