Omaha After the winner of the fourth Startup Weekend Omaha was named Sunday, event judge Mark Crawford, CEO of Invest Nebraska, called the eigtht ideas pitched "extremely diverse." "It wasn't all software," event judge Bart Dillashaw, an attorney and the president of the Nebraska Angels, said. "You had some hardware and stuff that was like games." On Monday … read more

Omaha SimplyFi, a concept for a Wi-Fi router and extender, won the fourth Startup Weekend Omaha on Sunday, beating out seven other teams. Let's Brew, an online resource and store for home brewers, and Small Potatoes Co., a marketplace for home gardeners and locavores, placed second and third, respectively. "We thought SimplyFi was a cut above the rest … read more

Omaha The nearly 48-hour window that teams have to finish their Startup Weekend Omaha projects comes to an end at 6 p.m. today when each presents their ideas in a five-minute pitch. This free and open to the public event takes place in room 214 of The Mastercraft building (1111 N. 13th St.). If you're attending, look for Startup Weekend Omaha signs. … read more

Omaha Startup Weekend Omaha is nearly 30 hours in. Its 60-some competitors have formed eight teams and spread themselves throughout The Mastercraft, occupying four offices in the North Downtown building to see their ideas through. Before those ideas were pitched Friday, Omaha co-organizer and former Startup Weekend COO Shane Reiser kicked off the event with an overview of the competition: teams have until 6 p.m. on Sunday to build a product and put together a pitch. With more … read more

Omaha Startup Weekend Omaha makes its fourth appearance in Omaha this weekend, taking over The Mastercraft building – including the Silicon Prairie News office – in North Downtown. Tickets ($75) are still available. The event begins at 6 p.m. Friday with idea pitches and wraps up Sunday at 6 p.m. with final pitches. "The split of tickets sold so far favors development talent," co-organizer Shane Reiser said an in email, "so this year's event should … read more

Omaha Startup Weekend will make its fourth appearance in Omaha from Sept. 21-23, the event's organizers announced earlier … read more

Omaha With the publishing of William Fisher's post today in which he lends his advice to the contestants of the recent Startup Weekend Omaha, it reminded me that I shot a bunch of photos of the Sunday pitches. I had planned on posting them the following day, September 19, but it slipped through the cracks that day and this past week. So following the … read more