March 15, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Austin 1:15 a.m. - Walk in late, drenched with rain, to Gary Vaynerchuck’s Secret Wine Party from Matthew Rosenberg's Fast Society/Cameo house party. Lasers, wine and geeks make for an amazingly awesome combination. | 9:30 a.m. - Christina Aguilera apparently looks … read more
March 2, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 … read more
February 29, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Citing unnamed sources, Business Insider today reported that Iowa native and Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher participated in Dwolla's $5 million Series B round that the startup announced earlier this month. "Sources tell us Ashton Kutcher, an Iowa native, is the mystery investor," Insider's Alyson Shontell, who also covered Dwolla's Series B, wrote. When reached by phone this evening, Dwolla's director of communications, Jordan … read more
February 1, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Dwolla, the online cash transfer startup based in Des Moines, rolled out mobile access today to Instant, its most popular feature release yet, on its iOS (left) and Android apps. Announced in December and made available to a limited amount of users through its website, Instant takes the wait time out of adding cash to a Dwolla account by giving users immediate access to a line of credit up to $500. Users must opt-in to Instant. If it's turned on, it costs a user $3 per … read more
January 25, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast our guests were Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. It was great timing, as we chatted with Lampe and the rest of the panel about the rumors of a Union Square Ventures-led Series B funding round for Dwolla and also looked back at how the SOPA Blackout Day played out throughout the region. Additionally, we debuted … read more
January 24, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us live at 2 p.m. for this week's PrairieCast. Our guests include first-timer Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc. and returning guest Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. We'll be discussing the week's biggest stories including the SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day and the rumors that broke on Friday of an upcoming Union Square Ventures … read more
December 21, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we trotted out our favorite ugly Christmas sweaters. Rather, Andy brought his out, our guests Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla donned very shiny Christmas vests and I went with the more conservative ugly Christmas sweater T-shirt. We covered a lot of Dwolla … read more
December 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us today at 2 p.m. for the last PrairieCast of 2011! Episode 67 will feature Dwolla's Jordan Lampe and Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright. We'll be talking about Dwolla's big announcement last week, Forbes.com's roundup of startup scenes around the U.S., Sean Blanda's guest post on pitching your startup to the media and more. Also, it might just be ugly Christmas sweater day on the show. Shhh! Did you miss last week's show? It was our first with … read more
December 18, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines On Thursday, Dwolla, a payments startup based in Des Moines, closed out one of its most eventful days yet with a meetup to show off its new product feature and bring together its users, supporters and members of the city's tech community. According the Des Moines Register, more than 250 people came out for the event which, as is always part of a Dwolla Meetup agenda, included … read more
December 15, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines If you can't make it to Dwolla's meetup and formal introduction of "Instant" tonight at Vaudeville Mews (212 4th Street) in Des Moines, be sure to join us here to watch it all streamed live. The livestream will begin at 6:30 p.m., when Dwolla's director of communications, Jordan Lampe, takes the stage. He'll be followed by Jeff Russell, president/CEO … read more