July 28, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Last month, CAMP Coworking owner Megan Hunt and future CAMP tenant Eric Downs spoke to about 20 startup-enthused individuals at Cornstalks, a monthly entrepreneur gathering hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Watch their presentation below and learn more about CAMP Coworking from our coverage last month… 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
We're excited to bring you our sixteenth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Living Social, Princess Lasertron, HowMuchWhere.com, and Oriental Trading, all located in Omaha. If you or your company has one to add, please contact Danny at jobs@siliconprairienews.com with the listing… 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
April 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Shout!, Omaha's new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list's authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as "a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha." Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats to Erin Standley, senior designer at Phenomblue, who, while at BrightMix, led the user experience and design of the current version of our website, SiliconPrairieNews.com. Below are the names, titles, companies, and Twitter handles of the 30 – to read the full article with pictures and a writeup about each, pick up a copy of Shout! (pictured left)… read more
January 11, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Looking back over last year, 2009 was truly amazing! We highlighted an unbelievable amount of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives. The following five videos were the most viewed interviews we conducted last year. We wanted to pull them off the shelf and share ... read more
Omaha Yes...we were finally able to connect with the Princess Lasertron at last night's Omaha TweetUp! Princess Lasertron, aka Megan Hunt, talked with us about the many exciting things going on with her business including her new site launch ... read more
Omaha Sitting down with another creative entrepreneur in our city always excites me! More so when that person is relatively new to our city and has an amazing sense of passion and focus for what they want to do. The rest ... read more
Omaha Name: Princess Lasertron Full-time job and title: Owner and H.B.I.C., Princess Lasertron. I am a dress and accessory designer and style blogger. City you're blogging from: Bromaha! Name, subject and URL of your blog: Princess ... read more