April 16, 2013 by Jeff Slobotski
New York City Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson and I are headed back to New York this month to host a Silicon Prairie Expat Meetup on April 30 at the Standard Hotel Biergarten. During our visit, April 29-May 1, we also plan to get together with several entrepreneurs and investors. The meetup will be our second Silicon Prairie expat gathering this year—we held one … read more
April 16, 2013 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Big Omaha is right around the corner. With our fifth annual conference on innovation on entrepreneurship three weeks away, we're excited today to reveal four more speakers who will be joining us May 8-10. When curating our speakers, we strive to invite individuals who are making waves in the startup world. … read more
April 16, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City, Mo. app maker OneLouder cooked up two apps worthy of Webby Awards this year, earning recognition from the annual event that aims to celebrate "the best of the web." The company's BaconReader, an Android-only app for reading the social news site reddit, is one of five nominees in the mobile and apps category "social (tablets and … read more
April 15, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Lacey Ellis has been solving problems her entire professional career. Problem is, it's always been for someone else. She helped build campaigns for clients like Commerce Bank, MetLife and Hostess as an art director and freelancer at ad agencies the past ten years. When a problem she faced as a mother wouldn't leave her head, she came up with digital scrapbooking app LittleHootz. The end result: first prize Sunday at Startup Weekend Kansas City, which aims to build viable companies … read more
April 15, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Ames Stinky Flowers Co. enjoyed a smell of sweet success at the first Startup Weekend Ames on Sunday. The group of four beat out six other teams to take the top prize. With the tagline, "Cheap flowers that make your girlfriend say: 'At least he remembered,' " the team set out to connect "economical flower shoppers" with florists who need to dispose of expiring inventory. The resulting service helps potential last-minute flower shoppers snag … read more
April 15, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Two Kansas City entrepreneurs have launched a "for profit, for good" organization that aims to give consumers the ability to make a social impact through the purchase of phone cases and other products. Dawn Taylor and Christina Eldridge were inspired to start Red Dirt after trips to Africa through volunteer and nonprofit work. What grew from it was an idea to sell limited-edition products—cases for iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones are their first … read more
April 14, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Ames Tune in to Startup Weekend Ames this evening at 5 to watch a live stream of the weekend's seven teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Judges for the … read more
April 14, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Watch presentations from Startup Weekend Kansas City's 11 teams by tuning at 4 p.m. for a live look at the event. Judges for the event include University of Kansas director of entrepreneurship Wallace Meyer, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation entrepreneur-in-residence Diana Kander, Raiser Group president and CEO Adam Crane and Hallmark Cards vice president of strategic … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.
