Silicon Prairie News

NEWS

Nathan T. Wright takes peek inside Council Bluffs’ Google Data Center

844_d09db0d059_small April 20, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Council Bluffs Nathan T. Wright, founder of Des Moines-based Lava Row, recently emceed the Technology Association of Iowa's Prometheus Awards. These awards recognize achievement in the technology sector from across the state. As part of his duties, Nathan made a trip to the western border to see Google's new data center in Council Bluffs. In the video below, Nathan takes a peak inside the facility, meets some of the Google crew, and chats about technology in Iowa with Google's local operations manager… read more

NEWS

Berkshire Tweetup: Saturday, May 1, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at Slowdown

836_347f9089a1_small April 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Calling all Berkshire Hathaway shareholders and non-shareholders: if you're donning the official meeting credentials or are in our fine city of Omaha on Saturday, May 1, join us at Slowdown from 3:30-5:30 for the first-ever, unofficial Berkshire Tweetup. More than 30,000 people from across the globe will be descending on Omaha next Friday through Saturday, April 30 - May 2, for the annual Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting at which business partners Warren… (Photo via flickr.com/photos/bunnicula) read more

PROFILES

McClanahan Studio owners tell their story, discuss photography style

790_b2050c7407_small April 19, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Ames One positive of a recessing economy is that it enables some would-be entrepreneurs to take the risk and launch out on their own. That was the case for Dan and Alex McClanahan, who in 2009 were recent graduates of Iowa State University in journalism and graphic design, respectively. The pair, who are married, thought they had secured post-graduation jobs in Denver, Colorado within their fields, but due to the economic… read more

NEWS

World-Herald spotlights three very accomplished Nebraskans

840_89a9cd7ad8_small April 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Resembling a 'where are they now' feature, the Omaha World-Herald's front-page story yesterday highlighted the lives of three individuals: a very early Microsoft employee, an astronaut currently in space, and an atomic physicist. The big catch, and the reason it deserved the front page: the three were childhood friends in the rural city of Ashland, Nebraska, population 2,262. I hope you enjoy the article as much as I did. I think it's quite fascinating. (Photo on left from Omaha.com) | Putting Ashland on the map By Matthew Hansen Published Sunday April 18, 2010 Not long ago, a man named Jeff e-mailed his old buddy Clay. He wanted to express… read more

SERIES

Sunday Video Series: Tony Hsieh on Zappos’ key to success

838_32a94c9597_small April 18, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week's video features Tony Hsieh's at South by Southwest Interactive 2009. In the clip, Tony gives insight into Zappos' success, which can be attributed…  read more

SERIES

Weekly Startup Links: Both Sides of the Table, Inc.com and more

April 17, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

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. read more

NEWS

Happy Foursquare Day from Big Omaha!

834_61678bd345_small April 16, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha It's Foursquare Day, and to celebrate we've announced a few more speakers to the Big Omaha roster! Anyone up for a game of Foursquare while wearing a pair of shoes from Zappos while dining on a delicious meal found on Foodspotting while reviewing data from SimpleGeo? Look for more details early next week, but take a look at who we are thrilled to be bringing into Omaha for the event. read more

SERIES

Weekly Wrap Up at Urban Wine Company

832_3636f0c267_small April 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location on patio of Urban Wine Company, where we'll have the Big Omaha Friday Happy Hour * MAHA Music Festival announces 2010 lineup * Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner with Pete Ricketts * TEDx Des Moines speaker lineup announced * PrairieCast * Corn Finger at this Saturday's Red-White Spring Game read more

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