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Kauffman encourages Entrepreneur’s Pledge to build a stronger America
Since the mid-1960s, the Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has been on a mission to advance entrepreneurship and innovation, as well improve the education of children and youth alike. Now, they are spearheading the first-ever movement of its kind to push their mission and entrepreneurs under one roof. They’re calling it…
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BATTLE BEARS -1 is out, ‘huggable’ spotted at College World Series
The popular free iPhone app BATTLE BEARS, a game created by Omaha-based SkyVu Pictures, now has an official prequel, BATTLE BEARS -1. Unlike previous versions, the new gameplay allows you to move the main characters, OLIVER and RIGGS, throughout the playing area as they defend the Ursa Major ship from invaders. Benjamin Vu, creator of…
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Joe Olsen talks about Omaha Creative Week, September 5-11
Last week I spoke with Joe Olsen about Omaha Creative Week, a week-long collection of events focusing on all things creative, taking place September 5-11. The event’s planning team, or caretakers, include Joe and others from his interactive brand experience agency, Phenomblue, as well as a mix of creatives and entrepreneurs from across the city.…
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Using his dealmaker’s algorithm, Ted Zoller, Ph.D. helps entrepreneurs
Over lunch at last Wednesday’s Regional Energy Innovation Summit, attendees were treated to a presentation from Ted Zoller, Ph.D., executive director of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Zoller, who’s also an adjunct professor at UNC, has been an entrepreneur for most of his life. Now, it’s his mission to…
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Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Agile Sports, Oxide Design & more
The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if…