August 26, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Networking, if you ask Mike Templeton, is a dirty word. "For me it generally means standing in a room full of crowded people, blindly introducing myself and my line of work to utter strangers," Templeton, the founder of Introvio, said of networking in a recent blog post. "There are no warnings about people you should avoid, nor are there signals to point out the best people to meet." But with Introvio … read more
July 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Getting cold feet about making that cold call? Introvio hopes to help reduce those chills by cultivating a warm contact. Formally introduced to the world yesterday in a blog post by creator Mike Templeton, Introvio is a platform that leverages the network effect … read more
March 8, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Earlier today, PrairieCast co-hosts Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News and Andy Brudtkuhl of 48web were joined by guests Hillary Brown of OnPitch and Lava Row and Mike Templeton of ScoreYard and Kum & Go. Discussed this week: "In case you missed it… the Dwolla Spots announcement," "Startup Weekend Des Moines: The winner is 'Unleash Heroes,'" "Five and Fifty unveils its ‘instant Groupon’ at LAUNCH," South by Southwest, "Announcing the… read more
March 7, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8th at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 28 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Hillary Brown of OnPitch and Lava Row and Mike Templeton of ScoreYard and Kum & Go. Discussion topics will include the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, Startup Weekend Des Moines, the Dwolla meetup and more. PrairieCast is a live… read more
January 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Mark Michaelis via Flickr) 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… read more
November 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines This past July, three full-timers launched a side project called ScoreYard, a social team management platform. Today, the team… read more
July 8, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Earlier today, Mike Templeton, co-founder and community manager for Des Moines-based ScoreYard, announced (above) that the company's social platform designed for sports teams is now open in limited release. Mike gave us a few minutes of his time this morning to tell us about the company… read more
July 6, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Let Ideas Compete 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… read more
May 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy's producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she's given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie News – she's made a few edits and added an afterward detailing an email she received from Omaha's Mayor Jim Suttle. read more
March 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines After a one week break, PrairieCast is back for episode #8 with the topic of using social media for business in Des Moines. We featured three guests: Julia Thompson, social media editor of the Des Moines Register, Mike Templeton, an analyst at Catchfire Media and founder of the Social Media Club Des Moines, and Nathan T. Wright, founder of Lava Row. In the Week in Review segment, we catch up on highlighted posts from the past two weeks… read more