Silicon Prairie News

Des Moines Playing on its reputation as the "Academy Awards of Iowa's high tech industry," the fifth annual Prometheus Awards took place last night with a Hollywood-style theme, complete with a celebrity photo booth, award statues, plenty of tuxedos, and even a red carpet. The awards are a production of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) meant to highlight innovation throughout the state. "This showcase honors companies and individuals who represent the best and brightest in technology and business and have… read more

Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) recently announced that Bob Weinschenk, CEO of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig, will share a keynote… read more

Lincoln Half a dozen entrepreneurial hopefuls walked away $1,000 each after being declared the winners of the 2010 Make it Happen – Student Quick Pitch Competition last Thursday, February 25. The competition, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship, Southeast Community College Entrepreneurship Center, Lincoln Public Schools' Entrepreneurship Focus Program and the… read more

Omaha Congrats to Sara, who pitched A-Wrist-A-Track™ to the nearly 100 people in attendance at last night's Creative Capital Pitch Session II. Her idea, a set of varying colored bracelets, is used to track daily occurrences, ... 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 Congratulations to our first set of finalists for our second Pitch Session, brought to you through partnership with Invest Nebraska and Nomad Lounge. Check out the seven below, each with their submitted video. With seven chosen, we're still accepting ... read more

Omaha OK folks...so time is running short for you to submit your idea for a chance to not only win $1K, but also present your idea in front of other investors, mentors and entrepreneurs who want to help build the ... read more

Omaha So, you think you've got it? Maybe it came to you at the first pitch session, or Big Omaha, or on your way to work yesterday. Whatever the case, we want to hear it! After a successful first event, ... read more

Omaha We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska's first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists!  Each of ... read more

Omaha UPDATE 2/4 @ 4:00pm: There have been a lot of questions regarding the deadline for the contest. While the original post said the 10th, we thought the 10 chosen people would need a little time to prepare, so we ... read more