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November 16, 2010

  • Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Jordy Clements, Fierce Robot & more

    Published every Tuesday, 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…

  • Reminder: Barcamp Omaha is this Saturday, November 20th

    With less than a week to go, Barcamp Omaha is quickly approaching. This third annual event takes place this Saturday, November 20th at Nomad Lounge. If you’re planning on giving a talk (and we hope that you will), you’ll want to be there first thing to get your name on the schedule. In addition, you…

  • Building the Foundary – Part I: The Backstory

    (Left: Hayneedle’s Jason Goldberger and Steve Dee.) Although it’s been just over a month since it launched, the Foundary, a home flash-sale site affiliated with Hayneedle, has come a long way from an idea mapped on a white board to a fully functioning website seeing thousands of registered users each day. The Foundary started as…

  • Events: Beer && Code, Cornstalks, BarCamp Omaha & three more

    Need an excuse to attend one of the many events below? It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week – get out, network, explore and learn from the entrepreneurs in your own community. Below are six events happening in Omaha this week. For more, check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please…

  • Jeff Raikes speaks about entrepreneurship in Nebraska

    Nebraska Entrepreneur recently caught up with Jeff Raikes and asked him a few questions about entrepreneurship in Nebraska. Raikes is a Nebraska native who currently serves as the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To see his full bio, visit gatesfoundation.org/leadership. Here’s the full transcript…

  • disRUPT: UNeMed helps get new breakthroughs to patients

    (Left: UNeMed president Michael Dixon. Photo by Marlon Wright.) Billions of dollars go into medical research, and billions can eventually be made from the resulting products. Unfortunately, there is often a large gap between an idea and its profits. This is called the “valley of death” in the health care field, and it’s UneMed’s job…

  • Omaha Public Library holding community visioning events

    This week, the Omaha Public Library is holding a series of Community Forums to gather Omaha residents to hear their thoughts on the future of the library in Omaha. If you’re in Omaha, this is your chance to participate in the visioning process and contribute ideas on how the library can better serve the city.…