April 15, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Fremont At this Saturday's Red-White Spring Game, Cornhusker football players won't be the only ones working hard to solidify a spot in the hearts and minds of fans, Corn Finger will be making a strong return to Memorial Stadium, as well. "[We'll be] right at the base of the walking bridge north of the stadium," said Cody Butler, Corn Finger co-creator. "There's about… read more
April 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines When the renowned TED talks series makes its local debut in Des Moines next month, the one day event will feature… read more
April 14, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Congrats to Lincoln-based Archrival, a youth marketing agency, for being named a Webby Award nominee and Omaha-based Phenomblue, an interactive experience agency, for twice being named an official honoree. About the awards, from webbyawards.com: The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established… read more
April 14, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Forbes.com, the digital flagship of Forbes' business publications, rated cities across the nation on a 12-point scale to determine the best places for business and careers. Topping the list is Des Moines, who moved up from 7th position in a similar list last year. Forbes cites the educated workforce, low cost of doing business, and moderate and stable housing market as part of the reason Des Moines was recognized. read more
April 14, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week in PrairieCast, Andy and I are joined by Mike Ferrari, the co-founder of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig (Twitter: @SmartyPig). SmartyPig is a web-based money saving startup, founded by Mike and Jon Gaskell in 2006. Mike shared his experience launching a startup, from making the decision to quit his day job to working full-time on his idea. He also spoke about working with the FDIC to modernize banking regulations and finding an international partner to extend his service… read more
We’re excited to bring you our tenth Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring listings from Snitily Carr in Lincoln, Phenomblue, Oriental Trading and Silicon Prairie News (that's us!) in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com with the listing… read more
April 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha In addition to Spoon, MAHA Music Festival released three more bands that will be playing at this year's music festival on July 24: The Faint, an indie band with Omaha origins, Superchunk and the Old 97’s. According to YFC's press release, the committee assembled the lineup to emphasize the different aspects of independent rock music, such as pop, dance, electronic, alt country and punk. Additionally, they… read more
April 12, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Photo by Malone & Company Photography. It's very easy to get caught up in the names of people who are speaking at a conference like Big Omaha. Today, however, I want to take a step back, and describe the experience of the event. When we started planning the first Big Omaha over a year and a half ago, we knew we wanted to create a unique and memorable experience for attendees. How do you feel when you're there? What do you… 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.
