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5249_8147290d01_small January 31, 2013 by Joe Stych

Ames Two years after landing a branding partnership with New York startup Foursquare, Sam Schill (left) of Sigler Companies is ready to unveil his employer's new endeavor focused on startups: BrandSquid. The new entity, which launched in early December, aims to help up-and-coming tech companies get branded swag, such as stickers and T-shirts, into the hands of their users. But the focus is on narrowing the process to their unique needs. "Startups are kind of scrappy. They're lean, they don't have a ton of money," Schill said. "Even if they do have a bunch of venture capital, they still only have a certain amount for things like marketing." … read more

3807_0a23776cb1_small March 19, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 78 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Sam Schill of Shoplr and the Sigler Companies and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte. Discussion topics will include the big takeaways from SXSW and the Startup Act. Did you catch our last episode, featuring Iowa Economic … read more

3783_8b1b5d929f_small March 14, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Austin 11:00 a.m. - The day started a little later than usual (taxis!), but it began with a bang as we met with Phil, Manager of Emerging Tech for VaynerMedia (Gary Vaynerchuk's agency). The rest of the team took the divide and conquer approach, attacking sessions on the campus: an interview about "the tragedy of comments" with Nick Denton of Gawker Media; career lessons for non-designer, non-techs from Matt Van Horn of Path; and a talk on irrational … read more

2678_bf55532229_small August 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Ames To categorize Sam Schill’s immersion into the world of tech startups using the lexicon of that land, the Ames businessman has quickly gone from just checking in to becoming a veritable super mayor. A little more than a year removed from making his first foray into the landscape of tech entrepreneurship — when he helped his firm, Sigler Companies, forge a relationship with Foursquare — Schill can’t seem to shake the startup scene, whether it’s in his role at Sigler or with his nascent side project … read more

1967_7a108af2d6_small March 23, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend and Sam Schill of the Sigler Companies. Discussed this week: Teams continuing on from Startup Weekend Des Moines, Experiences at South by Southwest Interactive, Zaarly goes live at SXSW, sets to expand to other cities, Startup Weekend alum LaunchRock used for startups… read more

1955_21312b0a57_small March 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 30 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by two guests fresh off their first experience at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin Texas, Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend and Sam Schill of the Sigler Companies. Discussion topics will include SXSW, Thinc Iowa, the TechStars bracket…  read more

1135_dd4a7b7866_small August 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by Nicholas_T 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 how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact me at danny@siliconprairienews.com. read more

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