In recent years, an increasing number of companies have devoted themselves to improving the way money moves. Whether you look at the Starbucks-approved Square, the low-cost option Dwolla or today's featured Tool of the Trade, Stripe, each promises something unique. The Stripe file | Launched: September 2011 | Short Description: Stripe aims to make it easy to accept credit cards online … read more

As we've grown Silicon Prairie News from its early days as a side project into the company it is today with ten employees, we've had to create processes and implement tools to do what is at the core of most businesses: manage information. I want to share more about one of those tools, Nutshell … read more

One of the biggest complaints we receive from our clients at 9 Clouds, a social media marketing firm in Sioux Falls, S.D., is … read more

After speaking with Dan Martell about his latest startup, Clarity, I see why people say that many startups reflect the DNA of their founder or founders. Martell, a former Big Omaha speaker, is a walking startup school of knowledge willing to give advice, opinions and feedback at a moment's notice, which is essentially what his company is attempting to do. Clarity aims to connect entrepreneurs with experts … read more

Spring has officially turned to summer and for me that finally means a chance to catch up on all that networking. After a busy spring of attending conferences like SXSW Interactive, Big Omaha and Blogworld NY the stack of business cards begins to pile up (below). In the haze of a conference you exchange lots of cards but often let that stack … read more