Austin More than 27,000 people have descended on Austin, Texas for the 19th annual South by Southwest Interactive. And that's just registered attendees, according to ABC News. To help those from the Silicon Prairie find each other in the Lone Star State, we've rounded up the region's presence at SXSW. We've also assembled a Twitter list of attendees – tweet @SiliconPrairie to be added. … read more

Austin As we've done for five years now, we want to help connect those from the Silicon Prairie making the trek to Texas for South by Southwest Interactive. In past years, entrepreneurs from across the region have attended, some bringing whole teams – RecBob even had a uniform last year (left) – and others earning spots on panels. We'll be publishing a post tomorrow with those Silicon Prairie people who are on panels or throwing a party, such as the State … read more

Kansas City A charter bus transporting 40 entrepreneurs will depart from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation at about 9 p.m Thursday for South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Startup Missouri is hosting the "ShowMe SXSW" caravan, with sponsorships from Kauffman Foundation, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and others. Cameron Cushman (below), senior advisor at Kauffman Foundation … read more

Kansas City The second wave of blizzard conditions within a week—often referred to as Snowpocalypse Part II—may have put the international Hackovate Health Innovation Competition on ice for two days, but local finalist eLuminate Health received a warm reception Thursday at Union Station, walking away the overall winner. The inaugural competition's co-hosts, Think Big Partners and H&R Block, sought to find an innovative web or mobile product for the health care industry, specifically … read more

Omaha Adam Braun said he wasn't used to having to circle a stage to address an audience on all four sides of a platform. "I'm already getting dizzy," he joked Thursday at the beginning of his morning keynote at the Omaha Young Professionals Summit at the CenturyLink Center. It must have worn off. His presentation on Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit he founded to promote education in developing … read more

Kansas City Think Big Partners and H&R Block's Hackovate Health competition comes to an end today as the finalists present their ideas on stage at Union Station in Kansas City. The competition, which was announced in November, challenges entrepreneurs to dream up an online or mobile app that could help consumers navigate today's health care landscape. … read more

Kansas City A competition focused on the emerging field of service design kicks off in Kansas City on Friday. The Kansas City Service Jam, the local iteration of the Global Service Jam, begins Friday at Red Nova Labs before moving to the Google Fiber Space on Saturday and Sunday. The event starts with the unveiling of an abstract theme – teams worldwide are given the same theme – and then teams are set loose … read more

Lincoln Awesome Camp, Lincoln, Neb.'s local take on the popular BarCamp unconference, returns the first two days of March for its fourth iteration. In addition to the loose schedule – attendees sign up for presentations upon arrival Saturday morning – this year's event will also feature scheduled keynote talks, including one from GitHub developer Zach Holman (left). This year's event cost $20 and kicks off the night of March 1 with a party at Red9, the venue for the full-day event on Saturday, as well. To register or learn more, visit awesomecamp.com. … read more