July 6, 2011

  • Prairie Moves: Justin Graves, GoodTwin Design, Zappn and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Where do you go for honest and direct feedback?

    In William Fisher’s post this morning, “Sorry…but your baby is ugly!”, the serial entrepreneur and angel investor made no apologies for the honest and direct feedback he regularly gives to entrepreneurs who pitch their ideas to him. “I try to inject humor; I try to be direct,” Fisher wrote, “I try to let them know…

  • Big Omaha Video Series: Dan Martell of Flowtown

    Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the eighth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, a social marketing platform focused on helping small businesses achieve real results in the world of social media. An award-winning entrepreneur at age 25,…

  • With expanded facilities and team, Hudl gears up for the fall

    Usually it’s Hudl that helps coaches win, and not the other way around. But these days, Hudl might be wise to seek the advice of the coaches it’s accustomed to assisting, because the Lincoln-based company, which produces web-based coaching software, may require auxiliary insight on subjects like overseeing a big recruiting class and adapting to…

  • View from the FishBowl: Sorry…but your baby is ugly!

    Grandma Fisher gave me a pretty good set of rules to live life by. All in all, her simple folksy logic has served me well over the years. When it came to being nervous about giving a presentation or a really important meeting, her advice was simple and to the point. Just remember…they can’t eat…