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Start-up seminar to focus on raising capital

On March 29, a number of business advisers will deliver presentations on business valuation, fund-raising compliance and legal issues during a daylong seminar intended to help entrepreneurs uncover and understand sources of available capital. “Raising …

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Software tool brings high precision to flooring estimation


About a year ago, Steve “Doc” Scheidecker began searching for a software tool his Indianola employer, Phillips’ Floors Inc., could use to efficiently estimate flooring jobs to generate competitive bids for contractors.

Unable to find …

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Sauer-Danfoss reports gains for year, quarter

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. reported fourth-quarter net sales of $428.9 million, an increase of 54 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009.

Net income for the quarter was $126 million compared with a net loss of $74.7 …

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Dwolla launches location-based payment system

Paying a retailer or a friend could become as simple as clicking a button on your cell phone, using a new system developed by Des Moines-based Dwolla Corp.

The payment system, called Dwolla Spots, allows …

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Internet Solver acquires SimplicIT

Internet Solver Inc., an Urbandale-based technology company, has acquired the assets of SimplicIT, a West Des Moines technology consulting firm. The acquisition will enable SimplicIT clients to simplify their information technology management by consolidating their …

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Senate votes to strip down patent reform bill

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to strip controversial provisions out of a bipartisan bill to revamp the patent system and clear a years-long backlog of patent applications. The vote was 97 in favor and …

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Silicon Prairie expands to Kansas City

Silicon Prairie News is holding an expansion party in Kansas City tonight after launching into the city as a third coverage area in mid-February.

The company started in Omaha in 2008 and expanded to Des …

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Mobile purchases pick up steam

Merchants running mobile advertising campaigns claim that between 5 and 10 percent of their digital purchases are coming from mobile devices, an executive with mobile advertising network Mojiva Inc. told Mobile Commerce Daily.

Such sales …

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Social media has settled in

Social media is reaching a more mature stage in the Central Iowa business community, according to a survey conducted by Hanser & Associates. Based on 409 responses, the study found that nearly 80 percent of …

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High-tech gadgets, software improve efficiency at Wellmark


Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which is putting the final touches on its 550,000-square-foot downtown office building, has incorporated a number of high-tech gadgets into the structure that are intended to help employees operate …