January 26, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Cornstalks will return Tuesday, Jan. 31 at CAMP Coworking in North downtown Omaha with a networking reception at 6:30 p.m. and speakers' program beginning at 7:30. For its first meeting since November, the event hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce … read more
September 7, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha With less than 60 tickets left, don't miss out on an opportunity to be among 200 techies, creatives and entrepreneurs at BarCamp Omaha this Friday and Saturday at Nomad Lounge. The fourth annual BarCamp Omaha warms up with an opening party Friday night and continues with the all-day event on … read more
August 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha 'Tis the season for BarCamps. Last week, we announced BarCamp ICR scheduled for August 13. This week, it's an announcement for BarCamp Omaha. Now in its fourth year and third consecutive year at Nomad Lounge, BarCamp Omaha will kick things off with an opening party on Friday, September 9 and an all-day event on Saturday, September 10. read more
May 20, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Our apologies for the very late notice on this event, but if you're able to carve out some time on Monday to join us for the Startup Lessons Learned viewing party, you'll be thanking us right after. Now in its second year, this day-long conference is designed to unite those interested in what it takes to succeed in building a lean startup. … read more
December 7, 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
November 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Or better question: What will you launch by November 30th? In early October, when Matt Secoske submitted a post – "Lets make November 'Launch an App Month', who's with me?" – on Hacker News… read more
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
June 24, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha Being self-employed, Megan Hunt and Eric Downs began businesses within the comfort of their own homes. Hunt – a bridal designer, blogger and best friend – started her vintage felt and button design company Princess Lasertron out of a floor-to-ceiling windows apartment in a renovated high school. She then transported her business into an 8-foot-8 bedroom in a house shared by her now-husband and his roommate. Once Hunt wed, she and her husband purchased a home, giving her an entire establishment… read more
June 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha With progress reports from the future tenants becoming more and more frequent – on princesslasertron.com and Twitter – we thought it was time to catch up with CAMP owner Megan Hunt, a.k.a. Princess Lasertron, for our first look at the creative coworking space. CAMP, located in North Downtown's Mastercraft building, is expected to open in the coming month. "[O]ur goal is to host our opening party in early July and open for tenants soon after," Megan told… read more
May 8, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha The video above just about sums up our blog these past few weeks. My apologies to our regular readers, we've been so hunkered down with Big Omaha preparations that we haven't dedicated time to keeping up with the many things going on around us. And there are many things. Here's just a handful of stories we've missed the boat on covering: Founded in 2007, Omaha-based Financial Transmission Network, Inc. (FTNI), a provider of electronic payment… read more