December 7, 2010

  • Tripleseat raises $500k from Dundee Venture Capital

    I’m very happy to announce today that my software startup Tripleseat has raised $500,000 in funding from Omaha-based venture firm Dundee Venture Capital. Tripleseat is a web-based sales, lead generation…

  • Dwolla making a run at the Crunchies

    If you’re following people from the Silicon Prairie on Twitter, you may have a noticed an influx of tweets encouraging a vote for Dwolla for a “Crunchie,” the award of an annual competition co-hosted by GigaOm, VentureBeat and TechCrunch. Now in its fourth year, the Crunchies recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet…

  • Join us this Friday, December 10th at the KANEKO Block Party

    This Friday evening, our friends at KANEKO, who have partnered with us for past events such as Big Omaha and the Omaha Creative Week Caretakers Forum, will be holding a new friend and fundraiser event called the KANEKO Block Party. Kicking off at 6 p.m. in their Bow Truss Room, 1111 Jones Street, the inaugural…

  • Prairie Moves: Matt Secoske, NUtech Ventures, John Wirtz & 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…

  • In 2011, what can we do for you?

    In 2011, we want you to jump for joy, sing to the mountains, and do that little dance you do. So, how do we accomplish that? We’re deep in the planning stages of what 2011 will look like – from the first story published in January to the last events we hold in December –…

  • BarCamp Des Moines 2010 wrap up and photos

    The 2010 edition of BarCamp Des Moines took place this past weekend all across the Western Gateway area of Downtown Des Moines. BarCamp kicked off with an opening party at The Des Moines Social Club on Friday night where a small group of attendees got a jump on the community and social aspects of the…