March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Many of you who follow Silicon Prairie News regularly or attend some of our events, are likely familiar with former BrightMix intern Ben Schaechter (a.k.a. Bentern). Ben spent the summer working at the BrightMix / SPN office, building out his company GoPollGo, and has recently accepted a position at Techcrunch... read more
Omaha Just over a month ago, a group of individuals gathered for the first Springboard Lunch at the Scott Technology Center, to listen to two companies pitch their ideas. The impetus behind Springboard is simple -- provide a venue where by companies ... 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 Name: Ben Schaechter Full-time job and title: Founder, GoPollGo City you’re blogging from: Omaha Name, subject and URL of your blog: Ben in the Bay, videos of my upcoming trip to the Bay Area, bentern.com Link ... read more
Omaha At last month's Cornstalks, Ben Schaechter gave us both a demo of his newly-launched polling web app, GoPollGo, as well as a bit of its history. He begins with a humorous anecdote of why he was compelled to ... read more
Omaha Just before 5 p.m. this past Friday, GoPollGo.com, the idea that Ben Schaechter, a Creighton University senior, had pitched in our first Creative Capital Pitch Session, was launched into public beta. Ben's work on the polling web ... read more
Omaha It is Cornstalks time again, folks! Last month's event, the first to feature a cocktail/networking hour before the usual meeting, was a huge success. Therefore, you can look forward to more of the same this Thursday: networking and ... read more