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3561_5c1d4c87d0_small February 1, 2012 by Christopher New

Des Moines Given the record temperatures on the last day of January, Tuesday evening's Iowa Startup Fair could probably have been held outdoors at the state fairgrounds. But since meteorologists' predictive powers are still far short of Nostradamus, the crowd at StartupCity Des Moines, Amici and other area locations would have to just crack some windows to approximate that fairground feeling. As it was, six locations between Des Moines, Pella and Cedar Rapids opened as public, free exhibition … read more

3499_a7a9d38567_small January 24, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines StartupCity Des Moines, a tech startup incubator which opened its doors in October, is the focus of a short video on MSN's Business on Main, which is billed as an "entrepreneur's source for news and commentary on today's pressing small-business issues" "A tech incubator is born in an unlikely place," MSN's Chris Cashman says to open the video. Christian Renaud, a principal … read more

3432_6636756066_small January 17, 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 … read more

3324_f33a7f109e_small December 16, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines With Holiday TechBrew on Tuesday evening and the Dwolla Meetup on Thursday night, it's safe to assume some in the Des Moines startup community slogged through early … read more

3301_517ce6bfbd_small December 13, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines StartupIowa, the eighth statewide "region" to join the Startup America Partnership, launches today in a closed event at Startup City Des Moines. Startup America … read more

3141_ccec18b474_small November 7, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Des Moines At Thinc Iowa in Des Moines last month, Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and founding CTO of priceline.com, described the mission of the Startup America Partnership. Initiated by the White House but operating as an independent, private-sector entity, the Startup America Partnership is dedicated to growing more resources for entrepreneurs in the areas of expertise, support services, talent, customers and capital. Case talked … read more

2991_863d3b4494_small October 11, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines The region's newest technology startup incubator is officially a go thanks to a 3-2 vote this morning by the Polk County Board of Supervisors to provide the final piece of financing. Polk County, which twice delayed the vote in recent weeks, is the fifth funding entity to back StartupCity Des Moines. They join the City of Des Moines, the Corporation for Economic Development, Iowa Department of Economic… read more

2983_eb18a3d51d_small October 10, 2011 by Christopher New & Michael Stacy

Des Moines It's peak Pitch & Grow season in Iowa, and in a new video interview Christian Renaud, a member of the board for the Technology Association of Iowa — the organization that puts on Pitch & Grow — and a participant and panelist in the most recent Pitch & Grow, explains just what that means for Iowa … read more

2859_71a11a4c83_small September 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines First announced with a tweet this morning – "Thank you to the Iowa Department of Economic Development for your financial support vote today for StartupCity Des Moines" – and later confirmed by a press release, StartupCity Des Moines is one step closer … read more

2778_8cf4bee4c2_small August 30, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

What is Prairie Moves? - 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. … read more