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Have a startup in the Silicon Prairie? Join Thinc Iowa’s Startup Circle
Preparations for our inaugural Thinc Iowa conference in October are moving fast. For those keeping track, it’s less than three months away and over the course of the next few weeks, you’ll see more information from us as the website goes live and tickets go on sale. One development that we wanted to roll out…
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37 Gs for 140 characters: at U of Iowa, money grows on tweets
Copious dollars/ From a dearth of characters/ Money grows on tweets Fortunately for John Yates, his recent try at haiku was substantially stronger than our attempt to tell the story of his unusual scholarship in 17 on. Last week, Yates won a full financial award package (valued at $37,240) from the University of Iowa Tippie…
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MindMixer infographic captures “state of cities’ ideas”
So we’re sort of suckers for sweet infographics like this. But, come on, can you really blame us? I mean, just look at it. This gem, courtesy of the team at MindMixer, shows the “state of the cities’ ideas” for the month of July. In other words, in this illustration, MindMixer, an Omaha-based company that…
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Calling all contributors: SPN adding to team across the region
Each week, we come across more and more stories in the Silicon Prairie that need to be heard. Whether it’s details about a freshly-launched product or the experiences of veteran entrepreneur, there are tales to be told all across the region, and we’re doing our best to cover them. With two full-time editors on staff…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the 14th video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features an extended Q&A panel with Dan Martell of Flowtown, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, Mark Eckō of Artists & Instigators, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Ben Huh of Cheezburger…