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Book Hatchery born out of UNI student’s ebook bind

2162_224f60993e_small May 3, 2011 by Dan Beenken

Cedar Falls I remember from "The Republic" that Plato once said “Necessity is the Mother of invention”. Sure, I didn’t really read it, but my 10th grade English teacher still thinks so. Those words are a perfect description of how the Book Hatchery was started. Its founder, Nick Cash, was looking for a way to publish his ebook on computer programming. Cash, currently a junior in computer science and economics at the University of Northern Iowa, had worked … read more

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Photos from Prometheus Awards: Dwolla, Book Hatchery and more

2107_3a43ea5396_small April 14, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa released photos today from last Thursday's 2011 Prometheus Awards, the event which honors the top companies and individuals in technology from across the state in the last year. To see this year's full list of winners, see our post: "Prometheus Awards recognize Iowa’s top tech companies." The following are select photos from TAI's official photographer, to see the full album visit technologyiowa.org. read more

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Prometheus Awards recognize Iowa’s top tech companies

2080_b662bac3ef_small April 8, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Des Moines (This is a guest post written by Jordan Lampe, director of communications for Dwolla.) Chock-full of some Iowa’s biggest names, like Pioneer, Principal and Iowa Health (heck, even governor Terry Branstad dropped by), the aerial- and carnival-themed event was yet another successful platform that displayed Iowa’s growing confidence in its own tech industry. Hosted by Frank Russell (formerly of GeoLearning), the light-hearted event highlighted numerous… read more

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Prairie Moves: Josh Dreyer, Jeff Valder, Jonathan Sharp & More

1869_22589732db_small March 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any… read more

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Two days left to vote UNI student ‘College Entrepreneur of 2010’

1241_0cf0847561_small September 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Cedar Falls Voting for Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2010 comes to a close at the end of the day this Friday, September 10. One of the five finalists vying for the title is Nick Cash, a junior at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Cash was selected for his work on Book Hatchery, a publishing platform for… read more

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UNI student is finalist for ‘College Entrepreneur of 2010’

1196_72e9bce0be_small August 30, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Cedar Falls University of Northern Iowa (UNI) student Nick Cash is a finalist for Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2010. Nick is being recognized for his startup, Book Hatchery, a publishing platform for ebooks. The contest is open to all to vote until September 10. You can view Nick's entry video and vote for him at entrepreneur.com. We recently interviewed… read more