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Follow up to Archrival’s ‘FLYOVER’ – Is Minnesota doing it right?
Earlier this month I was moved by the “FLYOVER” presentation Archrival co-founders Charlie Hull and Clint! Runge delivered at this year’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. In short, they made the case that as they’ve established a successful company in Nebraska with a serious cool factor (it really does have one), it’s been tough for them…
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Launch the next big thing April 15-17 at Startup Weekend Kansas City
If you want a chance to be a part of the next Zaarly or LaunchRock, you should sign up to attend Startup Weekend Kansas City. The event will break up developers …
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Zaarly team adds three, looks to launch in next 90 days
Even though Zaarly‘s left behind its Mobile HQ (a rented RV) following South by Southwest Interactive, the team has continued to keep its development wheels spinning since returning from Austin, Texas. Asked via email when users could expect a launch, Zaarly CEO Bo Fishback replied: “Launch in the next 90 days in our wave of cities.”…
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SmartyPig CEO on working for a Silicon Prairie-based startup
Leading up to South by Southwest Interactive, we interviewed Bob Weinschenk, an Austin resident and the CEO of Des Moines-based SmartyPig, about joining the company in 2009 and his current role in the startup. Inevitably, the topic of working for a Silicon Prairie-based startup versus working for a startup in the Valley became a point…
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Weekly Wrap Up with Jeff Slobotski & Dusty Davidson
Mentioned this week: New email to reach our editors: editor@siliconprairienews.com, “Five Silicon Prairie startups at SXSW and how they fared,” “EdCamp Omaha taking place this Saturday, March 26,” “Cornstalks ‘Demo Night’ happening next Thursday, March 31,” “Infotec coming back to Qwest Center on April 19-20,” Thinc Iowa, and Big Omaha
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Editor’s Notebook: New team member, editor email and process
While preparing to give my “lightning talk” at last night’s Hacks/Hackers Heartland meetup – an Omaha group I encourage you to check out – I noticed that we’ve made quite a few changes at Silicon Prairie News since our second editor, Michael Stacy, came on board March 1. And as we implement those changes, our…