Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming live on Ustream from CAMP Coworking * CAMP open house tonight from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Mastercraft Building at 1111 N. 13th St. * Howard Buffett's Next Generation Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. * Greg Chambers quits day job to start tropical clothing line Mad Gringo * AppendTo co-founders discuss rapid growth, distributed workforce * Silicon Prairie News Ice Cream Social and Two-Year Celebration on Friday, August 6 * Foursquare... read more

Omaha (Photo by Bill Sitzmann of minorwhite) We'll be sitting down with Megan Hunt (left), owner of CAMP Coworking and the woman behind the bridal design studio Princess Lasertron, tomorrow at 10 a.m. CDT to film this week's Weekly Wrap Up show. Look for a post tomorrow with the live Ustream feed as well as a chat box. We encourage you to ask questions of either the show's hosts, Jeff & Dusty, or our guest… read more

Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming live on Ustream from the Silicon Prairie News office * Gave away SmartyPig tees today in the Startup T-Shirt Giveaway * Recommended T-shirt printers: Storenvy (sponsor of the Big Omaha tees) & Ink Tank Merch (Omaha) * Hudl founders named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list * PrairieCast: Aayush Phumbhra of textbook rental website Chegg * Co-founders Jonathan Sharp & Mike Hostetler tell the… read more

Des Moines This week on PrairieCast our guest is Aayush Phumbhra, co-founder and senior vice president of Chegg, a Santa Clara, California-based company often described as the "Netflix of textbook rentals." Aayush earned his MBA at Iowa State University in Ames and joined forces with the founders of Cheggpost.com, a local website focused on saving students money. Several iterations and years later, Chegg now boasts more than 120 employees, a headquarters in Santa Clara and a shipping operation across the street from Zappos in Louisville, Kentucky. According to a TechCrunch post last month, Chegg has raised more than 140 million dollars… read more