April 1, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
From time to time, we like to remind everyone of the various ways to consume the content that we're publishing here at Silicon Prairie News. We list some of our options on our Subscriptions page, but recently we've added some additional ways to receive our content. RSS Feeds… read more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. These are some of my favorites: * So Here's How Many Games I Sell (jeff-vogel.blogspot.com) via Simon Kuo read more
March 25, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Recently, we stumbled upon a great interview with Susan Thomas, executive director of the Omaha Creative Institute (OCI), over at the organization's website. If you haven't had a chance to check out the Omaha Creative Institute, I encourage you to do so. To learn more, we sent her a few questions of our own. You'll find her responses below the video, which was included with her answers on OCI's website. read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Mike McCarthy is the founder of McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity firm. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Mike to talk about business skills, entrepreneurship… read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Many of you who follow Silicon Prairie News regularly or attend some of our events, are likely familiar with former BrightMix intern Ben Schaechter (a.k.a. Bentern). Ben spent the summer working at the BrightMix / SPN office, building out his company GoPollGo, and has recently accepted a position at Techcrunch... read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Sunday night, after a long weekend of pitching, hacking, designing and loitering at What Cheer, GiftBright.com was selected as the winner of the first Startup Weekend Omaha… read more
March 23, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha We are pleased to announce that Silicon Prairie News will be curating the Omaha edition of Startup Digest. For those… read more
March 23, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Stephanie Healy is the founder and former CEO of Vente, an online direct marketing company she sold to Experian in 2005. Stephanie is currently running Doc's Choice Pet Food, a business she purchased after the buyout. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Stephanie to talk about business skills… read more
March 23, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Lincoln You may recall that a few months ago, Jeff and I, along with several others, went to the State Capitol to testify in support of a bill (LB1109) that would provide funding to research ways that the state of Nebraska can better support high-growth entrepreneurs. Late last week we received good news that the Nebraska Legislature voted 28-0 to advance the bill to second round debate. From the Unicameral Update… read more
March 22, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha At long last, tickets for Big Omaha 2010, May 13-15, are on sale. Go get 'em while they're hot! This year promises to be just as exciting, inspiring, and fun-filled as last year. We've expanded the event into Saturday to provide 50% more content to get you excited about startups, entrepreneurship, creativity and following your passions. The event schedule breaks down like this… 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.