March 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City First up in our interview series with new online publications on the Silicon Prairie is KCFreePress.com. As I wrote yesterday, discovering this website piqued my interest in new online publications popping up in our region. From day one, this site was quite comprehensive, including coverage of politics, food, music, events, and more. When I received their answers to my questions, I was… read more
When a group of former professional journalists teamed up with bloggers in the Kansas City area last year to launch KCFreePress.com, an online publication featuring local news and events, it grabbed my interest. On the day it launched, Lucas Wetzel, the publication's editor-in-chief, wrote a… read more
March 7, 2010 by Geoff Wood
For this week's video, we looked to Entrepreneur magazine for their profile on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in New Orleans and how it has been revitalized since the hurricanes in 2005. The video features a number of entrepreneurs in the community, many with historical ties to the area and others who have moved their post-Katrina, discussing how… read more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. These are some of my favorites. *Working with Mark Zuckerberg (www.facebook.com)… read more
March 5, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines A local initiative is underway to include Des Moines amongst the cities chosen by Google for their Google Fiber for Communities project. This initiative, dubbed DSMfiber, is seeking to gather interested Central Iowans in support of the idea as well as serve as a hub for local information on the project. DSMfiber is… read more
March 5, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast we discussed migrating to Des Moines for the purpose of creating your business. We had two guests, Mike Sansone of ConverStations.com and Doug Mitchell of Create WOW Media, both natives of California who independently made the decision that Des Moines was the best place to create their businesses. We talked about the process they used in seeking out Des Moines, other communities they considered, their biggest surprise after moving here… read more
March 5, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location from Slowdown at the Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit aterparty * Interview with Summit keynote Blake Mycoskie coming next week (recorded by Malone & Co) * Omaha YP Summit recap * WordPress Happy Hour coming to Des Moines * New Silicon Prairie News weekly features… read more
March 4, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive's official cause officially kicked off this morning with a website launch and frontpage promotion on Mashable.com. We Can End This, an effort to end hunger in America, is challenging people to take immediate action with a digital can drive on its website and participation in it's Cause Lab at SXSW. After 15 days, the top 10 states with the most digital cans of food will each win a truck-load of real food… read more
The role of an angel investor is to serve in that middle tier after you go to the famous three f's: the friends, fools, and family...and before you get to a venture capitalist.- Jay Wilkinson, Nebraska Angels, SPN interviews Jay Wilkinson of Nebraska Angels
