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@BadBanana sparks a good Twitter trend: #NewNebraskaSlogan
Not yet a trending topic, likely not even close, but tweets from around the world have begun pouring in with the hashtag …
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Silicon Prairie startups, PeggyBank and Kickanotch, hit major tech blogs
PeggyBank, an Omaha-based startup uploading old media online for users, and Kickanotch, a Kansas City-based startup building a one-stop app management and monetization platform for media companies, both earned some great ink today from major tech blogs, TechCrunch and GigaOm, respectively. A writeup on PeggyBank’s business model, pointing out their use of daily deal sites…
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Nebraska Angel Tax Credit Program opens to investor applications
The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) today outlined implementation steps for the new Angel Investment Tax Credit Program (LB 389). Investors can start applying today for certification to be eligible for a 35-40 percent refundable state income tax credit for investment in certified Nebraska startups. The bill goes into …
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Kansas City mayors form Innovation Team to capitalize on Google Fiber
Upload and download speeds, it appears, are far from the only things that will be accelerated by the arrival of Google’s Ultra-High Speed Network in Kansas City. The impending installation of the Google Fiber network has also helped jump-start a collaborative effort between city governments of both Kansas Citys. Sly James, the mayor of Kansas…
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Announcing the Chris Pirillo Meetup in Des Moines on Monday
In a fortunate coincidence of timing, I connected via email with Silicon Prairie native-son Chris Pirillo through a friend in Seattle earlier this week and Chris happened to mention that would soon be on his way to Des Moines for a visit to the legendary Iowa State Fair (side note: the butter cow is now…
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What Cheer abuzz with Bumble, a home phone app for children
On Sunday, What Cheer launched its first product, Bumble, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) app designed for children to make safe and easy calls. Alex Gates, a developer at the web design studio, had been working on a way for his young children to make calls to their grandparents using a simple web interface,…
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Checking in with Sam Schill, startup swag guru and budding entrepreneur
To categorize Sam Schill’s immersion into the world of tech startups using the lexicon of that land, the Ames businessman has quickly gone from just checking in to becoming a veritable super mayor. A little more than a year removed from making his first foray into the landscape of tech entrepreneurship — when he helped…
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View from the FishBowl – Negotiation Series: Know what you want … and what the other side wants…
It takes two to tango…and negotiate. Therefore, there are typically two sides any negotiation and if you are able to figure out both sides, you will be successful more often. Simple case; take a used automobile. Unlike a new car that has a sticker price, the used car is priced subject to a variety of…
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Cornstalks Demo Night: The MightyMoRiver Project by Chris Augeri (Video)
Although this last post in our series covering Cornstalks Demo Night isn’t highlighting a startup’s product built from the ground up, the event’s organizer, Tom Chapman of the Greater Omaha Chamber, included it in the lineup for its relation to current events. In response to the major flooding occurring throughout the Midwest, Omahan Chris Augeri…