June 21, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha If I had to imagine what participation in a Washington think tank would be like, I'd recollect my experience at last Wednesday's Regional Energy Innovation Summit at the Gallup Organization’s Omaha campus, a follow up of the Energy Innovation Summit that took place May 7 at the White House. Thanks to a partnership between Gallup, the White House… read more
May 28, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha It's been nearly two weeks since Big Omaha struck the entrepreneurial scene for the second year in a row. However, the chatter about the event and Silicon Prairie News in general, has been afloat amongst traditional and… read more
May 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy's producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she's given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie News – she's made a few edits and added an afterward detailing an email she received from Omaha's Mayor Jim Suttle. read more
May 14, 2010 by Adam Templeton
Omaha 8:32 a.m. The doors are open, the breakfast table is stocked and the mic's gettin' tested… Big Omaha 2010 is underway! Jeff and Dusty should be taking the stage in roughly 30 minutes for the day's opening speech. We'll check back in with you then! | 9:11 Jeff and Dusty are on stage. Here we go, folks! | 9:21 The crowd looks bigger and bolder than last year's, and the Silicon Prairie News guys have been working overtime to make sure Big Omaha 2010 is in… read more
May 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Big Omaha year two is about to go down. Big Omaha year one was a success. How did all this come to be? When the short story is told, it starts in the summer of 2008 when Jeff Slobotski challenged himself and Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson to set a date, find a venue and book speakers in order to hold a first-class, unforgettable event. In May 2009, the event was held at KANEKO with more than 400 in attendance to hear from a robust… read more
May 10, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines It's likely no surprise to the readers of Silicon Prairie News that our latest topic for PrairieCast is Big Omaha. We were able to grab some time late last week with Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson to discuss what we should expect from year two of the event, the speakers they're looking forward to the most, and what the event means to the region. We tried a new recording technique this week so the podcast may sound a bit different than past episodes. In addition, we cut out our typical Week in Review… read more
March 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Austin Expect more updates and interviews to come in the next few days from those of us at South by Southwest Interactive. First up, for those of you in attendance, here's a list the sessions we know of with speakers or panelists representing companies from the Silicon Prairie: Panelists from the Praire Saturday 12:30 p.m. – Banking 2.0: Financial Services Driven by People & Emerging Technologies From SmartyPig out of Des Moines: Bob Weinschenk, CEO Tuesday 5 p.m. – The State of Music Blogs In 2010 From Lava Row our of Des Moines: Nathan T. Wright (pictured) read more
February 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This was a week of firsts for PrairieCast. We had our first two-part show as well as our first two guest show. Nathan T. Wright of LavaRow and Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News joined us to talk about the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Nathan and Jeff are veterans of this show, dubbed by many to be "spring break for geeks," and both are presenting sessions this year. We discuss their presentations, The Silicon Prairie Party hosted by… read more
Omaha The winners of this year's Midlands Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award have been announced, and we'd like to extend a huge congrats to our very own Jeff Slobotski as one of this year's award recipients! ... read more
Omaha Dusty and I would like to give a big congrats to Jeff on becoming the Director of Innovation and New Media at the AIM Institute. Jeff will be focusing on creating and strengthening partnerships between AIM, business leaders, and entrepreneurs ... read more
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