Sierra Bravo News Releases

Sierra Bravo launches Nerdery

2009-05-04 — Minneapolis

Nerdery Interactive Labs (The Nerdery), a division of Sierra Bravo Corporation, formally launched today as a brand dedicated to providing web development services (nerds) to advertisers, designers and others with interactive marketing ideas.

Luke Bucklin on Biz Journal's 40 Under 40 list

2009-03-27 — Minneapolis

Luke Bucklin, 38, was today named to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s 2009 40 Under 40 list, the publication’s annual compilation of “the region’s most talented and successful young leaders.”

Sierra Bravo Develops Fallon's Vision for Skimmer

2009-03-25 — Minneapolis

When Fallon Minneapolis wanted to create Skimmer, a new lifestreaming service, they turned to web development partners Sierra Bravo to program a complex Adobe AIR desktop application giving users a single interface for multiple social media sources.

Zeus Jones and Sierra Bravo Win Phizzpop at SXSW

2009-03-18 — Minneapolis

Web developers Sierra Bravo and frequent marketing agency partners Zeus Jones won the PhizzPop Design Challenge at SXSW Interactive by creating a web application to help people live green.

Sierra Bravo Overnight Website Challenge Champs: Praxis and District 202

2009-03-03 — Minneapolis

A dozen Minnesota nonprofits and 120 web nerds worked well into the wee hours on 12 new websites built during the otherwise lost weekend of Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge.

Twelve Nonprofits Picked for Free Web Makeover at Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge

2009-02-04 — Minneapolis

WHAT: Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge

Zeus Jones and Sierra Bravo Win Phizzpop Minneapolis

2009-01-19 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo partnered with Zeus Jones to win Phizzpop Minneapolis, a web development competition created by Microsoft. Five teams of three web pros were given the same business challenge and a few days to come up their own online solution using Microsoft interactive design technology.

Sierra Bravo Overnight Website Challenge Returning

2008-12-03 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo has announced the second coming of the Overnight Website Challenge — the web development firm’s signature event giving pro-bono help to nonprofits. For 100 volunteer web pros and 10 Minnesota nonprofits, the 24-hour clock will count down the weekend of February 28-March 1, 2009.

Sierra Bravo Number 23 on Biz Journal's Fast 50

2008-10-24 — Minneapolis

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal announced today that Sierra Bravo is #23 on the Fast 50 — the newspaper’s annual list of the fastest growing private companies in Twin Cities. From 2005 to 2007, the web development company’s revenue jumped from $1.9 million to nearly $4 million — an increase of 107%.

Sierra Bravo Ranks No. 556 on the 2008 Inc. 5,000 with 4-Year Sales Growth of 585%

2008-08-25 — Minneapolis

Inc. has announced its annual list of America’s fastest growing private companies — and Sierra Bravo is #556 on the Inc. 5000. Additionally, Sierra Bravo ranked #7 on Inc.’s Top 50 Businesses in Minnesota, as well as #77 on Inc.’s Top 100 IT Services Companies.

Sierra Bravo Seeks Web Developers to Keep Pace with Growing Business

2008-08-11 — Minneapolis

Already the largest independent web development firm in the Twin Cities, Sierra Bravo is looking for a few good nerds — and then a few more.

Web Developers Sierra Bravo Announces Three Promotions

2008-08-05 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo, the largest independent web development firm in the Twin Cities, has announced three promotions:

Web Developers Sierra Bravo Moving to New Nerdery (Office)

2008-07-10 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo, the largest independent web development firm in the Twin Cities, will move into a new office on July 25, 2008.

Sierra Bravo Opens Chicago Office to Develop Web Projects for Ad Agencies

2008-03-17 — Chicago

As Sierra Bravo opens an office in Chicago, the largest web development firm in Minneapolis furthers its Partner Program initiatives with a growing list of national and regional ad and marketing agencies — and their end clients.

Winners and Winners Prevail at Overnight Website Challenge

2008-03-03 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo congratulates the winners of its first-ever F1 Overnight Website Challenge presented by VISI, a website makeover event matching talented volunteer web pros with Minnesota non-profits. Top honors go to the new website created literally overnight by Team IB (Internet Broadcasting) for Families Moving Forward, a social service agency providing shelter and supportive services to homeless and low-income families with children.

11 Minnesota Non-Profits Picked for Free Overnight Website Makeover

2008-02-18 — Minneapolis

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VISI Becomes Presenting Sponsor and Website Host of Overnight Website Challenge

2008-01-21 — Minneapolis

Imagine being locked in a room with 80 web developers for 24 hours with only one challenge in front of you — design a dynamic new website for a deserving non-profit before the time runs out. That’s the premise of the first-ever “F1 Overnight Website Challenge,” which will be sponsored and presented by VISI, Minnesota’s largest hosting and connectivity provider.

