April 12, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Nebraska Global is the winner of the 2011 Walter Scott Award, University of Nebraska president James B. Milliken announced Monday. The award, one of the… read more
April 12, 2011 by Michael Stacy
April 12, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Jason Schwab doesn't like to shop, yet he is the man behind MiAlio, a personalized, online shopping portal. Schwab (left) created MiAlio to simplify the clutter of the online shopping process and bring products that specifically cater to what he likes and needs directly to him. The site acts as a personalized shopping consultant, taking the experience of gathering… read more
April 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy
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
April 8, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Des Moines (This is a guest post written by Jordan Lampe, director of communications for Dwolla.) Chock-full of some Iowa’s biggest names, like Pioneer, Principal and Iowa Health (heck, even governor Terry Branstad dropped by), the aerial- and carnival-themed event was yet another successful platform that displayed Iowa’s growing confidence in its own tech industry. Hosted by Frank Russell (formerly of GeoLearning), the light-hearted event highlighted numerous… read more
April 8, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
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
April 8, 2011 by Kate Ellingson
Lincoln Jason Kruse always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. He built his first website when he was in eighth grade and then in high school he teamed up with a friend from his math class. "We just kind of made more hobbyist type of websites that we would then sell," Kruse said, "but I wouldn’t call it a full-time business." Fast forward to fall of 2010, when Jason came up with Mr. Decals. "I wanted to make a couple of decals for this table tennis club I was in, as funny as that sounds," Kruse said. "So, yeah, I got online and searched around and tried to find a place to do it, and there were places… read more
April 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Hollrback founder Gabe Kangas presented his company’s context-specific, event-based contact-management system. That description, Kangas said, is "a fancy way of saying that when you meet people, we’re going to try to take care of making that information useful to you." Technical difficulties prevented us from recording Kangas' presentation on Demo Night, but he was kind enough to record another version for us. A few highlights from… read more
April 6, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha During his Cornstalks Demo Night presentation, Kimo Scott, the chief engineer at 21CSI, focused on Kaimi, the company's surveillance software system that assists casinos with more than a traditional "eye in the sky" approach to surveillance. Through data fusion and data analysis system, Kaimi utilizes dashboards to show statistics on the gaming patterns of casino guests and next day data for full analysis of what happens on casino floors. read more