November 15, 2011

  • Prairie Moves: Sojern, Annie Sorensen, Wade Arnold and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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…

  • See Hudl’s new iPhone app in action, watch its creators interviewed

    For iPhone-toting Hudl users hoping to pass the time during lengthy pre-game bus rides or looking to squeeze some film study into the few fleeting moments between classes … well, now there’s an app for that. Hudl, the Lincoln company that makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports coaches, today released its first iPhone…

  • RestingSpot, Mobile Truckr among East 2 West Venture finalists

    Invest Nebraska Corporation has announced six finalists for the 2011 East 2 West Venture Competition. These entrepreneurs will pitch …

  • Midlands Business Journal unveils its 10th annual ’40 Under 40′

    The Midlands Business Journal has announced its 10th annual “40 Under 40” class, a group of 40 of the greater Omaha area’s top entrepreneurs, executives and professionals under the age of 40. The MBJ also named Chris Hughes of Artifact Bag Co. its Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Hughes and this year’s 40 Under 40…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Emma Peterson and Adam Belz

    PrairieCast Episode 62 is coming to you live today at 2 p.m with guests Emma Peterson of Tikly and Adam Belz of the Des Moines Register. We’ll be talking about Horsebot3k’s big win at Startup Weekend Kansas City, tomorrow’s Startup Job Crawl in Des Moines and Dwolla blowing up the national media scene. Did you…

  • Kansas City mayors speak at Startup Weekend KC (full video)

    Over lunch on Saturday at Startup Weekend Kansas City, Kansas City, Kan. Mayor Joe Reardon and Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Sly James stopped to meet some of the participants, deliver remarks on entrepreneurship, innovation and Google Fiber in Kansas City as well as open themselves up to a 20-minute Q&A. We’ve captured their 10-minute remarks…

  • Q&A: Entrepreneurs Unpluggd founders share their stories, goals

    Entrepreneurs Unpluggd comes to the Silicon Prairie today with an event in Kansas City featuring a fantastic lineup of speakers. Behind Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, a Chicago-based blog and event production company, are co-founders Tim Jahn, who has been a regular at Big Omaha, and Stella Fayman …