Silicon Prairie News

June 15, 2013 by Dusty Davidson

Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more

June 14, 2013 by Silicon Prairie News

Every Friday, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region's tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions … read more

June 13, 2013 by Fred Bauters

Kansas City Hot off the press comes news Kansas City-based startup PlanetReuse Marketplace has been selected by the Wall Street Journal for its "WSJ Startup of the Year" episodic documentary premiering June 24. PlanetReuse Marketplace helps reuse centers showcase inventory online … read more

June 13, 2013 by Fred Bauters

Kansas City A $32 million, 58,000-square-foot LEED Gold-certified entrepreneurship building opens this fall at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to try and break the mold of traditional learning. The Henry W. Bloch Executive Hall... read more

June 11, 2013 by Megan Bannister

Portland The 10 startups of the Nike+ Accelerator demo day Monday helped prove the value of Nike Fuel technology, CNN Money recently reported. One of those companies was Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based NextStep (formerly RecBob), which aims to help users increase their fitness level by … read more

June 10, 2013 by Fred Bauters

Columbia In an unfortunate and ironic twist, SPN hasn't covered nearly enough of the entrepreneurial work fellow journalists are doing at the University of Missouri. Last week, the Reynolds Journalism Institute announced nine fellows... read more

June 8, 2013 by Dusty Davidson

Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more

June 7, 2013 by Silicon Prairie News

Every Friday, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region's tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions … read more

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