January 30, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. (Left: KC Roundtable on Thursday will feature entrepreneur Michael Sommers.) … read more
December 5, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Once again, Barcamp Des Moines took over the Des Moines Central Public Library on Saturday for the 2011 iteration of the event. More than 80 participants converged in the meeting room suite for presentations from 18 speakers in three tracks: Technology, Creative and Entrepreneurship. The event was bookended by a social the evening … read more
December 2, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Barcamp Des Moines kicks off tonight with a meetup at the Des Moines Social Club / Kirkwood Lounge. Join us to meet others in the Barcamp community and to get a headstart on Saturday's main event. Tickets are $5 and available through 3 p.m. CST at Tikly. With that ticket, you'll get your first drink at tonight's social, entrance to the event, lunch on Saturday … read more
November 11, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Barcamp Des Moines will return to the Des Moines Central Public Library on Dec. 3. The half-day unconference last year attracted 75 people, who participated in three tracks: technology, creativity and entrepreneurship. Starting the day with a blank slate, 16 topics were chosen that ranged from "Living a Creative Life" to "Seed Investing" to "Online Civility." Like last year, Barcamp this year will kick … read more
October 9, 2011 by Guest Contributor
(This is a guest post by Jonathan Kay). Odds are, you have a blog reader. You have all your favorite sites and RSS feeds hooked in, and I would even venture to say you start your day off each morning by skimming through all this content. You probably read a handful of “five tips on …” and “top 10 …” posts, maybe even a few motivating success stories about entrepreneurs who killed it. This will be like none of those. This post will outline a handful of lessons you can learn from two big ass failures. Get ready. Get excited. Here we go. … read more
December 7, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines The 2010 edition of BarCamp Des Moines took place this past weekend all across the Western Gateway area of Downtown Des Moines. BarCamp kicked off with an opening party at The Des Moines Social Club on Friday night where a small group of attendees got a jump on the community and social aspects of the event. The rest of the participants, approximately… read more
November 30, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tickets are still available for BarCamp Des Moines 2010. Tickets will remain on sale at barcampdsm.com through Friday of this week, but only those purchased by 5 p.m. today will be guaranteed a T-shirt. BarCamp kicks off with an opening party at 7:30 p.m. this Friday night at the Des Moines Social Club (1408 Locust St). Doors open to the main event, taking place at the Des Moines Central… read more
November 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
It's a solid week on the Silicon Prairie for events, from the Dwolla Meetup in Des Moines on Wednesday through BarCamp on Saturday in the same city. There's also a Small Business Summit in Council Bluffs, Iowa in which very own Dusty Davidson will be keynoting. Check out… read more
November 22, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha As I wrote in a post earlier today, BarCamp Omaha 2010 was an exclamation point to a great week on the Silicon Prairie. After startup funding and acquisition news this past week, we inside the Silicon Prairie News office were riding a high, and Dusty Davidson, co-founder of Silicon Prairie News was hustling like the rest of BarCamp Omaha team… read more
November 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha BarCamp Omaha opened things up last night with a party at the same venue the un-conference is being held at today, Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones Street) in Omaha's Old Market district. Local mobile app developer Andy Peters, co-founder of Ninth Division, doubled as a professional photographer last night and took some great party shots. Below are a few and then head on over to his Flickr account… read more