September 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines First announced with a tweet this morning – "Thank you to the Iowa Department of Economic Development for your financial support vote today for StartupCity Des Moines" – and later confirmed by a press release, StartupCity Des Moines is one step closer … read more
September 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Kansas City Anticipation is coming to an end in Kansas City as the $413 million Kauffman Center for Performing Arts will celebrate its grand opening this weekend with a pair of performances in its two venues, the 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall and the 1,800-seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre. The latter of which, along with the Center's name, is named after Muriel McBrien … read more
September 15, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Columbia Startup Weekend is coming to middle Missouri. The 54-hour event, during which participants build ideas into … read more
September 15, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The top idea for how to use one gigabit will earn one entrepreneur six figures, Kansas City's Think Big Partners announced late last month. … read more
September 15, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha The biggest service upgrade in Proxibid history is "just scraping the surface” of what’s in store, according to Cassius Almeida, the company’s director of project management. That’s one insight gleaned from the video Proxibid released in conjunction with its announcement of “Project Superman,” the internal code name that the Omaha-based real auction … read more
September 14, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Iowa City Pulling out the tech scene star power, Startup Weekend Iowa City (Sept. 30 - Oct. 2) is featuring a video introduction by Zappos CEO and best-selling author Tony Hsieh. "(I) defintely encourage all of you, if you've got an idea, pitch it," Hsieh says in a five-minute video that also features Dylan Bathurst of Zappos' development team. "A bunch of us went on this bus across the country last year to … read more
September 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Within five years, Kansas City will represent the pinnacle of entrepreneurship in the United States, at least if the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has its way. The Chamber on Tuesday announced "the making of America's most entrepreneurial city" as one of its "Big 5" ideas for the Kansas City area over the next five years. In a press conference at the Liberty Memorial, the Chamber unveiled those ideas and the champions … read more
September 14, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Last week, two unconferences took place in Omaha amidst Omaha Creative Week. On Tuesday, Stack, an event geared towards advertising and design professionals, attracted nearly 100 attendees. On Saturday, BarCamp Omaha, an event with three tracks – entrepreneurship, creative and technology – bought together more than 200. Together, that's more than 300 individuals (with some crossover) participating in conversations … 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.