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9 Blue Labs to connect ‘exceptional ideas with exceptional talent’
Eliason Media founder James Eliason and recent technical hire, Levi Rosol, are teaming up to launch 9 Blue Labs on August 1. “At 9 Blue Labs,” Eliason wrote in the company’s first blog post, “we bring together exceptional ideas with …
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PrairieCast with Amanda Styron, Josh Cramer and Tom Chapman (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and booked guest Amanda Styron, co-founder of SeedHere in Cedar Rapids to talk about her upcoming “Cowtown to Boomtown” series of events. Instead of just Styron, we had surprise guests Josh Cramer …
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Innovation Chamber: Increasing the region’s population through migration (Part 1 of 3)
The Silicon Prairie Region needs to increase its population. Omaha has lagged fast growing cities like Austin for the last 50 years. In 20 years, one key indicator of success as an entrepreneurial an innovative hub will be whether the community has added people. Places like Silicon Valley and Austin have shown meteoric increases in…
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Greater Kansas City Chamber holding Innovation Conference on Thursday
We’re not quite sure how this one flew under our radar for so long, but if you’re in Kansas City with an open schedule on Thursday, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is holding its 2011 Innovation Conference at H&R Block World Headquarters. Advance registration for the event costs $100 for chamber members and…
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Prairie Moves: Josh Cramer, Marcus Ross, Randomnade and 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Amanda Styron
Join us at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 46 of PrairieCast streaming live on the web from beautiful Des Moines. Our guest will be Amanda Styron, co-founder of the new organization SeedHere working to further innovation in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area. We’ll be discussing the “Cowtown to Boomtown” events series that Styron is coordinating…
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Newsy finds fertile ground growing multi-source news in Missouri
Telling the story of his move from northern California to middle Missouri, Jim Spencer peppers in a couple of punch lines that have become well-polished with use. In 2008, Spencer relocated from San Francisco to Columbia, Mo. to start Newsy, a provider of multi-platform, multi-source video news analysis. “I explained to the folks in northern…