January 31, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Cedar Falls After establishing a presence elsewhere in the state of Iowa, BarCamp will venture to Cedar Valley for the first time this weekend. The attendee-generated "un-conference" kicks off its inaugural festivities with a pre-party event on Friday night and morning-long breakout sessions starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. When BarCamp attendees arrive at … read more
September 20, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Cedar Falls T8 Webware today introduced a new product designed to give consumers a better understanding — or grip, as it were — of their personal financial picture. Grip, unveiled at FinovateFall 2011, is an app that aggregates a consumers' balance and transaction data from an unlimited number of domestic financial institutions into a single … read more
May 3, 2011 by Dan Beenken
Cedar Falls I remember from "The Republic" that Plato once said “Necessity is the Mother of invention”. Sure, I didn’t really read it, but my 10th grade English teacher still thinks so. Those words are a perfect description of how the Book Hatchery was started. Its founder, Nick Cash, was looking for a way to publish his ebook on computer programming. Cash, currently a junior in computer science and economics at the University of Northern Iowa, had worked … read more
February 2, 2011 by Dan Beenken
Cedar Falls When you walk into the HQ for T8 Webware and its sister companies at Barmuda Companies, you know you’ve reached the heart of the Cedar Valley’s innovation district. As Wade Arnold likes to say, "Some firms are on the cutting edge, we’re at the bleeding edge." For Arnold, a gifted PHP and Adobe coder, that’s exactly where he wants to stay. T8 is his baby, make no mistake. And although he has attracted… read more
January 27, 2011 by Dan Beenken
Cedar Falls My first official post here at Silicon Prairie News is on an organization that I’m closely tied with, MyEntre.Net, a division of my employer, the Incubation Services at the University of Northern Iowa. Truth be told, my editor actually requested that MyEntre.Net be my first topic. MyEntre.Net has come to be the face and a huge part of what we do at UNI to foster entrepreneurship locally, around the state of Iowa and beyond. MyEntre.Net was… read more
September 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Cedar Falls Voting for Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2010 comes to a close at the end of the day this Friday, September 10. One of the five finalists vying for the title is Nick Cash, a junior at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Cash was selected for his work on Book Hatchery, a publishing platform for… read more
August 30, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Cedar Falls University of Northern Iowa (UNI) student Nick Cash is a finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2010. Nick is being recognized for his startup, Book Hatchery, a publishing platform for ebooks. The contest is open to all to vote until September 10. You can view Nick's entry video and vote for him at entrepreneur.com. We recently interviewed… read more
June 4, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Cedar Falls MyEntre.Net, a web-based support system for entrepreneurs provided by the University of Northern Iowa’s Business and Community Services division, recently launched the Dream Big Grow Here grant program to spur new… read more