August 19, 2011

  • Weekly Wrap-Up: Cruising down the 101

    In terms of noteworthy 101s, today’s Weekly Wrap-Up was right up there with the likes of Cruella De Vil’s desired dalmatians and the West Coast’s marquee motorway. Or something like that. Yeah, so we’re hurting for a unique intro to today’s show. So, yeah, we’re milking the whole “close enough to the 100th WWU to…

  • SPN Out & About: Startup Weekend Los Angeles

    In the latest travelogue of the globe-trotting Silicon Prairie News team (well, not quite “globe-trotting” yet), I’ve landed in the City of Angels to attend this weekend’s Startup Weekend event at Coloft. While this is purely a personal trip on my personal budget …

  • Innovation Chamber: How to engage in entrepreneurship & keep a day job

    So, you are not an entrepreneur, but you want to engage in the Silicon Prairie community. What should you do? First, I question whether or not you are an entrepreneur. In my opinion, entrepreneurship looks a bit like a bell curve. While most people are not as entrepreneurial as Richard Branson, many could become entrepreneurs…

  • Guest Post: The value of Stack, an un-conference for creative professionals

    This is a guest post by Joe Olsen, CEO and director of strategy and innovation at Phenomblue, an interactive brand experience agency. With Omaha Creative Week just around the corner (Sept. 5-11), we’ve invited Olsen to author a guest post about Stack, an unconference he’ll be heading up for the second year. With Stack taking…

  • Industrial designer, community manager, interns and more

    We’re excited to bring you our 66th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions from Eyeking in Omaha, Tabitha and Hudl in Lincoln, Google Fiber and Digital Evolution …

  • Pongr infographic provides peek at ImagePulse statistics

    Could it be that — gasp! — the power of the Swoosh trumps the seemingly unstoppable force of nature known as Bieber Fever? Certainly not in the eyes of True Beliebers — by whom we now half expect to be barraged with angry emails. But a new infographic …