November 12, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines Sillicon Prairie News is teaming up with Dwolla to help the Des Moines-based payments startup hold its first hackathon in The Prairie. Titled Old MacDonald Hackathon … read more
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November 12, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
July 30, 2012 by Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski
In the midst of our ongoing efforts to tell the stories of the region's startups, creatives and entrepreneurs, we're extremely excited to announce a new chapter in our own story: Silicon Prairie News is hiring for the position of Community Builder in Kansas City. Our mission is simple – build creative startup communities – and over the past four years we've worked to establish ourselves as … read more
June 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Question: What's better than getting together with your favorite entrepreneurial friends for libations and the chance to show off your vast knowledge of subjects ranging from startups to pop culture? Answer: The chance to win some fantastic prizes while doing all that, of course. You'll get that chance at our next Kansas City meetup. We're hosting the first Silicon Prairie News Pub Quiz next week as part of One Week KC. Our event gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Monk's Loft, the upstairs event space at The Beacon (5031 Main St.) in Kansas City, Mo. Located just a stone's throw south of the Country Club Plaza … read more
June 5, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Today we welcome to the Silicon Prairie News team three new faces that will be spending the next 12 weeks with us. But unlike interns in years past that we've housed in our Omaha office, our interns this summer are based in cities throughout the Silicon Prairie. … read more
February 17, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha In a few months, we'll be moving the Silicon Prairie News headquarters into a new space in North Downtown Omaha's Mastercraft Building! The Mastercraft (left), a 140,000 square-foot building situated just north of the new TD Ameritrade Park and Hot Shops Art Center, is a former furniture warehouse that's now home to a number of our city's startups and creative companies. We selected the Mastercraft because of the entrepreneurial energy and culture that permeates the building. We wanted to be surrounded by, as well as help contribute to the … read more
January 24, 2012 by Tom Chapman
Omaha The Startup Nebraska effort is launching on Friday. What does this mean? It means that now is the time to get involved. The event is a launch but not a completed … read more
January 2, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
2011 was an amazing year for us at Silicon Prairie News. With the addition of four new full-time team members, more than 1,000 blog posts and a healthy number of meetups, parties and other events, it's safe to say it was a year of tremendous growth and positive change for our company and the greater Silicon Prairie community. It's exciting to take a glimpse of some of the highlights from 2011 and … read more
December 28, 2011 by Michael Stacy
As part of our tireless effort to provide Silicon Prairie News readers fresh and engaging content, we're launching a new series to kick off 2012. Starting next week, we'll bring you Prairie Portraits, a regular feature in which we introduce some of the less-recognizable but no-less-important faces of the Silicon Prairie. While another recently introduced SPN interview series, Newsmakers, takes in-depth looks at the region's CEOs, founders and other figures who tend to dominate the headlines, Prairie Portraits … read more
December 23, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
We're excited to bring you our 83rd Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Silicon Prairie News (that's us!), Snitily Carr and Ervin & Smith in Omaha; Archrival … read more
December 22, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha From Analog the Prairie Dog and the Silicon Prairie News team, we want to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season! Take some time over the next several days to put away all digital devices and spend time with those who are close to you and share how much they've meant to you over the year. Here's to an amazing last few days of 2011, and a 2012 filled with countless achievements amongst … read more