Silicon Prairie News

December 21, 2009 by Adam Templeton

Lincoln Jessica Quick was awarded first place in the graduate track for Top to Bottom Baby Boutique, a retail cloth diaper store which will open in Omaha next year. There's that old mantra, "nothing ventured, nothing gained." Nearly 30 teams ... read more

December 17, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: Filming on location outside of the Scott Technology Center, Wednesday's day trip to Des Moines to visit with contributor Geoff Wood and others, Lincoln-based Archrival one of 14 to make Facebook's developer consultant program, ... read more

December 17, 2009 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines One band that is taking an innovative approach to the process of making an album is The Nadas [link thenadas.com], Des Moines-based roots rocker, in their new project Almanac [link thenadas.com/almanac]. I recently had the chance ... read more

December 15, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines Name(s): Katie Miller-Smith, Jarad Bernstein, Mike Templeton, Abby Harvey Full-time job(s): Working at Catchfire Media, a social media strategy and consulting firm City you’re blogging from: Des Moines 1. What is the name, subject ... read more

December 14, 2009 by Dusty Davidson

Lincoln Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska Corporation poses with Jimmy Winter of RockDex following Friday's competition. Congrats to Jimmy Winter of RockDex for winning Invest Nebraska Corporation's first-ever East-2-West – The Nebraska New Venture Competition! Jimmy ... read more

December 10, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this Week: Filming on location at What Cheer, Startup Drinks in Omaha and TechBrew Iowa in Des Moines, SPN Reader Survey, looking for iPhone Apps developed on The Prairie, Invest Nebraska Corporation's East-2-West New Venture Competition ... read more

December 9, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The ... read more

December 9, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Name(s): Andrew Marinkovich, Geoff Johnson, Kate Heller, and Mike Malone Full-time job(s): Content Creators City you’re blogging from: Omaha Name, subject and URL of your blog: Malone & Co Blog. Documenting our careers. maloneandcoblog.com Link to your video:  read more

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