April 2, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Austin Nevermind that he was busy participating in one panel and moderating another last month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Jeff Slobotski, SPN's co-founder and chief community officer, still found time to put on his reporter's hat and go to work. In the midst of a whirlwind few days in Austin, he caught up with Scott Case, CEO of the Startup … read more
February 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesday and Thursday (one day 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 on how we could improve these posts or any of … read more
February 3, 2012 by Christopher New & Michael Stacy
Des Moines As we reported in a story published Thursday, more than 400 people attended Iowa’s first Startup Fair, held Wednesday evening in six venues across the state. Designed to create valuable connections between the startup and broader business communities, the free event included exhibits from more than 100 … read more
January 31, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of Startup America Partnership today, the four states of the Silicon Prairie will each be "started up" by day's end. In December, StartupIowa launched, on Friday, Startup Nebraska became official, and today, Startup Kansas and Startup Missouri will hold events to kick off their efforts. Headquartered in Washington D.C., the Startup America Partnership is a non-profit encouraging high-growth entrepreneurship in the United States. … read more
January 30, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Startup Nebraska, a statewide effort in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership, launched Friday with a hour-long event organized by individuals spearheading the cause. "This is very exciting," Tom Chapman of Nebraska Global, the event's emcee, opened the program in front of about 40 attendees. "I think we have sort of the startup motif going," Chapman said, making note of the event's venue … read more
January 20, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Startup Nebraska, a statewide effort in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership, will officially launch with an event at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27 at The Mastercraft … read more
January 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy
The Show-Me State is joining some of its Silicon Prairie neighbors in launching a statewide effort later this month in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership. … read more
January 4, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Topeka If the organizers behind the regional efforts of the Startup America Partnership have it their way, the Silicon Prairie could have three "Startup States" by the end of January. Individuals in … read more
December 14, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines One of the best TV shows of all time began each episode with one of the series regulars doing a voice over "Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience," (in my head, it's Cliff Clavin saying it) and for the first time we can claim the same for PrairieCast! In addition to the audience, we had three guests on today's panel, Scott Case of the Startup America … read more
December 13, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines There's been a late addition to today's show! Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and one of our Thinc Iowa speakers, will join us live at 2 p.m as a bonus guest! Case is in town as part of the StartupIowa launch today. Previously announced … read more