Startup Grind, Plains Angels training, Awesome Camp and 13 more events

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page. …

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here.

For more, visit our events page.

To submit an event for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com.


Educational events

Digital Sandbox Q&A, Monday, 4:30-5:15 p.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation): Jeff Shackelford, director of the Digital Sandbox KC project, invites you to attend an informational session to learn about the Digital Sandbox KC application process.  (Register)

Startup Grind Kansas City Hosts Herb Sih (Founder / Think Big Partners), Wednesday, 6 p.m. 

Kansas City, Mo. (Cremalab): Herb Sih serves as managing partner for Think Big Partners and advises startups, high growth companies, entrepreneurs and select clients. (Learn more)

Omaha Young Professionals Summit, Thursday, 8-4:30 p.m.

Omaha (CenturyLink Center): Join over 1,500 young professionals, business and community leaders for the largest young professionals event in the area. Keynote speakers include recording artist John Legend and Pencils of Promise founder Adam Braun. (Learn more)

Due Diligence Training: Negotiating Terms / Group Investing presented by Plains Angels, Thursday, 8:30 a.m.

Des Moines (Greater Des Moines Partnership): This event is for accredited investors, entrepreneurs and other business minded people who want to learn about the due diligence process as it relates to vetting the management team. (Register)

TEDxLincolnLive, Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Lincoln, Neb. (Kauffman Academic Center and Raikes School): This is a rare opportunity to watch all or part of a complete day of presentations and related activities at the main TED2013 conference in Long Beach, California. (RSVP)

Hackovate Health Innovation Competition – Finale, Thursday, 12:30-8:30 p.m. (UPDATED)

Kansas City, Mo. (Union Station “Extreme Screen”): Sit in on the 10 live finale presentations, vote for your favorite in the People’s Choice Award and watch one finalist win the competition. (Register)

Startup Owner’s Manual – SXSW with Steve Blank, Friday, 12:15-1:15 p.m.

Lincoln, Neb. (FUSE Coworking): Learn the key tools and steps to build a successful startup (or at least reduce the risk of failure) as we watch Steve Blank’s presentation from SXSW 2012 with fellow startups. (RSVP)

Awesome Camp, Friday-Saturday

Lincoln, Neb. (Red9): Awesome Camp is a participant-driven unconference. Anyone and everyone is invited to sign up to speak on a topic they are passionate about. (Register)

Cornstalks – There is no Cornstalks this month. Instead, Cornstalks invites attendees to join the Omaha Young Professionals after party.

Meetups

Geek Night, Monday, 6 p.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen): Geek Night started as a group of developers and entrepreneurs; you’ll find many laptops and conversations about code and community. (Learn more)

Des Moines Startup Drinks, Tuesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Des Moines (Mars Cafe): The Turnstone Bus and Crew are in Des Moines for a few days as part of their awesome office makeover contest and want to experience the Des Moines Startup Community. (Learn more)

1 Million Cups Kansas City (UPDATE)

Due to pending snow, this event has been canceled.

1 Million Cups Des Moines, Wednesday, 9-10 a.m.

West Des Moines, Iowa (Green Grounds Cafe): Each week 1 Million Cups showcases one startup from the Des Moines area. (Learn more)

Open Coffee, Thursday, 8-9 a.m.

Lincoln (Crescent Moon Coffee): This regular, casual get together is an opportunity to share coffee, stories, insights, questions, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs, developers, designers, investors and folks interested in building a better startup community. (Learn more)

Hack And Tell Kansas City – Presented by KCITP, Thursday, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Barkley): Five minutes to show off your hack, and five minutes for the audience to ask interesting questions and provide great feedback! (No startup pitches, no work related projects and no deckware.) (Learn more)

TechBrew Ames, Thursday, 5-7 p.m.

Ames, Iowa (M-Shop): An informal gathering of entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders getting together to talk over a beer (social lubrication). (Learn more)

Friday Afternoon Club for Startups, Friday, 4-6 p.m.

Lincoln, Neb. (FUSE Coworking): Join the Startup Lincoln community for an opportunity to share ideas, find out about the latest startup activities around town, meet co-founders and teammates. (Learn more)


Upcoming

Make sure to keep an eye out for these upcoming Silicon Prairie News events and those we’re helping to promote as a media sponsor.

Big Kansas City by Silicon Prairie News, March 26-28

Kansas City, Mo. (Hangar 9, National Airline History Museum): Big Kansas City is part of The Big Series, the nation’s most ambitious events on innovation and entrepreneurship. (Learn more) (Register)

Big Omaha by Silicon Prairie News, May 8-10

Omaha (KANEKO): Big Omaha is part of The Big Series, the nation’s most ambitious events on innovation and entrepreneurship. (Learn more) (Register)

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