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NEWS

foursquare names Des Moines winner of ‘city badge,’ credits Drake class

3597_9c8a70b619_small February 8, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines Been there. Done that. Have the foursquare badge. For folks that make the rounds in Des Moines, that's now a possibility, thanks to a grassroots effort led by Chris Snider and his students at Drake University. foursquare announced today that Des Moines is one of five cities nationwide that earned its own badge in the foursquare city badge contest. foursquare, the popular, location-based mobile app that's a social network and rewards platform, last month challenged people to create and … read more

INTERVIEWS

Checking in with Sam Schill, startup swag guru and budding entrepreneur

2678_bf55532229_small August 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Ames To categorize Sam Schill’s immersion into the world of tech startups using the lexicon of that land, the Ames businessman has quickly gone from just checking in to becoming a veritable super mayor. A little more than a year removed from making his first foray into the landscape of tech entrepreneurship — when he helped his firm, Sigler Companies, forge a relationship with Foursquare — Schill can’t seem to shake the startup scene, whether it’s in his role at Sigler or with his nascent side project … read more

NEWS

Did you know: Omaha developer had hand in foursquare’s Palm app

2127_3bdc228f4e_small April 18, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha If you're a foursquare user who checked-in to a venue this past Saturday you may have been surprised to learn that it was Foursquare Day, the second annual social media holiday celebrating, of course, all things foursquare and taking place on April 16 (4/16). With the check-in, users earned a Foursqare Day Badge to add to their virtual badge library. In the days leading up to the holiday, foursquare released the video above to thank users for their dedication and contributions to their mobile… read more

FEATURES

Big Omaha Video Series: Dennis Crowley of foursquare

1354_86c1e278cc_small October 14, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're releasing the fourth presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features our first presenter from the event's second day, Dennis Crowley, the co-founder of foursquare. Crowley and the foursquare team are continuing to make major waves in the industry and the crowd was excited to hear about his history and the story of foursquare… read more

FEATURES

Prairie Moves: Pongr, Tripleseat, Sigler Companies and more

1135_dd4a7b7866_small August 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by Nicholas_T 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact me at danny@siliconprairienews.com. read more

NEWS

WordPress Happy Hour, foursquare Meetup, Beer & Blog and MVF

980_8aa4563279_small June 15, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Here are four events hitting Des Moines and Omaha this week, starting with the… read more

NEWS

UNO student looks to foursquare to challenge college drinking culture

937_76bb17eae3_small May 27, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha Making a run to the liquor store or frequenting the local bar scene might sound like the regular weekend plans of 21-plus college student. That's what college is all about, right? Soon-to-be University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) graduate Juan Carrillo aims to change that misconception. As the social media director for Maverick Solutions, UNO's student-run public relations firm, Carrillo has teamed up with U kNOw Choices , a program that tries to prevent binge drinking. Utilizing foursquare, a location-based social network… read more

NEWS

Big Omaha: Saturday live blog

907_d33c9ae21f_small May 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Omaha 8:03 a.m. Welcome to Day 2 of Big Omaha. After an educational, enjoyable, and inspirational day of speakers, parties, and connecting yesterday, we're getting set to jump into another shared experience with the likes of Dennis Crowley (foursquare), Melody McCloskey (StyleSeat) and Tony Hsieh (Zappos). I'm the duly appointed live blogger for today so if you're not in the room, feel free to check back here throughout the day or follow the Twitter stream… read more

NEWS

Big Omaha: Afternoon sessions live blog

905_b3112132c6_small May 14, 2010 by John T. Meyer

Omaha 1:32 p.m. After a great lunch across the street at the Halo Institute people are settling in for the afternoon sessions. Up first will be Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, who will be interviewed by Robert Scoble, blogger, technical evangelist and managing director of building43. Let's get started! | 1:41 Automattic has 60 employees across 49 cities all over the world. Quote of the moment: I'm probably the world's must frustrated WordPress user. read more

FEATURES

Sunday Video Series: Dennis Crowley: Adventures in Mobile Social 2.0

857_659e33ec0d_small April 25, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week's video features Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare (which should pass three million users by the end of the summer). He is also one Big Omaha's speakers in two weeks. read more