March 3, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Tekamah Name: Linsey Knerl | Full-time job: Freelancer/Blogger, Community Manager, wisebread.com, co-author of 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget | City blogging from: Tekamah, Nebraska | 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? My personal blog is Lille Punkin' Reviews, a family-friendly review blog that I've been working on for almost 3 years. Almost immediately after I started blogging, I was hired as a freelancer for… read more
March 2, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
We’re excited to bring you our seventh Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring positions from Eliason Media in Des Moines and CF Webtools in Omaha. 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
February 28, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures talks about some of the trends he sees in the startup space. Fred's blog has been an excellent place for information… read more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News, Venture Hacks and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. These are some of my favorites: Sisyphus For Startups (coconutheadsets.... read more
February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
In case you missed the introduction post to this new series, you can find it at http://spne.ws/88L. read more
February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming on location at Greater Omaha Chamber's Cornstalks gathering (held fourth Thursday of the month) * Next Thursday's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit – interviews with keynote speakers Blake Mycoskie, Patricia Martin, and next week William Taylor * Startup Digest launched in Des Moines with Shane Reiser… read more
February 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This was a week of firsts for PrairieCast. We had our first two-part show as well as our first two guest show. Nathan T. Wright of LavaRow and Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News joined us to talk about the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Nathan and Jeff are veterans of this show, dubbed by many to be "spring break for geeks," and both are presenting sessions this year. We discuss their presentations, The Silicon Prairie Party hosted by… read more
February 24, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Name: Pete Jones | Full-time job: Wells Fargo Financial | City blogging from: Des Moines | 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Des Moines is Not Boring, Proving Des Moines is NOT Boring, desmoinesisnotboring.com 2. Why do you blog? It's fun, I enjoy it. As a kid, I thought Des Moines was boring. read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.