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Update: Cornstalks featuring John Gustafson, Prairie Ventures

1717_bcdb77d697_small January 27, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha A quick update on tonight's Cornstalks at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's downtown office. The originally scheduled speaker, Mark Hasebroock of Dundee Venture Capital, had a scheduling conflict arise, but organizer Tom Chapman has found a great, last minute replacement – John Gustafson of Prairie Ventures (left, photo from linkedin.com/in/ideationventures). Cornstalks will kick off at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the downtown Chamber office (1301 Harney Street). Gustafson's presentation will begin at 7:30. To learn more about Cornstalks, see our recent guest… read more

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Hollrback in action – the fastest QR code reader we’ve experienced

1649_f036f01d32_small January 6, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Yesterday, when Jimmy Winter of RockDex stopped by our office to say hello, we cut a short video of us demonstrating the use of Hollrback, a contact management iPhone and web app that launched out of Omaha yesterday. Also, Hollrback's creator, Gabe Kangas, published a thorough post yesterday on his personal blog, Gabe's Digital Life… read more

FEATURES

Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Jordy Clements, Fierce Robot & more

1436_ec53f7bb81_small November 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Published every Tuesday, 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how… read more

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Midlands Business Journal’s 2010 ‘40 Under 40’

1422_e16de0fbef_small November 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Earlier this month, the Midlands Business Journal, a weekly trade publication in Omaha, released its annual "40 Under 40" list recognizing 40… read more

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Prairie Moves: Grasshorse, New BLK, Dave Nelson & more

1404_e277a48fd2_small November 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by Lauren Tucker via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, 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… read more

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Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Agile Sports, Oxide Design & more

996_79642b2372_small June 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

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… read more

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MVF: Private equity professionals panel this Thursday, May 27

928_bb3e8d9fdd_small May 24, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Midlands Venture Forum (MVF), an Omaha-based non-profit dedicated to creating regional support for entrepreneurs in the Midlands, will be bringing together three private equity professionals for a panel at this month's… read more

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Dave Milligan and John Gustafson announce entreprenuer and startup geared services

June 18, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Not quite the same announcement as the past two days from Leap Ventures and Invest Nebraska Corporation, but the two founders from Leap have also expanded their professional services to better serve entrepreneurs and startups. Dave, an attorney at Husch ... read more

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Invest Nebraska announces Operational Assistance Program

June 17, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha After an exciting announcement for start-ups yesterday from Leap Ventures, we received a press release from Invest Nebraska Corporation today announcing the launch of its Operational Assistance program, which will invest up to $25,000 in selected companies. (Will ... read more

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Leap Ventures launches in Omaha to provide capital and relational funding

June 16, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha A couple weeks ago, Adam Nielsen of GoodTwin Design started a bit of buzz around Omaha with a tweet: goodtwindesign: Just launched a temporary site for Leap Ventures http://leapventures.org/ Looking forward to working with them. Adam was retweeted ... read more