Dwolla’s Max Farrell crowdsourced a video for his song “Goody Good” using Fiverr.
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week.
SPN’s most-read stories of the week
- “MindMixer leaving Nebraska to unify team, hire 85 more in Kansas City” by Jordan Pascale (4/14)
- “HLT closes 1m seed round, strives to release 24 new apps this year” by Megan Bannister (2/11)
- “You’ll never guess who the Big Omaha emcee is this year…” by Caleb Ulffers (4/16)
- “Everything you need to know about partying at Big Omaha” by Caleb Ulffers (4/17)
- “Startup Spaces: Alley Poyner Co-Lab manufactured from Model T factory” (4/17)
Iowa
- ClusterFlunk launched a mobile site last week. — Twitter
- Dwolla’s Max Farrell created a crowdsourced rap music video using Fiverr and it’s awesome #GoodyGood — Dwolla Blog
- After serving up over 5 billion eggs to players around the world in the last year, Hatchlings creator Brad Dwyer shares some of the company’s progress with players just in time for Easter. — StartupCity Des Moines blog
- Iowa City startup Pear Deck was named one of the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition’s 12 finalists from across the country. They’ll compete in May for a potential $140,000 in funding and a spot in the Education Design Studio incubator. — edSurge
- Iowa State student Brett Neese competed in Startup Weekend Hong Kong earlier this month—he’s studying abroad—and his team, Open Return, took home the award for “Best Overall.” — Facebook
- Turnstile Cards, formerly Major Trading Cards, announced they join NMotion’s second class, which begins on June 2 in Lincoln. — We Create Here
Kansas City
- 1 Millon Cups did a survey of its most dedicated participants. See the results. — Kauffman Foundation
- The Missouri House has passed an appropriations bill that would almost double funding for the Missouri Technology Corporation, a state-run venture capital fund that backs early-stage tech startups. — Missouri Business Alert
- Nobl and CouponCloud came out on top at Tech Cocktail’s Showcase event. — Tech Cocktail
- Government and business leaders discussed KC’s identity, including its entrepreneurial growth. — KC Star
- The KC startup community rallied around a local entrepreneur who lost his house to a fire. — KCPT
Nebraska
- opendorse’s Activate platform/partnership with the NFL gets a writeup on Forbes. — Forbes
- opendorse also writes about the five benefits of their partnership. — opendorse
- Zapier’s Danny Schreiber writes about Hudl’s culture of #RealTalk. — Zapier
- How will an Interface School help out tech talent gap in Lincoln? — Lincoln Journal Star
- Sports publication goes behind the scenes with Lockr. — Sports Techie
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