Sierra Bravo Organizing Free Website Event for Minnesota Non-profits

2007-12-10 — Minneapolis

Sierra Bravo announced today an event designed to help Minnesota non-profits connect with talented web developers to build websites that help fulfill their mission — and pull an all-nighter to do it.

Sierra Bravo Releases Free Software to Create Desktop Widgets

2007-11-26 — MINNEAPOLIS

Sierra Bravo announced today the release of free software for Pick programmers for the creation of desktop widgets.

Sierra Bravo Partnering with Ad Agencies to Create Websites that Work by Design

2007-10-15 — MINNEAPOLIS

Sierra Bravo, the Twin Cities’ largest web development agency, seeks to build upon the initial success of its Partner Program. Through its Partner Program, Sierra Bravo works with ad agencies and marketing companies to serve the web development needs of their end clients.

Sierra Bravo Expands Features of MultiValue-Integrated Online Store

2007-09-14 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo Corp – Bloomington, MN – Sierra Bravo announces that it has expanded the standard feature set of its integrated online store offering to include real-time integrated package tracking and shipping rate calculations with the major carriers. The integration is done using real-time XML web services that combine information from the existing business system with information provided by the user online to obtain immediate and accurate rate calculations.

Sierra Bravo Launches www.D3Ref.com Online D3 Reference Manual

2007-09-13 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo Corporation launched a new website (www.d3ref.com) to provide an online reference guide to Raining Data’s D3 DMBS. The guide is implemented using Raining Data’s character-based online reference material provided with their D3 product.

B&B Manufacturing Co. Launches BBOnline Web Site by Sierra Bravo

2005-03-04 — Bloomington, MN

B&B Manufacturing Co., Headquartered in Valencia, California, launched its BBOnline web site which provides tools for its suppliers, buyers, engineers and quality personnel. B&B Manufacturing Co. selected Sierra Bravo to develop this site in an effort to enhance supply-chain communications with real-time efficiency. The site allows suppliers exclusive access to information stored on B&B’s legacy business system.

Sierra Bravo Exceeds Expectations in its First Year of Business

2004-11-02 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo exceeded its expectations at the end of the first twelve months in business. Sierra Bravo was founded by Luke Bucklin, Mike Schmidt and Mike Derheim in October, 2003 as a web solutions provider.

Sierra Bravo Corporation Acquires Glass Software from Pixius Communications

2004-11-01 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo Corporation acquired the LePic Glass System and Verity Glass System software packages and customers from Pixius Communications. These packages are used by flat and auto glass retail and wholesale shops for quoting, order processing, purchasing, inventory and accounting.

Western Nevada Supply Deploys Sierra Bravo's B2B Online Store

2004-08-20 — Bloomington, MN

Western Nevada Supply, headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, launches Sierra Bravo’s B2B Online Store to provide online ordering and account information to its Plumbing, HVAC, and Irrigation customers. The site can be viewed online at www.wns1.com.

Polaris Systems Adopts Sierra Bravo's B2B Online Store as Their E-Commerce Solution

2004-06-01 — Bloomington, MN

Polaris Systems of Greensboro, North Carolina, signed an agreement with Sierra Bravo to adopt Sierra Bravo’s B2B Online Store as an integrated E-Commerce module for their wholesale distribution package.

Sandy's Office Supply Launches an Integrated Online Store Developed by Sierra Bravo Corporation

2004-03-22 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo Corporation, a web development company, completed a new online store application for Sandy’s Office Supply of Aspen, CO. The new site was launched on March 15, 2004 and can be visited at www.sandysofficesupply.com.

Sierra Bravo Corporation Announces Release of Web-Based Customer Service Suite for Multi-Value Systems

2003-11-24 — Bloomington, MN

Sierra Bravo Corporation, web application solutions provider, announced the release of their web-based application solution developed for businesses using Multi-Value systems as the first complete cross-platform and cross-application integrated web-based solution for Multi-Value users.

MultiValue Web Development Pioneers Form Sierra Bravo Corporation to Offer Low-Cost Web Solutions to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

2003-10-13 — Minneapolis, MN

Newly formed Sierra Bravo Corporation is dedicated to serving businesses using MultiValue systems, such as Universe, Unidata, D3, mv.Base, jBASE and mv.Enterprise by offering cost-effective web-integration solutions.