May 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Nick Seguin is leaving his role as manager of entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation later this month. He made that decision public today in a blog post. Seguin has served in his current position at the Kansas City, Mo.-based foundation since November of 2010 but is returning to Dynamit on a full-time basis. Seguin helped found Dynamit, a Columbus, Ohio-based digital agency … read more
March 20, 2012 by Amy Engle
Austin With South by Southwest Interactive one week behind us, we've compiled links to articles, blog posts, tweets, photos, audio and video that cover or mention Silicon Prairie-based entrepreneurs and startups that took part in the event. During the five-day festival in Austin, Texas, a number of individuals from the Silicon Prairie participated on panels, competed in the accelerator, attended the awards or threw a party. … read more
March 13, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Austin 12:30 a.m. - Hugs and handshakes with SPN team and Dwolla folks at the Startup Weekend/Twilio/Zaarly party... They finally got there! | 8 a.m. - Run and lift at hotel - gotta shake off last night and get some energy! | 9:30 a.m. - Finally pick up badge ... What does that say about value of official talks vs. hallway conversations at SXSW? | 11 a.m. - Session on 'Indoor Navigation' - GPS in closed space. Focus was on retail but possibilities endless. Phones already have the sensors, we just … read more
February 10, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Bio: Midwest guy whose obsessions include: startups, building teams, travel and storytelling. Curator of people, connector of dots. | Title: Partner at Dynamit, Manager of Entrepreneurship at Kauffman Foundation, Board of Directors at Startup Weekend | Age: 27 | Residence: A 747 somewhere, sometimes Kansas City, Mo. | Website: nickseguin.tumblr.com | Twitter: @nickseguin | Intro music: "Make My Whole World" by Trolley Snatcha | Silicon Prairie News: In your role at Kauffman, you travel across the country and world observing and working in different entrepreneurial ecosystems. To you, what are the unique, defining characteristics of the Silicon Prairie? Nick Seguin: I honestly don't know if I can articulate any unique … read more
November 8, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Des Moines We want to extend a warm Thinc Iowa and Silicon Prairie News thank you to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for sponsoring the inaugural Thinc Iowa! The Kauffman Foundation has been one of our closest supporters, and we were thrilled to have them involved in this year's event around a topic we feel is important to continue developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem over the next several years and beyond. The Kauffman Foundation was established … read more
November 3, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City A pair of nonprofit organizations that play a prominent role in promoting entrepreneurship on the Silicon Prairie — and across the globe — will now do so in even closer conjunction. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced that Startup Weekend is now an affiliate of the foundation. Seattle-based Startup Weekend, which runs a global series … read more
October 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines The sixth speaker in our Video Series is Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, which is an independent, private-sector entity that brings together mentors, advisors, funders, major corporations and service providers to deliver the resources needed to help entrepreneurs start and scale companies. In his talk, Case described the types of … read more
October 24, 2011 by John T. Meyer
Des Moines Wearing his red, white, and blue Converse sneakers, Scott Case, took the stage Friday afternoon at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines to illustrate the intersection between corporations and startups. Case started by explaining the mission and purpose of the Startup America Partnership. As Case explained, Startup America Partnership strives to offer five things for startups: expertise, support services, talent, customers and capital. … read more
October 12, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Episode 59: The one where we talk about FDR's VP, Henry A. Wallace – This week on PrairieCast, Erin Ginkens (left, photo from linkedin.com) of Entrepreneurial Technologies joined us in studio and Nick Seguin (photo from kauffman.org) of the Kauffman Foundation skyped in admist the fun that is Chicago Ideas Week. We talk about several serious … read more
October 11, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in at 2 p.m. for Episode 59 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Erin Ginkens of Entrepreneurial Technologies and Nick Seguin of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Discussion topics will include the Thinc Iowa speaker schedule, Nebraska Global's recent capital raise and Bo Fishback's guest post. Did you miss … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.