March 29, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha As you may have heard, Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is one of this year's speakers at Big Omaha. charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. I've been following Scott and his team's work for some time now and have been unbelievably impressed at what they've accomplished in a few short years. Through their efforts, they have provided… read more
March 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Tune in at 5:30 p.m. CDT to watch a psychoanalyst take the stage at KANEKO with three local social media users. From KANEKO's event page: Among his many pursuits as a Lacanian psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, Dr. Jean-Pierre Klotz examines the relationships between subjectivity… read more
March 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Austin There was a good crop of Midwesterners, both past and present, amongst the more than 12,000 (estimated) attendees at the recent South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. During the event, we charted nearly forty of them in a Twitter list, and now more than a week later many of them have offered their own reflections and thoughts of the event… read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Many of you who follow Silicon Prairie News regularly or attend some of our events, are likely familiar with former BrightMix intern Ben Schaechter (a.k.a. Bentern). Ben spent the summer working at the BrightMix / SPN office, building out his company GoPollGo, and has recently accepted a position at Techcrunch... read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Sunday night, after a long weekend of pitching, hacking, designing and loitering at What Cheer, GiftBright.com was selected as the winner of the first Startup Weekend Omaha… read more
March 22, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha At long last, tickets for Big Omaha 2010, May 13-15, are on sale. Go get 'em while they're hot! This year promises to be just as exciting, inspiring, and fun-filled as last year. We've expanded the event into Saturday to provide 50% more content to get you excited about startups, entrepreneurship, creativity and following your passions. The event schedule breaks down like this… read more
March 21, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Starting at 6pm CDT, Silicon Prairie News will be live-streaming the final presentations from Startup Weekend Omaha... read more
March 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive's official cause, We Can End This, has already made an impact – from boosting the awareness factor for hunger in America to raising actual dollars for a solution – but it's not over yet. Earlier today, Scott Henderson, the cause's campaign manager, sent out an email alerting us that it would take only 200 people from Nebraska to put the state in the Digital Can Drive Top 10. read more
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