Silicon Prairie News

Des Moines In Des Moines, there's a new startup quickly building buzz around town. It has 17 employees on the ground, and it's and is on the verge of closing a $1 million round. The source of that buzz is FreebeeCards, a customer engagement platform that aims to drive consumers to vendors through the use of virtual gift cards. Freebee founder and CEO Ken Lazzaro (left) conceived of the idea just over a year ago, and since then the startup has quickly … read more

Des Moines Our friends at the Business Record ran several stories in their most recent issue highlighting the startup community in Des Moines, and like we did with Lynn Hicks' article in the Des Moines Register last week, we wanted to make sure our audience saw them as well. In the first article, writer Kyle Oppenhuizen interviews three prominent players in the local startup community, Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone, Christian Renaud of Startup City Des Moines, and John Stineman of the Heartland Technology Alliance, about their … read more

Omaha It's been nearly two weeks since Big Omaha struck the entrepreneurial scene for the second year in a row. However, the chatter about the event and Silicon Prairie News in general, has been afloat amongst traditional and… read more