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SelectOut’s Pappas, 20, gives his take on the ‘Silicon Prairie’ (Video)

3961_94be59da7a_small April 12, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Calvin Pappas, founder of internet privacy startup SelectOut, recently recounted his experience of spending a summer in Silicon Valley as an intern and then returning to Lincoln, Nebraska to pursue his entrepreneurial endeavor. "(Silicon Valley) has everything you could possibly want," Pappas (left) said in an Ignite Lincoln presentation in January. "They offered me several jobs to drop out of school and stay there, but I decided to come back here to Lincoln. … read more

SERIES

Prairie Moves: Mike Hays, Rachel McClung, Allrecipes.com and more

3473_efde7f5188_small January 24, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more

NEWS

Events: Startup Drinks, Innovator of the Year, Ignite Lincoln and more

3482_e113d5e030_small January 23, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

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. To submit an event for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. … read more

NEWS

Johnny Cupcakes, Ignite Lincoln, Cornstalks, Coding Dojo and more

852_2c2a6df0e7_small April 27, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

There's quite the variety of events headed our way in and around Omaha and Des Moines. We've included one, in particular, that is a bit outside of our regular entrepreneurial and creative event postings, but we've heard it's a very cool exhibit –BODIES…The Exhibition. Hope you can get out, enjoy the nice weather, and the spectacular events we have in our own backyards. Note: All event descriptions taken from event websites. Wednesday, April 28 – Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour (Omaha) Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones St) at 8 p.m. The Cupcake Mobile… read more