“And the Analog goes to…” Video of the inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards
Ben Milne's startup, Dwolla, took home a total of four golden Analogs, including Startup of the Year (above).
If you missed our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event last week, here's your chance to watch the 12 "golden Analogs" handed out to companies and individuals for their business achievements and community contributions over the past year.
The two videos below – each showcasing six awards – contain presenters describing award criteria, providing overviews of finalists and announcing winners. The videos also feature the 12 winners' acceptance speeches, which ranged from reflections on the aha moment to a reference of "The Office." Video of our keynote speaker, David Cohen of TechStars, will be released soon.
Thanks to our live stream and video sponsor, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Part 1
00:10 - Welcome from Silicon Prairie News: Jeff Slobotski, Dusty Davidson and Geoff Wood
04:20 - A Message from the Editors: Danny Schreiber and Michael Stacy
13:20 - Mobile App of the Year (Learn more)
- Dwolla
- Front Flip - Winner
- Leap2
- myHomework
16:56 - Startup Technologist of the Year (Learn more)
- Matt Angell, RareWire co-founder & CTO
- Ben Metz, Banno developer
- Rodrigo Neri, Instin co-founder, iOS & web developer
- Brandon Weber, Dwolla software engineer - Winner
21:18 - Startup Designer of the Year (Learn more)
- Jake Johnson, Divshot co-founder - Winner
- Justin Kemerling, design for MindMixer
- Rachel McClung, Goodsmiths design lead
- Kyle Murphy, Hudl VP of user experience
25:30 - Startup Service Provider of the Year (Learn more)
- Bart Dillashaw, Scudder Law Firm
- Greg Kratofil, Polsinelli Shughart PC - Winner
- David H. Milligan, Advent IP
- Joey Hinke, Miller Fidler & Hinke
28:58 - Startup Investor of the Year (Learn more)
33:20 - Startup Executive of the Year (Learn more)
- Chris Caldwell, LockPath co-founder & CEO
- David Graff, Hudl co-founder & CEO
- Naithan Jones, AgLocal co-founder & CEO
- Ben Milne, Dwolla co-founder & CEO - Winner
Part 2
00:29 - B2B Startup of the Year (Learn more)
04:30 - Consumer Startup of the Year (Learn more)
- Bloom.com
- Dwolla - Winner
- Hatchlings
- SkyVu Entertainment
08:35 - Silicon Prairie Ambassador (Learn more)
- Ashton Kutcher, investor in Dwolla, Iowa native
- Rahul Gupta, Big Wheel Brigade co-founder, former Omahan - Winner
- Nick Seguin, former Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation manager of entrepreneurship, former Kansas Citian
- Ben Silbermann, Pinterest co-founder, Iowa native
13:05 - Silicon Prairie Community Champion (Learn more)
- Thad Langford, Open Air Equity entrepreneur in residence
- Christian Renaud, StartupCity Des Moines co-founder and principal
- Joni Cobb, Pipeline founding president and CEO
- Dusty Reynolds, Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce director of entrepreneurship and innovation - Winner
18:15 - New Startup of the Year (Learn more)
22:30 - Startup of the Year (Learn more)
Credits: Photo by Malone & Company. Video by Event1 Video.