Omaha Angela Lee, the founder of SHOLDIT and past president of Strictly Business Magazine - Omaha, will speak Thursday at Cornstalks, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting of people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Cornstalks takes places at Silicon Prairie News headquarters (1111 North 13th Street, Suite 208). Networking over complimentary drinks and snacks will begin at 6:30 p.m, and Lee will present at 7:30. The event is free and open to the public. … read more

Omaha Megan Hunt and Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik, the co-founders of Omaha-based Hello Holiday, will present Thursday evening at Cornstalks, a monthly event the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce puts on for people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Cornstalks is held at Silicon Prairie News headquarters (1111 North 13th Street, Suite 208). Things will get underway Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with networking over complimentary drinks and snacks. Hunt and Tvrdik will present starting at 7:30. Hello Holiday, an ecommerce site that supports emerging women's fashion designers, launched on Oct. 1, and we checked in with the founders then. …  read more

Omaha Shane Reiser, an Omaha resident who recently started working for Des Moines-based startup Dwolla, will speak Thursday at Cornstalks, a monthly forum hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Reiser, who previously worked as director of marketing at Kohort and before that served as COO of Startup Weekend, will talk about Startup Genome, an organization he co-founded … read more

Omaha Representatives from Pipeline, a Kansas City, Kan.-based regional entrepreneurial fellowship, are scheduled to present Thursday night at Cornstalks, a monthly forum hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Thursday's event gets underway with networking at 6:30 p.m. and features a Pipeline presentation at 7:30. Cornstalks takes place at the Silicon Prairie News office … read more

Omaha Paul and Stephanie Jarrett, the husband-and-wife co-founders of Bulu Box, moved east from San Francisco to Lincoln earlier this year to accelerate the growth of their startup, a service that mails subscribers boxes of vitamin and supplement samples. On Thursday, the Jarretts (left) will travel a little further east, to Omaha, share their story at Cornstalks, a monthly forum hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for people … read more

Omaha The team of four behind Arch (left), a mobile app that allows users to request media or information from other users, will speak Thursday at Cornstalks, a monthly forum for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Though currently in private beta, Arch has showcased its potential on its website, archcrowd.com, and in a pomotional video (below). The idea is to allow users to request media or information from other users throughout the world. Want to find out what's happening in downtown Chicago? Ask Arch, the video encourages. Or looking for an answer about … read more

Omaha John Grange and Silicon Prairie News' own Dusty Davidson, co-founders of the mobile marketing startup Layeredi, will present Thursday at Cornstalks, a monthly forum for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Grange and Davidson will tell the backstory of their relationship and founding of Layeredi, along with a discussion of their company's clients and how they've gone about selling to those companies. They'll also … read more

Omaha David Milligan, founding partner of Advent IP and co-founder of Leap Ventures, will present at this month's meeting of Cornstalks, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at CAMP Coworking in the the Mastercraft Building (1111 N. 13th St.). More on Milligan, courtesy of the Advent IP website: David is a founding partner of Advent IP, and a co-founder of Leap Ventures, an early stage concept accelerator. Prior to moving home to Nebraska in 2006, David spent a decade in Washington, DC learning how best to assist … read more

La Vista Cornstalks returns to its regularly scheduled time this month with a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday featuring Stephen George (left), the co-founder and chief investment officer of Capricorn Investment Group. The evening begins at with a cocktail and appetizer reception and continues with George's presentation at 7 p.m. This month's meeting takes place the night before the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship and at the same venue as the Summit, the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista/Hotel and Conference Center … read more

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