January 26, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Startup Weekend, a 54-hour event that challenges attendees to present ideas, form teams, plan, implement, and then present their just-born startup in one weekend, will be taking place in Des Moines the first… read more
January 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Four quality events taking place on the Silicon Prairie this week, kicking off tonight with Startup Drinks in Des Moines. There's a first-time Hacker News meetup in Kansas City on Wednesday, and on Thursday, there's a pay-event, ACG Nebraska's panel focusing on "Running a Business in Nebraska," and a free event, Cornstalks featuring Mark Hasebroock of Dundee Venture Capital. Details from the event websites are below followed by links to those site where you can learn more. Find more upcoming events on our event page… read more
January 21, 2011 by John T. Meyer
Sioux Falls Last night, the South Dakota online community celebrated with the unveiling of the first annual South Dakota Socie Award winners, which was put on by Sioux Falls marketing firm, Click Rain, and regional newspaper, Argus Leader. Over the past couple weeks, nearly 400 social media enthusiasts cast… read more
January 21, 2011 by Robert Murphy
Omaha Nearly 800 people packed into KANEKO last Friday night to listen to Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greg Mortenson speak about his education and peace efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Open seats were a premium, which caused some couples to have to split up if they wanted seats. One person remarked, “It’s okay if you’re split up, you come for the ideas." It was 1993 when Greg… read more
January 18, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines (Simon Mingay, Research Vice President at Gartner Research, presents virtually at the 2010 Heartland Greenup. Image from TheHeartlandGreenup.com.) The Technology Association of Iowa recently released a call for speakers for their upcoming Heartland Greenup event to be held June 2, 2011 at the Meadows Conference Center in Altoona. Speaker abstracts will be accepted through… read more
January 18, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
There's a solid lineup of events this week all across the Silicon Prairie, from Lincoln, down to Kansas City, and back up to Omaha. Check out the listings below and learn more about each by clicking on the provided link. To see events beyond this week, pay a visit to our events page, siliconprairienews.com/events. If you have any you think we should add, please contact us at info@siliconprairienews.com. read more
January 18, 2011 by John T. Meyer
Sioux Falls We've all read the stats on the number of users on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. Even in a place like South Dakota, vibrant online communities have sprung up and have yielded some fine social media personas. Two Sioux Falls companies have teamed up to recognize South Dakota's finest online with the first annual South Dakota Socie Awards. The two companies collaborating on this project are an interesting blend between traditional media, The Argus Leader (South Dakota's largest newspaper), and an online marketing firm, Click Rain. read more
January 10, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
There's a good number of events brewing on the Prairie this week, and two of them happen to feature a dose of brewhaha – Beer && Code on Wednesday and TechBrew on Friday. Take a look at the list below for all the dates and times, descriptions from the events themselves and links… 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.