Silicon Prairie News

896_ae0cf149ec_small May 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Attending or not attending Big Omaha 2010, we hope you'll join us for either our Thursday or Friday night party. In addition, the Social Media Club of Omaha is hosting a Tweetup prior to Thursday's opening party, bringing the total to three open to the public events this year. Here's the run down with links to the places to RSVP (although it's not required for admittance). I've also put together some miscellaneous details that will assist those making the trip to Big Omaha. read more

892_3a4ccbd401_small May 9, 2010 by Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski

Omaha It's with great excitement that we announce our partnership with Omaha World-Herald's online edition, Omaha.com. Starting this week, readers of Omaha.com's Money… read more

893_b2936f8fab_small May 9, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha About a week ago, I had the privilege of interviewing one of this decade's leading entrepreneurs, Tony Hsieh. Prior to building Zappos into a company that Amazon would eventually acquire for 850 million-dollars, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for 265 million-dollars in 1998. Tony's passion and drive to build Zappos' company culture is infectious…  read more

890_cbdb9c9c6c_small May 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha With Big Omaha 2010 just around the corner, it's time we release a Big Omaha 2009 video for our Sunday Video Series, and the one I've chosen is the most unique of them all. When Matt Mullenweg had to cancel at last minute, we had a 30-minute time slot open up. In response, Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Micah Baldwin, Jason Fried, and Gary Vaynerchuk came together and… read more

879_babf95fdc8_small May 8, 2010 by Adam Templeton

Lincoln Some of you may remember the last time we chronicled the inner machinations of Green Bein' Productions at the tail end of 2009. Well, the nascent video game company's first product is about ready to break out of its beta cocoon and take to the skies of full release. Collin Caneva (left) and the rest of the team at Green Bein' are expecting to launch the full version of… read more

891_4f5c12d362_small May 8, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha The video below is a great piece on Omaha's recovering economy, with interviews of Alice Kim of Trocadéro, a lifestyle and accessories emporium, and Ron Samuelson of M's Pub & Vivace restaraunts. All three of these businesses are located in Omaha's historic Old Market district. It's especially neat to view this video after looking back on an interview Jeff… read more

883_c1f29fd623_small May 8, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Three years ago, the Iowa Legislature noted an opportunity for the state to move ahead in the advanced manufacturing, information technology and bioscience industries. To take advantage of that opportunity, they created the Innovation and Commercialization Division within the Department of Economic Development. Its mission is “to grow Iowa’s economy… read more

877_ced04c3641_small May 8, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha The video above just about sums up our blog these past few weeks. My apologies to our regular readers, we've been so hunkered down with Big Omaha preparations that we haven't dedicated time to keeping up with the many things going on around us. And there are many things. Here's just a handful of stories we've missed the boat on covering: Founded in 2007, Omaha-based Financial Transmission Network, Inc. (FTNI), a provider of electronic payment… read more

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