Omaha Written by Lisa Martin of Shout!, an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha, this article kicks off our content syndication partnership with the publication. | Oh, she’s the one that got away. Ebullient, warm, and clearly on top of her game, Rachelle Hruska is that girl – the Nebraska transplant to New York City, middle-America’s girl-next-door turned Manhattan media maven. The editor of New York social scene and… read more

Sioux Falls For Nate Petersen it started as a simple desire to take his wife out to dinner. Then, it became a tiny idea validated by the purchase of the web domain FallsFood.com. Finally, after years of tinkering with the idea and growing the courage to leave his "real job," his idea became a business. Petersen, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, owns and operates FallsFood, a website which tells locals in the Sioux Falls area – those who live… read more

Omaha About a week ago, I had the privilege of interviewing one of this decade's leading entrepreneurs, Tony Hsieh. Prior to building Zappos into a company that Amazon would eventually acquire for 850 million-dollars, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for 265 million-dollars in 1998. Tony's passion and drive to build Zappos' company culture is infectious…  read more

Omaha A few weeks ago, I spoke with Jason Fried of 37signals about his new book, REWORK, which he authored with his business partner, David Heinemeier Hansson. In addition to hearing Jason's background on writing REWORK, I posed questions asked by the Silicon Prairie News community and caught up with what was new at 37signals since he and I spoke last October. Jason ended the interview expressing excitement about coming in for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting this past weekend. read more

Omaha A few weeks ago, I spoke with Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water and upcoming Big Omaha speaker, to hear more about his organization, the impact they've had and their focus areas going forward. Scott's background combined with the history of charity: water is amazing, and it's one of the main reasons we asked him to join us for Big Omaha. Since interviewing Scott, we as a community have raised over $5,000 for charity: water, which will allow them to build… read more

Fremont At this Saturday's Red-White Spring Game, Cornhusker football players won't be the only ones working hard to solidify a spot in the hearts and minds of fans, Corn Finger will be making a strong return to Memorial Stadium, as well. "[We'll be] right at the base of the walking bridge north of the stadium," said Cody Butler, Corn Finger co-creator. "There's about… read more

Omaha Stephanie Healy is the founder and former CEO of Vente, an online direct marketing company she sold to Experian in 2005. Stephanie is currently running Doc's Choice Pet Food, a business she purchased after the buyout. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Stephanie to talk about business skills… read more

Ames When you put together a list of the fastest growing technology companies in Iowa, you probably don’t include Hatchlings, Inc., but you should. I recently had the chance to sit down with Brad Dwyer the company’s founder, who is also a senior in Computer Science and Entrepreneurial Studies at Iowa State University, to learn about his Ames-based startup. Hatchlings started as a Facebook application… read more