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Prairie Moves: Liz Hunt, David Graff, Sara Camp & More

1811_54b5855acb_small February 22, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

Published every Tuesday, 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. read more

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PrairieCast with Christian Renaud & James Eliason (Video)

1834_f5f181175d_small February 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Our guests today were Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines and James Eliason of Eliason Media, Uppward, and Craft.ly. Discussed this week: - From Green Bein’ Productions in Lincoln, Nebraska: "Kid Command adds 56k users in January" - Connecting with software users in real life: Hatchlings meetup in Austin, Texas, and upcoming Dwolla Meetup - BIZ Luncheon Series… read more

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PrairieCast: 1:30 pm Tues. with Christian Renaud & James Eliason

1827_b1c73e4b06_small February 21, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22 at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 26 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Christian Renaud of StartupCity Des Moines and James Eliason of Eliason Media, Uppward, and Craft.ly. Discussion topics will include the BIZ luncheon series, the Hudl iPad app release, software meetups and more. PrairieCast is a live podcast… read more

NEWS

Christian Renaud announces Startup City Des Moines

1539_958c3782fd_small December 9, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Yesterday afternoon, local entrepreneur and startup enthusiast Christian Renaud (left, photo from christianrenaud.com) gathered a group of 20 or so people in the back half of Java Joes coffee house in downtown Des Moines. The focus of the gathering, which I attended, was to explore the need as well as judge the interest level of creating a startup incubator in Des Moines. Today, in a post on his blog, ChristianRenaud.com, he officially announced that he's moving forward with the idea, which he's calling Startup City Des Moines, for several a very personal reasons. "I watch new entrepreneurs struggle with the central Iowa ecosystem… read more

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Prairie Moves: Josh Dreyer, Steve Gordon, Lava Row & more

1372_7208d9215d_small October 27, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by Tim Lindenbaum via Flickr.) Usually published every Tuesday, 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. read more

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TEDxDesMoines videos online

1019_848c67e81e_small June 28, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Highlights from last month's inaugural TEDxDesMoines event are available online. TEDx is a local series of talks that mirrors the format and branding of the larger TED event in California. TEDx events are held across the globe and Des Moines' iteration took place on May 16 at the State of Iowa Historical Building. Mike Draper (left), founder of… read more

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Des Moines Register article discusses startup culture of Palisade Systems

944_5884861683_small May 30, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines Lynn Hicks of the Des Moines Register wrote an excellent piece… read more

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Heartland GreenUp to focus on IT industry’s impact on environment

847_e3ebc11a24_small April 26, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Executives and thought leaders from a number of leading technology companies are planning to come together on May 5, 2010 in the Des Moines-area to participate in the inaugural Heartland GreenUp, an event being produced by the Technology Association… read more

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TEDxDesMoines speaker lineup announced

819_3554dfecb5_small April 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines When the renowned TED talks series makes its local debut in Des Moines next month, the one day event will feature… read more

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Christian Renaud talks about the needs of a startup community

693_2923aeef7f_small March 10, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines In the second part of my interview with Christian Renaud, CEO of Palisade Systems, we discussed the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Des Moines. Christian’s broad experience in the entrepreneurial space, including nearly eight years targeting and vetting new markets for Cisco Systems at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, gives him the unique perspective to benchmark the evolution of his… read more

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