Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're excited to release the first video in the series of presentations from Big Omaha 2010, which was held at KANEKO, May 12-15. We chose to begin with one of the most powerful talks from the event, that of charity: water founder Scott Harrison. Harrison's presentation was not only emotionally moving but it was a convincing call to action to get involved and… read more

(Photo by jon smith 'una nos lucror' via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions… read more

Omaha The week has finally arrived! In the next few days, we'll be releasing the first Big Omaha 2010 speaker video. Before we do so, however, we've asked Malone & Company, the team behind the first-class photography and video of Big Omaha 2010, to share the backstory and amount of work they put into the two and a half-day event. Malone & Company's Sally Nellson/Barrett took on the assignment of the guest post below, and just as she's responsible in telling the stories of Malone & Company's clients, she shared with us a unique story about the behind the scenes of Big Omaha 2010. // Guest post by Sally Nellson/Barrett. read more

This week's video features Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of New York-based Union Square Ventures, answering questions during the "Ask a VC" series moderated by Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch. Enjoy this brief clip and be sure to follow Wilson on Twitter, @fredwilson, and his blog, avc.com, for his outstanding take on the venture capital… read more

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

(Photo by Antaean via Flicker) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how… read more

As I've partaken in Startup Weekend Omaha these past two days, more than once I've thought about the idea of "pivoting" so often stressed by Eric Ries, author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and creator of the Lean Startup methodology. As an offensive player would in basketball, a startup "pivots" by keeping one part of its business glued to the ground while… read more