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OPINION

Guest Post: Incubators are less important than the people in them

2652_66c3168540_small August 4, 2011 by Tom Chapman

Omaha I have heard a lot of discussion regarding incubators recently. There are many advocates, but I would offer that more important than the physical space for an incubator are the people who will go inside of it. I wanted to write a longer post rather than simply commenting on the PIE article because I wanted to be more long-winded than I thought appropriate for the comments section. There is an incubator at Scott Technology Center right now, and so I would offer to those who say … read more

NEWS

Pics from last week: Omaha 10-10-10, Big O! Show, TEDxOmaha & more

1368_82e55f9a50_small October 18, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Part of the Omaha Silicon Prairie News team – Jeff, Dusty and I – made the rounds last week to three events in Omaha. Kicking off Monday morning with Omaha 10-10-10 and then closing it out on Saturday with TEDxOmaha. Learn about the events in our "Out & About" post and check out the pictures below to see some familiar faces. (Left, John Hobbs and Kevin Berry of Confurrent at the Buy the Big O! Show.) read more

NEWS

UNO enriches innovation and entrepreneurship with new facility

1208_2beecdd3ae_small August 31, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha With the second week of the fall semester in full swing, students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) are already becoming exposed to resources other than the typical information-heavy textbooks and academic advice from their professors to further develop their education and overall college experience. This is true throughout the campus, as several renovations were completed over… read more

NEWS

Happy #CoworkingDay!

1149_f9c8e818b1_small August 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

This past Saturday, Brad Neuberg, the creator of coworking, tweeted the above declaration to celebrate the five-year anniversary of his original coworking site, Hat Factory. To help celebrate, we've compiled links and short descriptions of coworking sites located in Omaha, Lincoln, and Des Moines. Additionally… read more

FEATURES

Prairie Moves: Catchfire Media hired two, Halo Institute covered and more

1011_fcdc07af27_small June 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

(Photo by BriYYZ on Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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

NEWS

Scott Technology Center expands data facility 4,500 square feet

973_76c62fec42_small June 9, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha One of the largest multi-tenant data center facilities in the Omaha area is about to wire up more space here in the Metro. The Scott Data Center, located at the Scott Technology Center, announced on June 8 the addition of 4,500 square feet of co-location space in order to meet the demands of technology-based companies. This space will include 150 more cabinets for data storage. The Tier III facility, which...  read more

INTERVIEWS

Traci Hancock discusses mission and successes of Innovation Accelerator

958_f7762e7e47_small June 7, 2010 by Jill Bruckner

Omaha The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area's culture. | For high-tech entrepreneurs, cutting-edge communicators and government grant recipients, making the right connections sometimes means the difference between explosive growth and standing still. Enter Innovation Accelerator, located at the Scott Technology Center. Designed to help set in motion viable ideas with positive economic potential, Innovation Accelerator’s experts create unions and forge paths between like-minded individuals, progressive corporations, academicians, forward-thinking small business owners and others. The result: A push for excellence in an increasingly competitive technology… (pictured left, executive director Traci Hancock, photo by Marlon A. Wright) read more

FEATURES

Get to know our Big Omaha sponsors. They rock.

902_0f259010d1_small May 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Big Omaha year two is about to go down. Big Omaha year one was a success. How did all this come to be? When the short story is told, it starts in the summer of 2008 when Jeff Slobotski challenged himself and Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson to set a date, find a venue and book speakers in order to hold a first-class, unforgettable event. In May 2009, the event was held at KANEKO with more than 400 in attendance to hear from a robust… read more

NEWS

Thank you to the Silicon Prairie Party sponsors!

721_62a202381c_small March 12, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Austin We're just a few days away from the Silicon Prairie Party at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin and we want to express a huge thank you to our sponsors from across… read more

NEWS

Scott Tech Center & Innovation Accelerator host Cyber Security event

640_fb1d31c421_small February 17, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Last Thursday, the Innovation Accelerator was pleased to co-host a Cyber Security Workshop with the Scott Technology Center (pictured) and the Peter Kiewit Institute. The Innovation Accelerator invited four government-funded cyber security startups to its offices… read more