February 22, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week we were joined by two guests, old friend Chris Burns of West Des Moines-based Shift and PrairieCast first-timer Jimmy Winter of Omaha's VoterTide. We discussed recent news related to VoterTide as well as Fast Company's "Most Innovative" list which included two startups with Silicon Prairie ties, Dwolla and Zaarly. This week on the Fast Four … read more
February 21, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 75 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in downtown Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Jimmy Winter of VoterTide and Chris Burns. This week we'll talk with Winter about VoterTide's recent news as well as look into the Silicon Prairie companies that … read more
May 3, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Steven Carter of the Iowa State University Research Park and Chris Burns of SHift. Discussed this week: Aneesh Chopra, US CTO, and Erich Broksas, Case Foundation and Startup America Partnership, added to the Big Omaha lineup, As charity: water campaign nears end, Hidajat cited as ‘Young Hero’, Cohn combines tech and journalism savvy with Spot.us, Stackd announces free trial and upcoming launch, Entrepreneurial Technologies... read more
May 2, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, May 3rd at 1:30 p.m. CDT for Episode 36 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Steven Carter, Director of the Iowa State Univ. Research Park and Chris Burns, co-founder of SHift. Discussion topics will include US CTO added to Big Omaha lineup, Nathan Hidajat's charity … read more
December 22, 2010 by Christopher New
West Des Moines Most don’t have it easy when they launch their startups. Companies will universally go through the initial process of finding office space, or converting a basement into workspace, building a client list, or finding vendors and consultants for day-to-day needs. SHift, a web and mobile application development firm founded this past February by Ben Sinclair, Nate Becker and Chris Burns, had a leg up… read more
September 7, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Derek Purdy via Flickr.) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions… read more
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