February 8, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Not one but two Mikes joined us this week on PrairieCast. Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines and Mike Ferrari, co-founder of SmartyPig (now Social Money Systems) both sit in to discuss the big news that broke early on show day, Dwolla's $5M Series B raise, as well as the recent news from SmartyPig including a name change … read more
February 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesday and Thursday (one day late this week), 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 … read more
February 1, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines SmartyPig, an online social savings platform, today announced a pair of big changes. The Des Moines-based company will go by a new name, Social Money Systems. It also will offer a new product, GoalSaver, which is a customizable, social savings, transaction-focused platform for banks that utilizes a bank's brand and regulatory and compliance systems to create what the company calls … read more
January 20, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines SmartyPig announced on Monday that it had brought on a new president, Scott McCormack, to replace CEO Bob Weinschenk, who is no longer with the company. McCormack came on board full-time … 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 16, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines SmartyPig, an online social savings platform based in Des Moines, announced today the appointment of a new president, Scott McCormack (left), a former vice president of First National Bank and most recently a director of a prepaid card programs company. McCormack, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, took on the role at SmartyPig in November, is replacing CEO Bob Weinschenk, an executive hired in 2009 who was based … 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
December 6, 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. … 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 4, 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 … read more