March 11, 2010 by John T. Meyer
Austin With less than a day remaining until the start of South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive in Austin, it's time to think about how to tackle this massive event. Now, I'm no pro with just one SXSW Interactive Festival under my belt (2009), but I'm excited to return to Austin this year knowing what to expect and ready to maximize the entire experience. Thus, I want to share with you my seven tips to tackle SXSW. read more
We’re excited to bring you our eigth Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring listings from Silicon Prairie News (that's us!), Thought District, Bozell, and Secret Penguin in Omaha and Catchfire Media and Spindustry Interactive in Des Moines. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at… read more
March 11, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Ames When you put together a list of the fastest growing technology companies in Iowa, you probably don’t include Hatchlings, Inc., but you should. I recently had the chance to sit down with Brad Dwyer the company’s founder, who is also a senior in Computer Science and Entrepreneurial Studies at Iowa State University, to learn about his Ames-based startup. Hatchlings started as a Facebook application… read more
March 11, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Today's installment, the last of three in our series spotlighting new online publications on the Prairie, features Omaha.net, a community generated media (CGM) website focused on Omaha. Taking inspiration from other CGM site, such as Jerusalem.com and Austin.com, Omaha.net founders Jordy Clements and Morgan Schwartz have set out to do a bit more. With Jordy taking the role of content… read more
March 11, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Our guest for Episode 7 of PrairieCast is Shane Reiser, a Des Moines-based startup enthusiast who facilitated this past weekend's Startup Weekend Des Moines event. Shane shared stories of the four companies that emerged from the event, discussed the panel of experts who judged the event, and previewed future Startup Weekend events. PrairieCast evolves again this week as we take a TWIT.tv round table-style approach to the Week in… read more
March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha "I had budgeted initially for 500 members," Film Streams founder Rachel Jacobson recollected. "I never imagined that we'd have 2,000. I mean, that really just shows how great Omaha is about supporting this kind of thing." The "thing" Rachel's referring to is a nonprofit art-house movie theater located in Omaha's North Downtown District. In the summer of 2007, with the help… read more
March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Name: Sara Davidson | Full-time job: Marketing Specialist, Consumer/Distribution Marketing at Mutual of Omaha | City blogging from: Omaha | 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Walk, Talk, Chew Gum is a metaphor about wanting to experience and have it all in life. I use it as a platform to share my ideas and thoughts on life, love and all things… read more
March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Sioux Falls Next up in our series of interviews with online publications emerging on the Silicon Prairie is The Post South Dakota out of Sioux Falls. Although The Post isn't producing content with the same frequency as yesterday's spotlight, the Kansas City Free Press, it's covering a wide variety, as well. From music to local eats to fashion, you're sure to find an article… 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.
