May 28, 2013 by Fred Bauters
San Francisco Kansas City-based EyeVerify and Cedar Falls, Iowa-based Banno recently showcased their work at Finovate, a conference devoted to financial and banking technology. Their presentations, which took place May 14 in San Francisco, are now posted on the Finovate site, which we've linked to below. EyeVerify's Toby Rush, CEO, and Chris Barnett, executive vice … read more
May 14, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
San Francisco For the third time, Banno founder Wade Arnold made his way to Finovate to unveil a product he hopes wows an audience filled with banking and financial industry execs. "To some extent, a lot of people who present at Finovate are here to disrupt banking," Arnold ... read more
May 8, 2013 by Joe Stych
San Francisco Last October, Gentry Underwood took the stage at Thinc Iowa to discuss why approaching problems like a designer is crucial for entrepreneurs. He touched on tolerating uncertainty, the importance of focus, and identifying the "why" of your product. Plus, he teased his new iOS-based email client, Mailbox. A lot can happen in seven months. Since then, Underwood has launched Mailbox, filled 1 million reservations within the first … read more
San Francisco School of education assistant professor Amy Carter Hutchinson is among 37 Iowa State University researchers headed to San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. The meeting, which will be held April 27-May 1, will help … read more
February 26, 2013 by Jeff Slobotski
San Francisco I arrived back in Omaha, aka the "Winter Tundra," Friday afternoon, returning from the beautiful weather of San Francisco, fresh off a few days visiting one of the world's leading startup communities. The goal of my solo three-day trip, which revolved around hosting a Silicon Prairie Expat Meetup on Thursday, was to strengthen existing relationships and develop new ties with key leaders … read more
February 15, 2013 by Jeff Slobotski
San Francisco I'm hosting a meetup Thursday at the Press Club of San Francisco (above) starting at 5:30 p.m. local time. This expat meetup is geared to connect those who hail from the Silicon Prairie region – Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri – and now live in the Bay Area as well as those who have an affinity to the region. I'll also be in the city for most of the week meeting with entrepreneurs, investors … read more
October 28, 2012 by Guest Contributor
San Francisco (Guest post by Philip Rosedale.) I recently posted on the Coffee & Power blog about Silicon Valley's amazing lead in startups, and our analysis of why it is both so strong and growing. The summary is that Silicon Valley has more tech people per capita (and per square mile) than anywhere else in the world, making it a very safe place for startups and software development, and also that when you run into tech people in San Francisco, they tend to be unusually open and helpful. The new version of Coffee & Power … read more
October 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy
San Francisco MindMixer, an Omaha startup that makes a web-based platform for community engagement, is in the homestretch of the inaugural Code for America Accelerator, which concludes with a Demo Day on Tuesday in San Francisco. The accelerator, run by San Francisco-based nonprofit Code for America, is a four-month program designed to give tech-based … read more
August 10, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
San Francisco Last week, I spent a few days in San Francisco along with Dusty Reynolds, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's director of innovation and entrepreneurship. We encountered plenty of people familiar with the work of Silicon Prairie News. We met others who had heard of SPN or our events, Big Omaha and Thinc Iowa, but weren't completely familiar with our work and efforts to build our region's entrepreneurial and startup community. The trip was filled with a number … read more
July 25, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
San Francisco Next Wednesday, Dusty Reynolds, the director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and I will touch down in San Francisco for three days of meetings with entrepreneurs and investors in the area. Though we're based in the Midwest, it's important to continue conversations and develop new relationships with other key regions where startups take root … 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.