November 15, 2010

  • From 15k to 50k – the Foundary home flash-sale site picks up steam

    Over the past week, the Foundary, which was launched by Hayneedle on November 1st, has increased its user count from 15,000 to well over 50,000. Jason Goldberger, Hayneedle’s senior VP of marketing, merchandising and site, shared these numbers with us and noted that social media has been the Foundary’s largest driver of sign-ups. As far…

  • disRUPT: Omaha doctor invents ergonomic medical instruments

    If you underwent triple bypass heart surgery, you wouldn’t want your doctor’s hands to cramp, or lose his grip of an instrument. During an average surgery lasting two to four hours, surgeons not only suffer the consequences of standing in one place for an extended time, but also the occasional slippery scalpel handle. Guru Instruments…

  • Special Series: disRUPT II

    Over these next few days, we’ll be publishing five stories from the latest special section that ran in The Reader, an Omaha weekly alternative newspaper. This special section, titled disRUPT (left: cover, courtesy of The Reader, photo by Marlon Wright), is a partnership between The Reader, Scott Technology Center and us, Silicon Prairie News. Here’s…

  • Catching up with BitMethod: Expanded team, new location & more

    Last week, we caught up with BitMethod co-founder Daniel Shipton about Impromptu Studio, the Des Moines coworking space he co-founded in 2008. The reason for the catch up was to reflect on the life of Impromptu as it had closed down on October 29th. Today, we’ve reached back out to Shipton to learn more about…

  • At ‘Town Hall,’ Pandora founder shares his story & listens to users

    During Q&A at last Thursday’s Pandora Listener Town Hall, Pandora founder Tim Westergren made a statement that just about summed up the life of the decade-old company. “I think our timing has gone from really, really bad to really, really good,” Westergren said. With roots at the peak of the 2000 dot-com bubble, Pandora Radio…

  • Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off today. How are you celebrating?

    Every day on Silicon Prairie News we celebrate those engaging in entrepreneurship by telling stories of individuals or covering news from startups. Furthermore, we ourselves our entrepreneurs – we’re working hard to make Silicon Prairie News a successful company. With that in mind, we turn our attention this week to the events happening around the…