February 18, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Our most recent Sunday Video Series post came out a bit late and you might have missed it. It's a three-minute video featuring Steve Blank, a noted entrepreneur, author and professor, in which he's asked, "What's a startup?" He answers the question by giving the differences between a startup and a small business. Blank notes that while the terminology is often interchanged around the country, Silicon … read more
January 9, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Las Vegas Before Syncbak made its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) debut, the startup was already generating industry buzz. "But the dark-horse candidate for most disruptive new technology," a Fast Company blogger wrote in anticipation of CES, which takes place this week, "may come from a small company, Syncbak." Syncbak, which is based in Marion, Iowa, and has 18 employees, is unveiling its mobile app today at the industry trade show in Las Vegas, an annual event known for … read more
November 29, 2011 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our … read more
August 1, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Cedar Rapids When the Consumer Electronics Association held its CES On the Hill trade show in Washington, D.C. in May, Syncbak founder and CEO Jack Perry attended in hopes of spreading the word about his Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based startup. He ended up doing so to a national television audience via C-SPAN. Syncbak, which provides a platform for broadcasting live, local television on web-enabled devices … read more
July 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Marion Syncbak announced Monday that it has closed a $4 million Series B finance round, bringing total capital raised to $5.6 million. New and existing investors in the Marion, Iowa-based company include … read more