Mason and Lisa Menninger, owners of Lifeform Studios of Leawood, Kan., show two of the 3-D figurines they made. The pair were featured in the Kansas City Star this week.
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 from last week
- 95+ Nebraska startup accounts you should follow on Twitter right now by SPN (6/25)
- Kander: Startups fail because they lack customers, not funding by Carson Vaughan (6/19)
- Reynolds shifting roles at Chamber as he takes on heavier load at RaceNote by Jordan Pascale (6/24)
- Kauffman Foundation announces second Pipeline challenge grant by Megan Bannister (6/26)
- Leap.it closes $1.1M round with Brad Feld, AngelList syndicate as investors by Megan Bannister (6/24)
Iowa
- Attention: ClusterFlunk is now on SnapChat. — Twitter
- Goodsmiths’ James Eliason shares what he’s learned during his time as an entrepreneur and stresses that “you have to get lucky.” — Medium
- Marion, Iowa-based Syncbak received a boost from the U.S. Supreme Court last week when they ruled against New York-based company Aereo. — Des Moines Register
- Dwolla published an open letter to the FCC and CFPB about net neutrality. — Dwolla Blog
- CDS Global named a new president and CEO, Debra Janssen. — CDS Global
- The Change team wrote about the credo that keeps their company running: “make it happen.” — Change Blog
- Geoff Wood shares a bit more about the planning for Gravitate, Des Moines’ newest entrepreneurial center of gravity. — Business Record
Kansas City
- Diana Kander’s book “All in Startup” goes on sale today. — Wiley
- More than 1,500 people attended the Sprint Accelerator’s Demo Day and you can watch them arrive with this timelapse video. — YouTube
- Vocativ takes a look at Kansas City’s Butterfly Labs. — Vocativ
- Leap.it asks their team to try to tie a tie. Chaos ensues. — YouTube
- New Leawood firm will make personal 3D figurines. — Kansas City Star
- Leap.it got some national press when PandoDaily wrote about their newest platform. — PandoDaily
Nebraska
- An update on Jim Linder (investor with Linseed Capital) as he transitions into his role as interim President of the University of Nebraska. — Lincoln Journal Star
- Ross Nelson’s restaurant inspection mapping project, which was a part of an Open Nebraska hackathon, gets mention in a story on restaurant food safety ratings. — Omaha World-Herald
- Jennifer Rosenblatt of MusicSpoke blogs on her time at NMotion accelerator and this time about mentors. — Tumblr
- Proxibid gets partnership with London-based Chiswick Auctions after London office opens — PR Newswire
- You don’t go to an accelerator for the easy ride. Turnstile Cards on getting their butts kicked at NMotion. — We Create Here
- Grow Omaha talks startup ecosystem in Omaha (7:45) and to BuyNow’s co-founder (starting at 9:35). — Grow Omaha
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