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
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
January 24, 2012 by Tom Chapman
Omaha The Startup Nebraska effort is launching on Friday. What does this mean? It means that now is the time to get involved. The event is a launch but not a completed … read more
November 4, 2011 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 … read more
September 16, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Fall has, um, fallen here in Omaha. Sure, autumn is still technically a week away. But brisk weather had Jeff and Dusty all bundled up and buzzing about — what else? — the weather for episode No. 106 of the Weekly Wrap-Up, or the "first day of freezing cold" episode, as Dusty dubbed it. Although temperatures were cold, the WWU was anything but, as the co-hosts' conversation was nothing short of sizzling. They even hatched an idea for next week's show that you'll probably want to go ahead … read more
September 12, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha On account of some technical difficulties, our latest Weekly Wrap-Up video is hitting the site a tad later than normal. So we'll put function over form here and eschew our usual attempts at WWU humor in favor of a more utilitarian introduction: Jeff and Dusty hosted. (Insert current events joke here.) It was our 105th episode of the WWU. (Insert Ke$sha/Lady Gaga/'90s hip-hop reference here.) Good? Good. Now, let's move on. Before you embark on the new week, here's what … read more
August 24, 2011 by Michael Stacy
For regular readers of Silicon Prairie News, none of what's discussed in the Aug. 19 Fox Business article "How to Become a Growth Company in a Small Market" is necessarily … read more
August 16, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha In a show that featured a cavalcade of cameos and non-stop nostalgia, the Weekly Wrap-Up celebrated its 100th episode Friday, live from the Silicon Prairie News third birthday bash. Admittedly, it’s taken us a little longer than we would have liked to post this video of the show, but, hey … sometimes that’s the price you pay for partying with Analog the Prairie Dog. In the centennial episode, Jeff and Dusty touched briefly on Thinc Iowa. But, more than bringing their traditional take … read more
August 12, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Sometimes, a moment is simply so sublime, so momentous, so transcendent that it's dubbed "too big for words." But this post clearly contains words — probably many more than it needs to, in fact — so the whole too-big-for-words description doesn't apply here. Nonetheless, we think the moment that's the motivation for this post, our 100th Weekly Wrap-Up episode, is pretty noteworthy. So join us this afternoon at 4:30 for our centennial WWU … read more
May 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha The Je/Geo-ffs: they're like the Silicon Prairie News version of The Bobs, except that they celebrate Michael Bolton's entire catalogue even more enthusiastically. Yet, despite their oh-so similar names and obvious potential for on-screen chemistry, Jeff Slobotski and Geoff Wood had never teamed up for the Weekly Wrap-Up. Until today. And the course of WWU history was forever changed. There was also a bit of buzz on the WWU regarding a Karaoke … read more