August 29, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Today we wanted to remind you of something that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, shared in his presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Four years ago, Scott came up with the idea of giving up his birthday for charity: water. He held a party in New York City and asked everyone who came to give 20 dollars to his philanthropy. That party generated enough money… read more
July 20, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha In case you missed the Twitter and Facebook chatter these past few days, last Friday, CNN.com published an article titled Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie,' in which we were interviewed by its author, Josh Rubin. It was great opportunity for us to highlight the work as well as a handful of the companies… read more
July 2, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha At Big Omaha this past May, charity: water founder Scott Harrison (left) told his story to a packed house of 500 attendees. Needless to say, he inspired us all. Without any further waiting, we're overwhelmingly excited to announce the results of the Big Omaha charity: water Campaign which we launched on March 29, six weeks before Big Omaha. When we set out to raise enough money for one well, $5,000… read more
June 29, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha In the weeks leading up to Big Omaha, I conducted an audio interview with Scott Belsky, founder and CEO of Behance, a New York-based company developing products and services for creative industries. Belsky shared information around the creation of the Behance Network, the world's leading online platform for creative professionals, and The 99 Percent, Behance's think tank and annual conference devoted to execution in the creative world. read more
June 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Putting on Big Omaha is a team effort, from those who work behind-the-scenes to the volunteers who help register attendees the day of, we're fortunate to have the involvement of many talented individuals and companies. For the past two years, we've been especially fortunate to have the participation of Ninth Division, an Omaha-based mobile application development company. This year, the Big Omaha iPhone app registered 264 downloads. read more
June 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines After several weeks away, Andy and I returned to PrairieCast with guest Dusty Davidson in studio to reflect on Big Omaha and TEDxDesMoines as well as discuss other events coming up this summer. Each week on PrairieCast, we start with a Week in Review segment where we catch up on highlighted posts from the past week as well as discuss Silicon Prairie News events and features within the site. PrairieCast can be streamed or downloaded from PrairieCast.com or by subscription… read more
June 3, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Omaha Fresh off moderating a panel of entrepreneurs at Big Omaha, I spoke with David Hauser about his impressions of the event and the Midwest. David, a Boston resident, is the co-founder of Grasshopper, Chargify and Grasshopper Labs. He was in Omaha for the first time to participate not only as a moderator but to open up the event, following the local… read more
June 2, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha In its inaugural year, the mantra of Big Omaha 2009 was to bring "forward-thinking creatives, entrepreneurs and innovators to Omaha to rebuild the country from the inside out." The mantra of Big Omaha 2010 was along the same lines: "[Bring] together the region's best and brightest to motivate, challenge, excite and connect with one another, and in turn raise the bar on the level of work we're producing." Although we were only able to fit 500 attendees in the… read more
May 30, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
For the past two weeks, Tim Jahn, creator of the Chicago-based weekly video podcast Beyond the Pedway, has been posting his interviews with some of the Big Omaha 2010 speakers. Last Friday, he released his interview with Dennis Crowley of foursquare and this past Friday, David Hauser of Grasshopper. Although they're labeled "Special Edition Big Omaha," these interviews… read more
May 28, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha It's been nearly two weeks since Big Omaha struck the entrepreneurial scene for the second year in a row. However, the chatter about the event and Silicon Prairie News in general, has been afloat amongst traditional and… read more
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Winners will be announced live on stage at
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