July 26, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
July 14, 2011 by Dan Beenken
Omaha The folks at Deal Garden are putting out a bumper crop this summer (sorry, couldn't resist the horticulture joke) with a recent expansion into travel via Midwest Getaways. They launched it earlier this week and, as of Thursday afternoon, already had more than 500 buyers on their first deal, a two-day getaway to Omaha. There are more deals in the works … read more
January 19, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Pat Lazure, co-founder of one of Omaha's youngest startups, Deal Garden, didn't hesitate to point out the obvious. "We're unapologetic about being a daily deal site," said Lazure during our conversation over dinner last night at Petrow's. Launched December 17, 2010, with Deal Garden Topeka (Kansas), Deal Garden is now a three-person, profitable daily deal startup looking to launch in two more cities… read more
July 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Yesterday, the Omaha World-Herald (OWH) threw their name in the hat for daily deal offerings serving Omaha. Although their launch trails that of major players Groupon and LivingSocial, they have an existing audience, ad sales team, and, of course, a strong local brand that will accelerate their version, Daily Deal Omaha, to the forefront. "What makes Daily Deal… read more
May 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy's producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she's given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie News – she's made a few edits and added an afterward detailing an email she received from Omaha's Mayor Jim Suttle. read more
From Adam Haeder: Congrats to the folks at http://giftbright.com for winning the prize. I think it's a great idea; with 4 kids of my own and more birthday parties every year, this is a service I can really get behind. | From Chris McCann: Big startup opportunity: make it easy to go from email newsletters… read more
February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
In case you missed the introduction post to this new series, you can find it at http://spne.ws/88L. read more
Omaha Just a few short months ago in May we first introduced WikiCity to the SPN community. Since then, Pat Lazure and Rohit Keshwani have been busy working to continue building out WikiCity. WikiCity provides unique local content on places, events ... read more
Omaha We've rounded out our finalists, enlisted our judges and now just need YOU to play your part and come out to Nomad Lounge tonight at 7:30 to cast your deciding vote! This second pitch session is filled ... read more
Omaha We had the opportunity to sit down with Pat Lazure and Rohit Keshwani of WikiCity who shared information about their current project, WikiCity. Founded in late 2008, WikiCity provides unique local content on places, events, and people who would be ... read more