Silicon Prairie News

1809_4989e994b2_small February 17, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha We have a special project we're cooking up in the Silicon Prairie News office to release in the coming weeks as South by Southwest Interactive approaches. As a hint, it'll be a page to connect attendees heading down from the Silicon Prairie region as well as a place to follow the action of Silicon Prairie attendees and panelists. Rumor has it there will be a record number of individuals making the trip from the Silicon Prairie, and I'm pretty sure we'll… read more

1782_d29d45d874_small February 17, 2011 by Kate Ellingson

Lincoln During a recent interview with Green Bein' president & CEO Collin Caneva – see: Kid Command adds 56k users in Jan., Aaron Davis joins Green Bein’ team" – I saw that he is not only motivated by his business, but also by his team at Green Bein’. I wanted to learn more about their culture so I stopped by the Green Bein' office to capture a video… read more

1808_5c5996a9ce_small February 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines On Monday we posted a story about Hatchlings running a charity campaign called "You Play, We Pay." Hatchlings, which can be described as a virtual egg hunt inside of Facebook and other online apps, plans to give a total of $60,000 to three causes. In our story, Hatchlings founder Brad Dwyer told us… read more

1766_43178427db_small February 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha In late January we reported on a local connection to the $3 million funding round of Boulder, Colorado-based Graphic.ly (left, icon of their iPad app). Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital participated in that round and we grabbed an interview with Dundee's founder Mark Hasebroock the day the story broke. With this story, we're a good week late… read more

1806_ddcbac4a94_small February 16, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Being an entrepreneur is pretty awesome, right? We love being our own boss and seeing our ideas come to life. But being an entrepreneur is not so easy either. There are many days you wake up and ask yourself what the hell were you thinking quitting that day job and bootstrapping it? Thankfully, we have communities like Silicon Prairie News to hear about others like us and to be inspired and motivated. However, often that storyline has the same melody: founder has idea; founder believes… read more

1775_a003049384_small February 15, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. read more

1805_4414862ffb_small February 15, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Our guests today were Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone and Ryan Downs of Proxibid. Topics Discussed: - Nebraska Angel Tax Credit Act - Eliason & Rosol launch Craft.ly - Hatchlings launches “You Play, We Pay” charity drive - Nathan Hidajat raises $1,000 in 7 days for charity: water - Big Omaha… read more

1803_bec1b0a665_small February 15, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 1:30 p.m. CST for Episode 25 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We'll be joined by guests Ryan Downs of Proxibid and Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone. Discussion topics will include the Nebraska Angel Investment Tax Credit Act, an Ames second grader who raised $1,000 in seven days for charity: water, product launches… read more

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