Last June, Change hosted a hot dog eating contest at Des Moines’ Hotshots. Now it looks like another Change Challenge may be in the works.
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read over the last week, and add in our most-read stories for good measure.
Iowa
- Remember last June when Change hosted a hotdog eating contest at Hotshots? It looks like another Change Challenge is just around the corner. Stay tuned. — Facebook
- Iowa’s weekly podcast, The Welch Avenue Show, might be getting a revamp. Instead of filming after 1 Million Cups Des Moines each week, Geoff Wood and Chris New may move the podcast to StartupCity to be filmed at 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Let them know what you think. — Welch Avenue Daily
- The Business Record released the results of its annual Business Record Leaders survey last week. While the survey noted startups as a piece of “sustained growth and health” of the city’s business community, the perceived impact startups have on the economy was slightly lower than last year. — Business Record
Kansas City
- What happened when AgLocal, originally based in Prairie Village, derailed from its vision. — Fast Company
- Columbia, Mo.-based Newsy is listed a top-10 alternative news app. — The Guardian
- One of the out-of-town Techstars mentors says she was wrong about the Silicon Prairie. “Kansas City feels a lot like Portland did roughly five years ago.” — Citizen
- ShotTracker made an appearance on CBS’ site for March Madness and on KSHB-TV. — CBS Sports, KSHB
Nebraska
- It’s not a tech startup, but a luxury portable bathroom won UNL’s Entrepreneurship Days contest. — Lincoln Journal Star
- Omaha Chamber is using Omaha-based MindMixer to help craft new slogan for city. That’s so meta. — Omaha World-Herald
- Nebraska: “Potential To Become One Of The More Entrepreneurial Places” — NET Nebraska
- Powderhook does a Q&A with OutdoorLife.com — Outdoor LIfe
- Columnist Matthew Hansen wonders how a 48-0 gender gap at a code camp can happen in 2014. — Omaha World-Herald
- And Dusty Davidson of Flywheel, SPN and Big Omaha says how to get it right. — Dusty Davidson blog
SPN’s most read stories last week
- “EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush’s journey from farmhand to founder” by Kate Brosseau (3/25/14)
- “Dusty Davidson: Speaker diversity comes through conscious effort” by Dusty Davidson (3/28/14)
- “Best Option Trading’s ‘Orca’ software helps you swim with the sharks” by Daniel Wheaton (3/26/14)
- “Jeff Rohr: Get into the startup game and leave it all on the floor” by Jeff Rohr (3/28/14)
- “Big Omaha’s Darya Rose: Equal parts neuroscientist, Summer Tomato” by Joey Wolfe (3/27/14)
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