Omaha (Editor's Note: Help us welcome William Fisher, a new regular guest contributor to Silicon Prairie News! In his series kicking off today, View from the FishBowl, Fisher will be contributing articles aimed at helping entrepreneurs in our region.) Recently, I was asked by Silicon Prairie News (SPN) to contribute articles on a frequent basis to their readers. In fact, they asked if it would be ok to "syndicate" me on SPN. Given my small town background, I was both honored (syndication…visions of Larry King, Stern or Oprah) and curious…what would I have to offer to readers that are mostly … read more

Omaha “You guys caught me at a weird time,” Bo Fishback said. “I am going to be super honest about what we are doing, where we are in the process … we are 9.5 weeks into a startup that we're working on.” That was how Fishback, the CEO and co-founder of Zaarly, opened his presentation at Big Omaha, and it was spot on. Fishback has just recently left the Kauffman Foundation, where he was the vice-president of entrepreneurship … read more

Omaha About halfway into my drive to Omaha last Wednesday for Big Omaha, I realized that I was in the car with two fellow Des Moines residents who were, as Big Omaha MC David Hauser affectionately …  read more

Omaha Jeremy Harrington, the Des Moines-based user experience lead for Voce Communications, literally put his pen-to-paper to create an impressive set of "sketchnotes" documenting the presentations at Big Omaha. Harrington's series covers most the keynote speakers as well as others who appeared on stage, including MC David Hauser, Nebraska … read more