Des Moines I recently caught up with Mike Ferrari, one of the founders of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig. Silicon Prairie News first interviewed Mike in December 2008, and a lot has changed for the online banking startup in the last year: ... read more
Omaha Marcus Ross, Ryan Billington, and Jason Kirk, the team behind the idea JustAPosition.org, took home the top prize at the first-ever Government 2.0 Innovation Challenge hosted by Graffiti Tracker (GT). The competition, held Nov. 13-15, challenged ... read more
Omaha It's officially here! The day when we can "officially" bring you our interview with Oxide Design Co.! These guys are doing some amazing work, and many of you may know them from the branding work they did for ... read more
Omaha Mentioned this Week: Filming on location at Caffeine Dreams, Wednesday day-trip in Des Moines with contributor Geoff Wood, KANEKO Great Minds Series, MVF and BioVenture 2009 events last night, and Happy (Early) Thanksgiving! Interests of Last Week 11/15 - ... read more
Omaha Mentioned this week: Filming on location in Jeff's office at the AIM Institute, SPN SXSW Panel announcement, Startup Drinks in Omaha and TechBrew Iowa in Des Moines last night, Highlight Midwest keynote videos by Geoff Wood, BarCamp Omaha montage ... read more
Des Moines Updated Phenomblue description on 11/13 at 11:15 AM. The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas ... read more
Omaha I'm really not much of a wine guy, to be honest, but I do appreciate the occasional glass of cabernet. Consequently, I'm not always the most knowledgeable dude when it comes to choosing the best wine to pair ... read more
Des Moines The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my "highlight" of ... read more
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