Silicon Prairie News

Entrepreneurs
August 11, 2009 by John T. Meyer

Sioux Falls Every startup and new business comes with the excitement of opportunity and creativity … and responsibility. For Eric Raasch of MindFlame Design & Marketing, a firm based in Sioux Falls, that responsibly is much greater when you’re a ... read more

August 9, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha Recently, I had the chance to sit down and chat with Hasani Hunter, local iPhone developer and founder of I.COM. You may remember him from a recent Omaha World Herald article about local smartphone app developers. Personally, I met ... read more

July 30, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Lincoln A few weeks ago, SPN sat down with Whistletree Founders Tom Massey and Ed McKee at their headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska. Whistletree provides free conference call solutions and a lot more.  After entering your name email address, you're ... read more

July 14, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Last month, I sat down with Rahul Gupta, the Omaha-based CEO of DispatchThis, Inc., a California-based company providing web-based software for the concrete pumping industry. Rahul, who grew up and attended college in California, shared with me ... read more

July 7, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Lincoln The amazing business and work coming out of Lincoln these days is keeping us busy!  Our latest interview focuses on Joseph Knecht of Vipa Solutions. Joseph and the team at Vipa has received a lengthy list of accolades over ... read more

June 30, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha We sat down with John Moorhead of Free Air Collective who told us a bit more about what they're working on in the Western part of the state. You'll recall they just announced "Trivia on Twitter" through a ... read more

June 29, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Lincoln Awhile back, we had an opportunity to talk in-depth with Colby Thomson of Lincoln-based Allied Strategy. His privately held company, founded in 2003, is geared to improve insurance industry work flows. Colby is a graduate of UNL's ... read more

June 10, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Last summer, Jonathan Sharp undertook two new major responsibilities, one right after the other. In June, his wife gave birth to their fist child, and one month later, he left his job at Union Pacific to found Out West Media, ... read more

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