December 9, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Over the next several weeks, we'll expand on each of the items that are to be included in the inaugural "Silicon Prairie Annual Report," which we've described as a "look back at the previous year in the Silicon Prairie region, taking into account such metrics as company formations, product releases and developments, investment and M&A activity, and community building." Today, I'm starting… read more
March 10, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines In the second part of my interview with Christian Renaud, CEO of Palisade Systems, we discussed the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Des Moines. Christian’s broad experience in the entrepreneurial space, including nearly eight years targeting and vetting new markets for Cisco Systems at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, gives him the unique perspective to benchmark the evolution of his… read more
Omaha Big Omaha 2009, photo by Malone & Co. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post outlining my thoughts about the "culture of risk" in the Midwest region and how it was starting to make a change for ... read more
Omaha Yesterday, Gabe Kangas (@gabek) officially gave notice that he's leaving his job and will be pursuing other opportunities. For a bit of context, its probably worth reading his entire writeup on his blog. Normally, this wouldn't be ... read more