February 10, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
We're excited to bring you our 90th 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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February 7, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha When Proxibid president Ryan Downs sat down for an interview with Silicon Prairie News in September, Downs highlighted two goals at the top of his company's to-do list for the immediate future: growth of the marketplace and international expansion. With its latest hire, Proxibid appears to be backing up Downs' talk. The Omaha-based real auction marketplace announced Monday that Larry Latham, billed by Proxibid as an "auction industry pioneer," has joined its team to add focus to its business development strategy. "I am very excited about the opportunity … read more
January 17, 2012 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 … read more
January 3, 2012 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 coverage … read more
January 3, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Proxibid, the Omaha-based real auction marketplace, today launched Proxibid Classifieds, a new listing service that gives auction companies and business sellers the ability to sell items directly to buyers. Using Proxibid Classifieds, sellers can create an account and be ready to sell their items in just minutes. Buyers, meanwhile, are not required … read more
November 29, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha When Ryan Downs came on board as president of Proxibid in August 2010, Downs, an Omaha native and veteran of eBay and PayPal, expressed considerable excitement over his new gig. "This is a really rare opportunity to be involved in a disruptive Web company that's growing like crazy, that is relentlessly focused on the customer, focused on culture," … read more
November 25, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Although the title of this post includes the words "Black" and "Friday," no ear-splitting descriptions of "partyin' partyin'... YEAH!" are contained herein. As far as we're concerned, the only thing that's "gotta get down" today is the price of merchandise. Yes, it's Black Friday, the day that drives droves of day deal-crazed shoppers to stores — of the brick and mortar and online varieties — in search of the season's best bargains. … read more
November 22, 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 … read more
November 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) 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 … read more
October 26, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Come for the Taylor Swift tickets, stay for the rare stamp auction. Those may not be the exact specifics envisioned, but that's the sort of user engagement pattern Proxibid appears to have in mind with the launch of its new website, Proxibid Tickets. Proxibid, an Omaha-based real auction marketplace, on … read more