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. These are some of my favorites: * Death By Revenue Plan (steveblank.com) * Startup Ideas worth Exploring in 2010… read more
February 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location at Barley's TipTop during the Greater Omaha Young Professionals' Style Your Sole Party, a pre-party for this year's Young Professionals Summit * Happy (belated) Birthday Dusty! * Upcoming interviews with Young Professionals Summit speakers: TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie, CEO and founder of LitLamp read more
February 17, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week's topic grew from an experience I had when I first moved to Des Moines in August of last year. In my initial wave of networking in the entrepreneurial community, I asked the simple question of "where do entrepreneurs gather?" As you can imagine, I received a variety of answers. This week, Andy Brudtkuhl and I discuss the pros and cons of individual coffee shops as entrepreneurial venues throughout the community as well as few other locations that we frequent for discussions… read more
February 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
We’re excited to bring you our sixth Opportunities on the Prairie today, featuring a regional call for Wordpress developers and positions from Infegy in Kansas City and Bozell in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com ... read more
February 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Name: Catherine Bosley | Full-time job: Photographer | City you’re blogging from: Omaha 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Bosley Creative, photography and family, BosleyCreative.wordpress.com 2. Why do you blog? I blog to keep my clients up to date on what we are doing at Bosley Creative, for new clients to see our style, post… read more
February 12, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location Creighton University's Harper Center * Guest co-host Brook Matthews, marketing director for Creighton's College of Business * Testifying on behalf of LB 1109 - Adopt the Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act * Dusty's post on having a vibrant social scene read more
February 11, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week, Andy Brudtkuhl and I talk with someone that many in this community know, Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson. Dusty talks about his experiences as an entrepreneur with both Silicon Prairie News and BrightMix, BrightMix's Tripleseat product, what he's learned as BrightMix transitioned from a consulting firm to a product company, and the best and worst things about being an entrepreneur in the Midwest. read more
February 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Ames Name: Dallas J. Moore | Full-time job: Director of Business Development and Social Media, Social Republick | City blogging from: Ames, Iowa | 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog: The title of my blog is Mr. Dallas J. Moore and The Social Media Experience I write a lot about social media, strategy, business, small business, branding, marketing and... read more
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