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Silicon Prairie is probably one of the emerging startup centers of US. Apart from Dwolla, there are many promising startups in the region which might make it bi
by FlyingSnake 14y ago
Silicon Prairie is probably one of the emerging startup centers of US. Apart from Dwolla, there are many promising startups in the region which might make it big. I feel, the Midwest work ethics and dignity of labor set them apart. Most of these startups are also well connected to each other and form a tight network.
Though it's smaller compared to SanFran, East Coast or Austin, I would still bet on Silicon Prairie.
- untog 14y agoSmaller networks promoting tight networks I can agree with, but I'm always skeptical of throwing out judgements on "work ethic" based on what part of the country a person is from.
- zecho 14y agoSpeaking of Dwolla and tight networks, Shane Neuerburg, one of Dwolla's co-founders lives in Osage, MN, a township with only 774 people in it. He's now working with a startup in Fargo, ND called BreadVault, but Fargo itself is full of startups working closely in incubators and community spaces, many funded by Doug Burgum, who built Great Plains Software and sold it to Microsoft in the 90s and is now Microsoft's largest campus outside of Redmond. Some of the Burgum funded projects work closely with Mayo Clinic and Sanford Health. And these are just the smaller startups in the upper midwest. Minneapolis is a hotbed for media startups.