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Newark mayor Cory Booker calls Omaha to action at YP Summit
Do something. The message Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker gave as the keynote speaker at the Omaha Young Professionals Summit on Thursday was the same message he got from a neighbor after one particularly difficult day early in his political career, when Booker was on the Newark city council. Feeling deflated because of political infighting…
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PrairieCast with Hillary Brown & Mike Templeton (Video)
Earlier today, PrairieCast co-hosts Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News and Andy Brudtkuhl of 48web were joined by guests Hillary Brown of OnPitch and Lava Row and Mike Templeton of ScoreYard and Kum & Go. Discussed this week: “In case you missed it… the Dwolla Spots announcement,” “Startup Weekend Des Moines: The winner is ‘Unleash…
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Omaha’s #ChevySXSW Roadtrip Challenge team hits the road
For the second year in a row, Chevy is teaming up with South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) to conduct the ultimate road trip to Austin. This year’s competition will have a particular Omaha flavor with a team from Omaha being one of the 10 teams from nine different North American cities driving to Austin. As…
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Charise Flynn steps out from behind the scenes in new role at Dwolla
One would think that with more than 100 programmers and tech entrepreneurs crammed into Cabaret in West Glen on Wednesday, March 2, all eyes would have been on the TVs showing Steve Jobs introducing the iPad 2. Instead, they were fixed on founder Ben Milne and the rest of the Dwolla team as the social…
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10 years ago in Inc. magazine, tomorrow on Silicon Prairie News
Almost 10 years ago to this day, a Silicon Prairie-based ecommerce startup, SitStay, was featured by Inc., a print and online magazine featuring stories and tips for small business owners. At the time the article was published, SitStay was in its fourth year of operation, and while the previous year saw the iconic dot-com failure…
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Tools for the Trade: LaunchRock lets startups do launch day their own way
Launch day — the moment your startup, blog, business, or new idea had circled on its calendar. The process of getting to that day can be arduous, and perhaps what you launch isn’t really the finished product or service you want to display. There has to be an easier way, right? Say hello to LaunchRock.…
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Announcing the ‘SPN at SXSW’ page
As we hinted in a post a few weeks ago, saying that we had a “special project cooking up in the Silicon Prairie News office” for South by Southwest Interactive, we’re now ready to release it to the public. We present the “SPN at SXSW” page. In an effort to showcase the individuals and companies…
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CQM Systems wins TAI’s Pitch and Grow III (Photos)
Coralville-based CQM Systems beat out 14 other competitors in Technology Association of Iowa’s third Pitch & Grow event last Thursday. Held at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, this Pitch and Grow was the first the organization has put on outside of Des Moines. CQM Systems, described in their pitch bio as a…
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Thanks to our SXSW Silicon Prairie Party sponsors!
he clock is ticking – we’re just a few days away from the Second Annual Silicon Prairie Party at South by Southwest Interactive and we want to express a huge thank you to our sponsors from across the region! The event will again take place at the Lanai Rooftop Lounge on Sunday, March 13th. The…
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Two More Events: Lincoln YPG Event & StartupBus Stop in KC
When putting together yesterday’s event post, I overlooked two quality events taking place this week, one in Lincoln tonight and one in Kansas City tomorrow. Tonight there’s a presentation by entrepreneur John Moorhead of Free Air Collective, and tomorrow there’s a meet-and-great with the StartupBus team traveling from Chicago to Austin, Texas for South by…