August 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Reminder - Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. Also, a good portion of the items below are stories we will either cover in the coming days or ones we'll miss covering because we can't get to all of them. If you'd like to help us increase our content volume, check out our post: "Calling all contributors: SPN adding to team across the region". read more
September 1, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha After a successful first event this past March, Startup Weekend Omaha round two (September 10-12) will be kicking off in less than nine days at the Mastercraft building. The 54-hour event challenges attendees… read more
August 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Many thanks to those of you who came out last Friday to celebrate our second birthday with us, and a special thanks to the entire Silicon Prairie News community – from those of you who visit our site, subscribe to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter or Facebook, or support us through sponsorships and advertising. We're motivated by the companies and individuals working hard to make innovative products and services in our region. Keep it up! Also, a big thank you… read more
March 5, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha With Startup Weekend Des Moines kicking off in a few hours (and some in Omaha kicking themselves for not making the trip), I think this post is just in time. Startup… read more
Omaha A few weeks ago, Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska, the organization that has sponsored our CCPS $1,000 prize, asked me for updates from our past contestants. Unable to provide them myself, I contacted the 26 past contestants with three ... read more
Omaha We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska's first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists! Each of ... read more