March 5, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Prairie Village After more than a year in development and a seed round of $1.5 million, AgLocal last week launched into private beta with 20 notable New York City chefs. The Kansas City area startup aims to improve its restaurant industry offering as it recruits top-tier chefs from the coasts—San Francisco is next—to test … read more
May 31, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha The speaker who strolled on stage at Big Omaha 2012 to the cash-infused chorus of Kayne West song was, unsurprisingly, unapologetic about his own acquisition of liquid capital. “People are always like, 'It's not about money; it's not about money," Eddie Huang said during his May 11 talk at Big Omaha. "It is about money. You should not be embarrassed to be about money, and I'm about money.” Huang, who's the chef, entrepreneur and TV personality behind such … read more
May 11, 2012 by Macy Koch
Omaha Edie Huang, writer, chef, entrepreneur and TV personality, took stage on day two of Big Omaha 2012 to speak to the crowd at KANEKO. His presentation, laden with photos of celebrities and quirky commentary, brought laughs and motivation to attendees. From the age of 6, Huang has been a businessman. When his mother gave him pots and spatulas to use as toys, he found a way to get the latest Transformer toys in exchange for doing his classmates' homework. … read more
May 4, 2012 by Amy Engle
Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it's time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we've done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm before you even step out your door. … read more
May 3, 2012 by Amy Engle
Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it's time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we've done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm before you even step out your door. Filled with one of the youngest entrepreneurs to receive venture capital funding, the founder of a company that began the blogging … read more
April 27, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha We're super excited to introduce to you to two more Big Omaha 2012 presenters and our emcee. Please help us welcome Sahil Lavingia, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most buzzed about startups, Gumroad, and Eddie Huang, the dynamic young chef and budding media personality behind … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.