Silicon Prairie News

Cedar Rapids John Schnipkoweit (left), the co-founder and now former CTO of Ovation Networks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has gone full-time with an idea he first pitched at Startup Weekend Iowa City in October. And he's not alone. "I've sold all of my shares in Ovation Networks to my co-founder," Schnipkoweit said in an email interview on Friday. "There are three of us that are going ahead on RecBob full-time and two going part-time." Schnipkoweit, who's taken on the role of CEO, said RecBob is bootstrapping … read more

Des Moines The eight-city "Startup Foundation" pilot program aimed at developing an institutional presence dedicated to startup communities in places like Des Moines ended … read more

Kansas City Horsebot3k, an Amazon review analyzer, took home the top prize at the fourth Startup Weekend Kansas City, a 54-hour event in which more than 100 participants formed teams and attempted to take an idea from concept stage to a prototype with a business model and then pitch it on Sunday evening. Bold Predictions, an app that timestamps users' … read more

Kansas City A pair of nonprofit organizations that play a prominent role in promoting entrepreneurship on the Silicon Prairie — and across the globe — will now do so in even closer conjunction. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced that Startup Weekend is now an affiliate of the foundation. Seattle-based Startup Weekend, which runs a global series … read more

Kansas City In partnership with Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Seattle-based Startup Weekend today launched the … read more