January 14, 2010 by Danny Schreiber, Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski
Omaha It's with great excitement that we introduce you to the new Silicon Prairie News! We've come a long way in a short amount of time, and it's entirely because of you, the community. Less than two years ago, Silicon Prairie News was simply an idea. Looking back, it's humbling and motivating to recollect the encouragement we've received. From Sarah Lacy's visit in 2008... read more
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
Omaha Big Omaha 2009, photo by Malone & Co. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post outlining my thoughts about the "culture of risk" in the Midwest region and how it was starting to make a change for ... read more
Omaha Last week, the Omaha World-Herald ran a story on the Scott Technology Center (pictured above) describing its partnership with the Innovation Accelerator. We're very excited about the Innovation Accelerator (which has been in the works for some ... read more
Omaha Just over a month ago, a group of individuals gathered for the first Springboard Lunch at the Scott Technology Center, to listen to two companies pitch their ideas. The impetus behind Springboard is simple -- provide a venue where by companies ... read more
Omaha Yesterday, Gabe Kangas (@gabek) officially gave notice that he's leaving his job and will be pursuing other opportunities. For a bit of context, its probably worth reading his entire writeup on his blog. Normally, this wouldn't be ... read more
Omaha The winners of this year's Midlands Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award have been announced, and we'd like to extend a huge congrats to our very own Jeff Slobotski as one of this year's award recipients! ... read more
Omaha I'm pleased to announce that there will be a somewhat different event this week that is being organized by Tom Chapman of the Chamber of Commerce and the Cornstalks group: Startup Drinks at Nomad Lounge this Thursday (tonight) at ... read more
Omaha This upcoming Tuesday, September 29th, Jeff & I will be speaking along with many others at the first-ever Pape Ventures Conference. From its website: The Pape Ventures Conference (PVC) is Omaha's premier event for entrepreneurs, small business owners, ... read more
Omaha Its time for BarCamp again! We're very excited that the second annual BarCamp event will be happening in a few short weeks, October 2nd & 3rd at Nomad Lounge. For those unfamiliar with BarCamp, here's a rundown from ... 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.