Silicon Prairie News

1036_1af6d69de8_small 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

July 3, 2010 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

1044_356d887cf9_small July 2, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location at Scooter's Coffeehouse at 16th &Dodge * Omaha Venture Group * Opportunities on the Prairie * Stacking Up: The Hayneedle Series – Jason Goldberger story * Scriptito * Interview with Scott Belsky of Behance * TEDxDesMoines videos * World Tri kicked off read more

July 1, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

We're excited to bring you our eighteenth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from BlueCross and BlueShield of Nebraska and Priority Technologies, Inc., both located in Omaha. read more

1038_c3af64ae9d_small June 30, 2010 by John T. Meyer

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. Video must be worth at least 10,000 words. If you're like me you'll choose pictures and videos as your medium of choice over words any day. Thankfully, we have tools like Jing. Jing, a project from… read more

1026_a7c8f072e6_small June 27, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha This week's video comes from the TechStars.tv's The Founders series. Titled Be Fearless. Today., this episode features an outstanding cast of characters, including Matt Van Horn (left), business development at Digg, Alex Bogusky, founding partner at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and a mix of current and previous graduates of TechStars… read more

June 26, 2010 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

1016_fa1c599947_small June 25, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming live via Ustream.tv at Scooter's Coffeehouse in the Old Market * Congrats to our contributors! * Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Agile Sports, Oxide Design & more * PrairieCast: Andy Stoll * Recap of Regional Energy Innovation Summit held in Omaha * Using his dealmaker’s algorithm, Ted Zoller, Ph.D. helps entrepreneurs * Joe Olsen talks about Omaha Creative Week, September 5-11 * South by Southwest PanelPicker now open for submissions * Thanks to those of you who… read more

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