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Live Stream: Tony Hsieh presentation at 8:30 a.m. CDT

1210_f7bacad1be_small September 1, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Starting at 8:30 a.m. CDT, Tony Hsieh, author of "Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose" and CEO of Zappos, will be speaking in Omaha about his book and the culture of Zappos that inspired him to write it. The event – details at bustouromaha.eventbrite.com – is sold out, but the live stream of the entire talk will be available to the public free of charge. (Live stream below.) read more

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See you at The Combine, September 9-12

1198_0e0285afd4_small September 1, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Though we're a little late in announcing, we're very excited to be heading to Indiana next week for The Combine. Jeff and I will be making the trip to Bloomington, Indiana for… read more

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Social networking platform Bumpr launches into public beta

1214_b93a0818ff_small September 1, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Bumpr, a social networking platform with a goal to "simplify digital life," launched into public beta last night. As of now, users can integrate their Twitter and Facebook feeds into the website, and in the coming months the team plans to integrate the top 20 social networks. When fully developed, its creators see it as "a social network hub." "The idea here is that… read more

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DevOps, Social Media Intern, Web Designer & VB Developer

September 1, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

We're excited to bring you our twenty-sixth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Pongr and Dwolla in Des Moines and YourPoolHQ.com and Mayday Systems in Omaha. read more

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Prairie Moves: Halo Institute, UNO4sq, McClanhan Studio & more

1197_ace0e8f724_small August 31, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by davedehetre via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on… read more

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Sojern announces additional $9M in venture capital funding

1209_0602708c84_small August 31, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha Omaha-based travel advertising company Sojern announced today that they have secured an additional $9 million in venture capital from Focus Ventures, Trident Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. This new round of funding brings the total amount raised to $28.3 million… read more

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UNI student is finalist for ‘College Entrepreneur of 2010’

1196_72e9bce0be_small August 30, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Cedar Falls University of Northern Iowa (UNI) student Nick Cash is a finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2010. Nick is being recognized for his startup, Book Hatchery, a publishing platform for ebooks. The contest is open to all to vote until September 10. You can view Nick's entry video and vote for him at entrepreneur.com. We recently interviewed… read more

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Sunday Video: charity: water launches 2010 September campaign

1204_a37d403043_small August 29, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Today we wanted to remind you of something that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, shared in his presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Four years ago, Scott came up with the idea of giving up his birthday for charity: water. He held a party in New York City and asked everyone who came to give 20 dollars to his philanthropy. That party generated enough money… read more