We’re excited to bring you our eleventh Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring listings from 8/7 Central in Des Moines and Sergeant’s in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com with the listing and a short description of your company. read more
April 21, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Orginally, Pete Ricketts, founder of Omaha-based asset management company Drakon, was slated to speak at tomorrow's Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner, but due to a personal conflict he will not be able to make it. Instead, we'll have the fortune of hearing from his father J. Joe Ricketts, the founder Ameritrade. Here's more information from their… read more
April 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln If you haven't made a stop by NebraskaEntrepreneur.com to check out its many links to entrepreneurial resources or its latest coverage of all-things entreprepreneurship in the Cornhusker state… (image on left of Turbine Flats expansion rendering) read more
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
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
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
April 15, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Earlier today, FilmNewsBriefs, a New York-based newsletter and blog covering entertainment, media and technology… read more
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 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 Danny Schreiber
Here's a rundown of upcoming events around the Prairie. Make sure to check out our events page weekly as we're constantly adding new ones. Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner (Omaha) – April 22, 5:30-8 p.m. Featured Speaker: Pete Ricketts (left), founder of Drakon, LLC, an asset management company in Omaha. He previously served as a director for the Company from October 1999 to May 2006 before he resigned to campaign for election to the United States Senate for the State of Nebraska. Ricketts is also the chairman of the Omaha board of Children's Scholarship Fund. He is also a director of Chicago Baseball Holding LLC (the holding company for… read more
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