November 5, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Zaarly on Saturday rolled out the latest iteration of its online marketplace to users in Kansas City, the fourth city to receive the revamped version. The new approach, called Storefronts, deviates from Zaary's original request model – "I'd pay blank for blank" – by putting the service providers who respond to the requests up front. "It was just really … read more
August 10, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
San Francisco Last week, I spent a few days in San Francisco along with Dusty Reynolds, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's director of innovation and entrepreneurship. We encountered plenty of people familiar with the work of Silicon Prairie News. We met others who had heard of SPN or our events, Big Omaha and Thinc Iowa, but weren't completely familiar with our work and efforts to build our region's entrepreneurial and startup community. The trip was filled with a number … read more
July 26, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Google announced today it would begin offering its Google Fiber network in Kansas City, Kan. and central Kansas City, Mo. to residential neighborhoods that expressed the most interest. To show that interest, residents have the opportunity through Sept. 9 to pre-register for Google Fiber, paying a $10 deposit and providing basic information. … read more
May 16, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Kansas City (This is a guest post by Bo Fishback.) I get questions about this a lot. It seems that just about everyone wants to "do a startup," and that just about that same number of people (read: everyone) "has an idea." But if that's the case, why isn't everyone working for themselves? Setting aside for the moment that the dream and the reality of running a startup are very different things and that many of those "ideas" are likely terrible, there is clearly … read more
March 29, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Austin The beauty of writing about a panel discussion between three people frequently featured on the very blog for which you're writing — and a blog co-founded by one of those people — is that you can afford to forgo formal introductions and get right down to business. And, given that this post is long overdue, that's precisely what I intend to do. Earlier this month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, I attended "The Field of Dreams Manifesto," a panel … read more
March 15, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
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 … read more
March 9, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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
February 23, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City One year ago, Bo Fishback, then president of Kauffman Labs in Kansas City, returned home from a weekend trip to Los Angeles with one thing on his mind: Zaarly. Today, that one thing is his full-time job. Over the past 365 days, Fishback took a frustration – at 6 feet 8 inches tall, he longed for a way offer other airline … read more
February 14, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Fast Company, a magazine dedicated to reporting on "fast companies" and entrepreneurs, has released its annual "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" list to highlight organizations "whose innovations are having an impact across their industries and our culture." Two startups with Silicon Prairie ties received a nod as a part of the ranking. Dwolla, based in Des Moines, was named No. 8 in the finance industry's to 10, joining notable startups Square and Kickstarter. Zaarly, based in San Francisco with an office in Kansas City, Mo., was named No. 7 in the web/internet industry's top 10, alongside hot startups Airbnb and Dropbox. Also receiving recognition … read more
February 14, 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, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. … read more
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