February 9, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha On Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 5-8 p.m. we're bringing startups and students of all majors together for something beyond a typical career fair. If you haven't registered for next Wednesday's Silicon Prairie News Job Crawl, make sure to join the 130 students from Creighton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Omaha and other metro-area schools who have … read more
February 7, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha When Proxibid president Ryan Downs sat down for an interview with Silicon Prairie News in September, Downs highlighted two goals at the top of his company's to-do list for the immediate future: growth of the marketplace and international expansion. With its latest hire, Proxibid appears to be backing up Downs' talk. The Omaha-based real auction marketplace announced Monday that Larry Latham, billed by Proxibid as an "auction industry pioneer," has joined its team to add focus to its business development strategy. "I am very excited about the opportunity … read more
February 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Two Omahans are among a list of investors named as participants in a $2.5 million Series A round by Artspace, an online marketplace for contemporary art. On Jan. 31, the New York-based startup sent out the announcement, naming 12 investors. Four of them are institutional investors and eight are individuals, including Todd Simon, senior … read more
February 3, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Bio: Aspiring well funder. Penn State Alumni. Front-end web dev., amateur investor, home brewer and newly minted triathlete. | Title: Partner and Brewmaster at GoodTwin Inc. | Age: 29 | City: Omaha, Neb. | Website: andrewwirick.com | Twitter: @amwirick | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andrewwirick | Intro music: "Saeed" by Infected Mushroom | Silicon Prairie News: Adam Nielsen, your partner at GoodTwin, called your November arrival "a shift in strategy and culture" for the company. How has that shift manifested itself the last couple of months? | Andrew Wirick: Adam and I have taken time daily to focus on the non-urgent but very important issues that are key for GoodTwin's success. We've already changed the physical space … read more
January 30, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Among the seven awards the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce will hand out at its Big O! Excellence Awards in May, one could shed light on an up-and-coming entrepreneur or startup. The Innovator of the Year Award recognizes an individual or organization that has envisioned and executed on an opportunity, has creatively made a difference and is on a path to be a leader in their field. In 2011, we were humbled … read more
January 30, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Startup Nebraska, a statewide effort in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership, launched Friday with a hour-long event organized by individuals spearheading the cause. "This is very exciting," Tom Chapman of Nebraska Global, the event's emcee, opened the program in front of about 40 attendees. "I think we have sort of the startup motif going," Chapman said, making note of the event's venue … read more
January 28, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Omaha (This is a guest post by Joe Hruska.) I am an entrepreneur at heart and have been as long as I can remember. My earliest entrepreneurial memory was a difficult decision on whether to raise the price of the coloring book pages I sold to my classmates from a nickel to a dime. (I decided to keep the price stable.) When I was ten, I took my first side job mopping the floors of my grade school for $2.50 a day. … read more
January 27, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha The Silicon Prairie News team grew by two last week as we welcomed aboard our spring interns, Kira Olson and Amy Engle. Kira, our event intern, and Amy, our content intern, have hit the ground running, already diving into work on our upcoming Omaha Startup Job Crawl and our evolving Silicon Prairie Map, respectively. Up until the last day of Big Omaha … read more
January 26, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha L5, a group described as "a trade association for entrepreneurs" by one of its founders, will hold its first event in Omaha on Tuesday at House of Loom. Titled "Resolutions + Renewal", L5 is aiming to bring together entrepreneurs to share new year's resolutions, encouraging discussion around which ones have been kept … read more
January 26, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Cornstalks will return Tuesday, Jan. 31 at CAMP Coworking in North downtown Omaha with a networking reception at 6:30 p.m. and speakers' program beginning at 7:30. For its first meeting since November, the event hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce … read more