January 5, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Shannon Thomas' pitch last March on the final night of Startup Weekend Des Moines wasn't quite enough to win over the judges — her startup, Fundle, earned best pitch didn't finish among the top three overall* — but it helped her catch the attention of the one person in the room who turned out to matter most of all. "She just totally rocked the pitch," Kenny Younger said of Thomas. "It was amazing. … read more
August 23, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Des Moines The Bat-Signal is out across the state of Iowa for all types of heroes, and bHeroic is the startup behind the shining light. Born not in the streets of Gotham City but in the Des Moines community at Startup Weekend 2011, bHeroic, also known as Unleash Heroes, is a free social game that encourages ordinary heroism by tracking and rewarding acts of volunteerism. … read more
March 10, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines As someone who participated in the first Startup Weekend Des Moines (see my Silicon Prairie News guest post at the time: "Startup Weekend Des Moines is a success") back in July 2009 and had the chance to spend several hours at this past weekend's event… read more
March 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday (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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any… read more
March 6, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Ten startups, each 54 hours old, gave their final pitch tonight to a panel of judges and "Unleash Heroes" emerged as the winner of Startup Weekend Des Moines. The Unleash Heroes concept is to devise a tracking and reward system of "hero points" to honor and encourage the heroic activities that people do in their everyday lives, like giving blood or volunteering. read more
March 6, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Startup Weekend Des Moines is entering into it's final hours. What began with 32 ideas thrown out to the crowd of 80-some participants has now been refined to 9 final teams who will pitch tonight beginning at 5:00 PM. Judges will deliberate while dinner is served around 7:30 PM with final awards planned for 8:30 PM. The final pitches are open to the public and are being streamed live, courtesy of host sponsor Des Moines Amplified. read more
March 4, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines The third iteration of Startup Weekend Des Moines kicked off tonight with an evening of idea generation, voting, lobbying, pizza consumption, inspiration, pitches, and hard work. Not to mention a massive roshambo tournament. The more than 100 participants, speakers, judges and mentors convened in a vacant office suite at the Greater Des Moines Partnership Building whittled... read more
February 28, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
The week ahead might just be the busiest week of events we've seen in a long while, and moreover, it's filled with a handful of quality startup-focused events. We're, of course, very excited about the first event on this week's calendar, the Silicon Prairie News - Kansas City Launch Party, and we hope to see many familiar and new faces at McFadden's on Tuesday night. You'll find the listing… read more
February 8, 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 could improve these posts or any of our… read more
February 8, 2011 by Levi Rosol
Des Moines (Photo by Rob Jensen via Flickr.) It's that time again. Startup Weekend is getting ready to kick off its third event in Des Moines and it's only a little over three weeks away. I personally have attended one of these events, and to be completely honest, at no fault of anyone but myself, I didn't get what I expected. I went into that first Startup Weekend with the mentality that I was about to jump into a… read more