March 20, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The parade of praise from high-profile publications continues for Sporting Kansas City, Livestrong Sporting Park and Sporting Innovations. Kansas City's Major League Soccer franchise and the team's high-tech home stadium and tech-centric spin-off all have received recognition recently in the national media, and it seems to stem in part from the … read more
We're excited to bring you our 95th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our Job Board Submission … read more
February 18, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (two days late this week), 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
February 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The reason for the attention might make the purest fans of soccer — or, as they would call it, football — cringe, but Kansas City-based Sporting Innovations gets some significant ink in the March issue of Fast Company on account of the work it has done at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. "MLS club Sporting Kansas City knows not every one of its matches will be an instant classic," the article says. "That doesn’t mean it can’t still keep fans … read more
February 14, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. … read more
We're excited to bring you our 88th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Sleight Advertising, Fusion Tree and Xuba in Omaha; Don't Panic Labs in Lincoln … read more
We're excited to bring you our 86th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Envoy, Swanson Russell, Chemistry Advertising in Omaha; Hudl, Stone Fin Technology … read more
January 4, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
In 2011, we did our best to keep a close eye on Silicon Prairie startups, covering entrepreneurs who dared to disrupt the established local marketplace, aimed to make the online shopping experience more social and dreamed of virtual town-halls that increased citizen participation. Among the startups we covered, there were a few in each city that popped up more and more for either hitting a milestone or progressing on their business model. These include Xuba, MindMixer and SkyVu Entertainment … read more
September 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City It's commonplace to hear stories of startups born out of corporations. But tech companies spun off from soccer clubs? That's the story behind a brand-new company in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Sporting Kansas City, Kansas City's Major league Soccer franchise, today is launching a company called Sporting Innovations, which will provide services and software for the sports entertainment industry. … read more