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NEWS

KCnext elects SPN’s Regan Carrizales, two others to board of directors

5723_6b3e72a285_small May 15, 2013 by Fred Bauters

Kansas City Regional tech council KCnext on Tuesday announced the addition of three members to its board of directors, including Silicon Prairie News community builder Regan Carrizales. Kevin McGinnis, senior vice president of product platforms at Sprint, and Kyle Mallot, vice president at DST Systems, also joined the board, which includes Greg Kratofil, a Polsinelli attorney who's worked with several area startups. KCnext's mission is to grow the city's existing base of technology firms, recruit … read more

SERIES

Embracing the possibility of ‘what’s next’ instead of ‘what if’

4181_f22af852ca_small May 18, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski

There are many articles which talk about how and why people leave their day jobs to pursue their dreams. It seems as though I read almost an article a week on the subject. Though there are common themes around what it's like to quit a perfectly good job where things are going right but you don't feel like it's where you're supposed to be, I wanted to share some of my thoughts for this week's Founder Friday post. When I launched the idea for Silicon Prairie News almost four years ago, it started out as a side project which I was passionate about. I was intrigued by what was going on in the city after seeing other innovative communities and knew that our city had the same individuals doing amazing work here. … read more

EVENTS

At KANEKO, Big Omaha finds a shared vision and a place to call home

4104_2a5a06781b_small May 9, 2012 by Chris Wolfgang

Omaha Even if you've never been to Big Omaha, by now you probably know where it's being held. The KANEKO, a creative space in Omaha's Old Market district, has been the venue for the Silicon Prairie News conference from its very beginning in 2009. Organizers behind both venue and event see no reason to change that arrangement any time soon. "There is this overlap between Big Omaha and KANEKO," said Dr. Jim Linder, incoming chair and … read more

NEWS

Dwolla, Zaarly CEOs talk growth of startups from Midwestern roots

3852_27f4ad2949_small March 29, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Austin The beauty of writing about a panel discussion between three people frequently featured on the very blog for which you're writing — and a blog co-founded by one of those people — is that you can afford to forgo formal introductions and get right down to business. And, given that this post is long overdue, that's precisely what I intend to do. Earlier this month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, I attended "The Field of Dreams Manifesto," a panel … read more

SERIES

Prairie Moves: Airport Life, eDossea, RecBob and more

3846_128aeed292_small March 27, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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

Roundup of the Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012

3785_58c4eaa90c_small March 20, 2012 by Amy Engle

Austin With South by Southwest Interactive one week behind us, we've compiled links to articles, blog posts, tweets, photos, audio and video that cover or mention Silicon Prairie-based entrepreneurs and startups that took part in the event. During the five-day festival in Austin, Texas, a number of individuals from the Silicon Prairie participated on panels, competed in the accelerator, attended the awards or threw a party. … read more

SERIES

Prairie Moves: Quadis Technologies, DocuTap, Scott Kubie and more

3742_443c728a18_small March 7, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) and Fridays, 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 on how we could … read more

NEWS

A photo and video roundup of the Nebraska Summit and SPN Meetup

3698_a6bfa5f719_small March 2, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

La Vista More than 70 people joined Silicon Prairie News and Jelecos for our meetup on Feb. 24 immediately following the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. A record number of close to 600 entrepreneurial-minded folks joined Nebraska Entrepreneur for the day-long conference that featured keynote speeches from Christian Renaud, Mary Ann O'Brien and … read more

NEWS

More startups and students to join SPN Startup Job Crawl on Feb. 15

3565_ff36b65026_small February 9, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Omaha On Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 5-8 p.m. we're bringing startups and students of all majors together for something beyond a typical career fair. If you haven't registered for next Wednesday's Silicon Prairie News Job Crawl, make sure to join the 130 students from Creighton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Omaha and other metro-area schools who have … read more

NEWS

Startup Nebraska launches, Kiene shares ‘state of Nebraska’ (Video)

3537_698a54bfd1_small January 30, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Startup Nebraska, a statewide effort in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership, launched Friday with a hour-long event organized by individuals spearheading the cause. "This is very exciting," Tom Chapman of Nebraska Global, the event's emcee, opened the program in front of about 40 attendees. "I think we have sort of the startup motif going," Chapman said, making note of the event's venue … read more

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