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Prochnow, Ellies, Fishback sound off at KC’s first Entrepreneurs Unpluggd
Last week, we checked in with Tim Jahn and Stella Fayman of Entrepreneurs Unpluggd before they traveled to Kansas City to put on their first event in the Silicon Prairie. The theme for the event, which was held Nov. 15 at Screenland Crown Center and featured Bo Fishback of Zaarly, Tyler Prochnow of Think Big…
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Inaugural HOME event to showcase local artists, craftsmen and designers
As event producers ourselves, we like learning about and attending new and ambitious events in the region. In the past, we’ve told readers about Omaha Fashion Week, MAHA Music Festival and 80/35. Today, we want to share an event kicking off Friday, Dec. 2 called HOME: A Birdhouse Interiors and Art Exhibition. Put on by…
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Prop hits goal, becomes Nebraska’s highest funded Kickstarter project
A crowdfunding campaign started just over a month ago by four former and current University of Nebraska–Lincoln students has ended in success, raising almost 120 percent of its initial $18,000 goal to begin the manufacturing of the Prop, a patent-pending portable laptop stand. The group behind the invention, MAKE Collaboration, conducted its …
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Q&A: Startup Job Crawl participants share insights from ‘Silicon Sixth’
Last week, with the help of 22 startups and related organizations, Silicon Prairie News heldi its first Startup Job Crawl on “Silicon Sixth” Avenue in downtown Des Moines. More than 80 students from …
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Pipeline to unveil 2012 class, name top 2011 innovator at Jan. 26 event
Pipeline, a Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship, announced earlier this month that it will unveil its 2012 class — the program’s first regional class — and recognize the top entrepreneur from its 2011 class at its Innovator of The Year (IOTY) event …