Kansas City Our editor, Michael Stacy, is both competing in and covering his first Startup Weekend at the moment and while he's currently doing the former with his team, My … read more

Kansas City Quoth great Kevin McCallister (because when isn’t a Home Alone quote at least marginally appropriate?): This is it. Don’t get scared now. Just a few hours stand between Startup Weekend Kansas City participants and their final presentations, which get underway at 6:30 p.m. here at the bizperc office space. Rest assured, “getting scared” won’t be a problem here. Teams seem far more excited than apprehensive, thanks to a busy second day of Startup Weekend on Saturday. Folks hit … read more

Kansas City Day 2 of Startup Weekend Kansas City kicked off this morning on the heels of an energetic opening night. For starters, attendees on Friday enjoyed dinner, Boulevard beer and spectacular downtown views from the sixth floor of the bizperc office space. Co-organizer Adam Coomes served as emcee for the evening, and ice-breaking games got the group's collective startup juices flowing. Dwolla CEO Ben Milne was the featured speaker for … read more

Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa released photos today from last Thursday's 2011 Prometheus Awards, the event which honors the top companies and individuals in technology from across the state in the last year. To see this year's full list of winners, see our post: "Prometheus Awards recognize Iowa’s top tech companies." The following are select photos from TAI's official photographer, to see the full album visit technologyiowa.org. read more

Kansas City Picture a weekend-long event in which you could meet new people, promote your idea and take that idea to the next level in just under 54 hours. I know, the thought of taking that idea to a social event and bringing it to fruition in a weekend seems insane, but this is exactly what happens at Startup Weekend. …  read more

Austin From March 11-15, more than 19,000 individuals from around the world gathered in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive. Recently, SXSW released podcasts of this year's panel presentations, three of which featured panelists from the Prairie. For those of you who missed out on SXSW or those of you who want to relive the… read more

Omaha As a postlude to our eight-post series on the demonstrations that took place at Cornstalks Demo Night on March 31, we once again present our recap of the demo night and links to the eight demonstrations we've… read more

Omaha The first Silicon Prairie News Meetup wrapped up last night with more than 50 people in attendance at Brazen Head Irish Pub in Omaha. Many thanks to everyone who stopped by; it was great for us to reconnect with some of you and meet others for the first time. Big Omaha tickets were a hot topic of discussion last night, breaking the ice quite nicely for continued … read more