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Prairie Moves: SkyVu Pictures, Oxide Design, 9 Clouds Inc & more

1156_84a2d7dd90_small 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

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With the Power of Howard, Jimmy Winter moves RockDex forward

1159_6ac7ead35e_small 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

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Prairie Moves: Allied Strategy, Phenomblue, Dwolla & more

1077_06664ff7e0_small July 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by IndigoValley 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… read more

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Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ‘30 Under 30’ list

867_1c1ab64d29_small April 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Shout!, Omaha's new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list's authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as "a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha." Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats to Erin Standley, senior designer at Phenomblue, who, while at BrightMix, led the user experience and design of the current version of our website, SiliconPrairieNews.com. Below are the names, titles, companies, and Twitter handles of the 30 – to read the full article with pictures and a writeup about each, pick up a copy of Shout! (pictured left)… read more

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Google’s Chief Technology Advocate headlining Infotec 2010

803_18b353c54b_small April 5, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Infotec 2010 is just around the corner and the registration deadline is quickly approaching. The two-day event, produced by the AIM Institute, is filled with presenters from around the country sharing on topics related to information technology, entrepreneurship and emerging trends in the technology arena. This year’s lineup includes some amazing speakers such as Michael T. Jones (left), Google's chief… read more

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Weekly Wrap Up with guest Jimmy Winter of RockDex

727_b52e1abee4_small March 12, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location in the RockDex office in the home of its founder Jimmy Winter * Interview with Rachel Jacobson of Film Streams * Series on new online publication on the Prairie * Startup Weekend Omaha coming March 19-21 * Show guest Jimmy Winter talks about the new version of RockDex coming soon, Rockdex's recent award from… read more

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Top five videos of 2009

568_1e8b36a365_small January 11, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Looking back over last year, 2009 was truly amazing! We highlighted an unbelievable amount of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives. The following five videos were the most viewed interviews we conducted last year. We wanted to pull them off the shelf and share ... read more

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RockDex wins $50K at Invest Nebraska competition

December 14, 2009 by Dusty Davidson

Lincoln Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska Corporation poses with Jimmy Winter of RockDex following Friday's competition. Congrats to Jimmy Winter of RockDex for winning Invest Nebraska Corporation's first-ever East-2-West – The Nebraska New Venture Competition! Jimmy ... read more

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$50K investment up for grabs at competition

December 9, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The ... read more

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Recap of first Springboard Lunch

December 3, 2009 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha Just over a month ago, a group of individuals gathered for the first Springboard Lunch at the Scott Technology Center, to listen to two companies pitch their ideas. The impetus behind Springboard is simple -- provide a venue where by companies ... read more