Silicon Prairie News

682_2fb2404075_small March 1, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Jeremy Harrington and Kenny Younger, two Des Moines residents and WordPress enthusiasts, announced a new WordPress Happy Hour (Twitter) event today. The event is scheduled for March 9 at Raccoon River Brewing Company (200 10th St). This informal gathering is a push to unite both WordPress developers and users as well as bloggers in general to discuss initiatives in the works for Des Moines, including the first ever WordCamp to be held on the Silicon Prairie. read more

684_79de38056a_small February 28, 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 Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures talks about some of the trends he sees in the startup space. Fred's blog has been an excellent place for information… read more

February 27, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News, Venture Hacks and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. These are some of my favorites: Sisyphus For Startups (coconutheadsets.... read more

679_aa1a76b29a_small February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

In case you missed the introduction post to this new series, you can find it at http://spne.ws/88L. read more

680_ccb85e4de1_small February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Watch today's Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship on Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nebraska-summit-on-entrepreneurship. Here's the schedule: * 8:00 a.m. – Registration, Refreshments and Networking * 8:45 a.m. – Opening Session * 9:15 a.m. – Session I: Family Business in Nebraska – Legacies of Success * 10:45 a.m. – Session II: The Big Picture * 11:30 a.m. – Session III… read more

678_05140d74ba_small February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming on location at Greater Omaha Chamber's Cornstalks gathering (held fourth Thursday of the month) * Next Thursday's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit – interviews with keynote speakers Blake Mycoskie, Patricia Martin, and next week William Taylor * Startup Digest launched in Des Moines with Shane Reiser… read more

666_85db39b931_small February 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Christian Renaud has years of experience working in technology companies up and down both coasts but now chooses to dedicate his time to growing a company in his hometown of Des Moines. His venture, Palisade Systems, Inc., is a provider of security solutions for regulatory compliance. Their products monitor data leaving an organization through a variety of electronic means and ensures… read more

673_60c78a34e2_small February 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This was a week of firsts for PrairieCast. We had our first two-part show as well as our first two guest show. Nathan T. Wright of LavaRow and Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News joined us to talk about the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Nathan and Jeff are veterans of this show, dubbed by many to be "spring break for geeks," and both are presenting sessions this year. We discuss their presentations, The Silicon Prairie Party hosted by… read more

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