July 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming live on Ustream from the Silicon Prairie News office * Guest Andrew Marinkovich of Malone & Company * The double rainbow edition, the YouTube video: Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow * Posted today: Dice Holdings’ Paul Melde and Omaha Creative Week videos * Joe Moglia shares advice for young professionals & entrepreneurs * Tools for the Trade: Prezi is an eye-catching, PowerPoint alternative read more
We're excited to bring you our twentieth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Phenomblue in Omaha and ScoreYard in Des Moines. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com with the listing and a short description of your company. read more
July 14, 2010 by John T. Meyer
When giving a presentation, lecture, or keynote the last thing you want to be is boring, or even just mediocre. Instead, you want to be the presentation everyone remembers, the presentation that causes people to take notes and come find you after you're done. Thankfully, we have Prezi so we can deliver the second kind of presentation. read more
We're excited to bring you our nineteenth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Medical Solutions, Idea Grange, and Bozell, all located in Omaha. read more
July 11, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
This week's Sunday Video features Kathy Sierra's conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk at the Gov 2.0 Expo this past May. Sierra worked as a game programmer, interaction designer, and learning specialist (Sun Microsystems, UCLA Extension) before creating the best-selling Head First series for O’Reilly Media. She was the creator of one of the largest software developer communities, javaranch.com, and the… 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
July 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming live on Ustream from the Silicon Prairie News office * Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series – Jason Goldberger & Ash ElDifrawi * QuickCal iPhone app * The Big Omaha charity: water Campaign results * Gary Vaynerchuk in Fast Company with charity: water mention * T-shirt giveaway! And we're looking for more T-shirts or swag to give away on the show. read more
July 4, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Niall Harbison is a Dublin, Ireland-based entrepreneur that I've followed for the past few years. I first found him through his video blog, NiallH.com,* where he published short videos with his opinions on social media and entrepreneurship. He dropped out of school at age 16 to become a professional chef and he traveled the world cooking on Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's yacht for several years. He's since turned his talents to technology entrepreneurship, co-founding both… read more
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Winners will be announced live on stage at
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