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Prairie Portrait: Lyndsay Clark of Hatchlings

3601_e901d466fb_small February 8, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines Bio: A Des Moines native with entrepreneurial parents responsible for raising me with a strong work ethic and passion to build things. Constantly looking to listen and learn — from what music I should queue up to a great book or blog I should be reading. | Title: Lead Interactive Designer at Hatchlings | Age: 24 | City: Des Moines, Iowa | Website: hatchlings.com | Twitter: @lyndsayclark | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/lyndsayclark/ | Intro music: I may be partial (my brother is in the band), but I can’t get enough of St. Lucia’s "We Got It Wrong." | Silicon Prairie News: You joined Hatchlings during what CEO Brad Dwyer calls a "re-startup" phase for the company. What does that mean to you, and how do you see it manifested … read more

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Check out our photos and video from the SPN Meetup with Hatchlings

3577_f275300ac1_small February 6, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Des Moines Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Groundhog Day Silicon Prairie News Meetup with Hatchlings was quite the sight. Last Thursday, more than 70 people from the Des Moines startup community joined us to celebrate the big holiday. Or perhaps they joined us simply for a chance to pet our spokesrodent Analog the Prairie Dog and have a brewski. Either way, the crowd seemed to be pleased with the mingling, the attempt to hold a competitive billiards showdown and the opportunity to learn more about Hatchlings, our meetup sponsor. Brad Dwyer, the CEO of Hatchlings, shared more about the “world's largest Easter Egg Hunt” and a bit about … read more

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iOS Engineer, associate, UI designer, marketing director, intern and more

February 3, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

We're excited to bring you our 89th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please contact Brittany Mascio … read more

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Join us for the SPN Meetup with Hatchlings on Thursday

3555_82d89b441b_small February 1, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Des Moines With a projected high of 54 degrees in Des Moines today, it's hard to think tomorrow marks Groundhog Day, a day where many hope and pray the furry guy doesn't see a wintry shadow. Tomorrow night, Feb. 2 from 5-7 p.m. at Raccoon River, the spokesrodent from a related genus, Analog the Prairie Dog will have more on his mind than a shadow when he joins us for the Silicon Prairie News Meetup with Hatchlings. … read more

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Join us in Des Moines for a SPN Meetup with Hatchlings, Feb. 2

3460_4b338a5ad1_small January 25, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Des Moines On Feb. 2 the nation will prepare for a highly anticipated holiday of the year: Groundhog Day. Though it's safe to say that this Midwest winter has felt more like a Canadian summer, there's still an urge for us to hold out for a shadow. From 5-7 p.m. that night – shadow or no shadow – we'll celebrate Groundhog Day with a furry friend from a related genus, Analog the Prairie Dog, at the Silicon Prairie News Meetup … read more

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Reinvigorated Hatchlings founder makes hires, enters ‘re-startup’ phase

3373_57981d457b_small December 29, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines There’s nothing quite like quality face time with enthusiastic users and a big IPO from a competitor to renew a startup’s zest for pursuing aggressive growth. That’s a lesson learned recently by Brad Dwyer, the Panora, Iowa-based founder of Hatchlings. Dwyer created Hatchlings, a Facebook game that revolves around finding, collecting and hatching virtual Easter eggs, in 2008, when he was a student at Iowa State. A few years into the venture, Dwyer started mulling the idea of selling the company or otherwise reducing his involvement to free up time for other projects. … read more

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Prairie Moves: James Armstead, Fresk, Nebraska Global and more

3101_4ba9419231_small November 1, 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

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Prairie Moves: Clay Wiese, Mike Roeder, Kaimi and more

3025_8abcc3464b_small October 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

With our inaugural Thinc Iowa in the books, our staff time is freed up for some serious content production. Take this Prairie Moves, for example, it's two weeks worth of goodness – links to funding news, product announcements, media mentions and more. Each time I open my Google Reader to grab the latest headlines from company blogs, Twitter or Facebook, the newsworthy items continue to … read more

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Thinc Iowa: The return of the startup T-shirt roundup

3060_49ac34d557_small October 25, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines If, as we posited in May, Big Omaha is like Paris Fashion Week — and at this point we see no grounds for questioning that claim — then it stands to reason that Thinc Iowa is akin to a runway show in Milan. Sure, Versace and Prada are replaced by Zaarly and Dwolla. But, still, it all comes down to who you're wearing. With that in mind, Silicon Prairie News set a crack team of intrepid reporters loose on the streets of downtown Des Moines on Friday — or, more accurately, I walked around creeping … read more

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PrairieCast with Brad Dwyer and John T. Meyer (Video)

2331_ffc85140bb_small June 1, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Brad Dwyer, founder of Hatchlings, and John T. Meyer, co-founder of 9 Clouds and Silicon Prairie News contributor based in Sioux Falls. Also, PrairieCast is now recorded in a green screen studio which lets us place any image behind us – if you have something you'd like to replace … read more