January 24, 2012 by Guest Contributor
(This is a guest post by Jimmy Winter.) Well internet, you've really done it this time. You didn't just like a friend's Facebook post and add a ribbon to your Twitter avatar, but you did some good old fashioned, hi-tech reaching out to your elected representatives. The effort to stop the advancement of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") and the … read more
November 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha VoterTide, a social media analysis app focused on politics for both Washington insiders and the everyday consumers of news, launched into public beta today. As we first reported on in October, this new company is the product of three experienced entrepreneurs: Jimmy Winter, the brain behind Omaha-based RockDex, Gordon Whitten, the founder … read more
October 27, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha It's nothing more than a splash page at the moment, but if I had to cast my vote for what will soon be unveiled by two Omaha entrepreneurs I'd say something interesting is in the works. Earlier this year, RockDex founder Jimmy Winter began applying his startup's technology, a social media monitoring … read more
June 28, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha As of today, the only details on the next version of RockDex have only been teased at by founder Jimmy Winter in the description he submitted in April for Cornstalks Demo Night: RockDex presents a high-level view of your artists' online buzz and a comprehensive picture of growth and scale. Dig into actual conversations and understand what drives exposure and fans' behavior instead … read more
March 3, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha (Left, Jimmy Winter at SXSW Music 2010 with celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Photo courtesy of Winter.) With South by Southwest Interactive fast approaching, Rockdex co-founder Jimmy Winter gave me insight into what to keep an eye out for when he and his team land in Austin, Texas in the coming week. For RockDex, a web-based application providing the music industry with social… read more
November 4, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha A quick reminder that if you'd like to enter your startup into Invest Nebraska Corporation's second annual East-2-West New Venture Competition the deadline is November 8. read more
September 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Invest Nebraska Corporation, a non-profit venture development organization, will be holding its second annual East-2-West New Venture Competition this coming November. read more
September 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Yesterday afternoon, RockDex officially opened its service to the public, leaving private beta and launching its monthly subscription packages. "We had 3,000 peoplesignup for the beta and we let in about 500 to try it out," Jimmy Winter, RockDex's chief architect, said via email. "Up until now, our users were all labels… read more
August 17, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Nicholas_T via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact me at danny@siliconprairienews.com. read more
August 12, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha You may remember that Jimmy Winter's side project a year and a half ago is his current startup, RockDex, which came about from his company, Music Arsenal. Winter is back at it with a new side project, the Power of Howard, a website displaying the analytical power of RockDex by measuring the internet power of radio personality Howard Stern. Powerful, huh? Indeed. On July 29, Winter was interviewed about the website by Howard 100 News… read more