December 26, 2011

  • Holiday roundup: From a Google Fiber poem to a … ‘Holidaysbutt?’

    We’ve rounded up more than a half-dozen creative, clever and sometimes confusing holiday greetings from startups, web development shops, marketing firms and, in its usual festive mode, Google. Check out the short descriptions and screenshots below for a link to each item of seasonal cheer …

  • Prairie Moves: Songdish, StaffNinja, QuickCal and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day early this week with last Thursday’s edition missed) 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…

  • For ISoft founder, part-time salvage yard job leads to thriving tech startup

    While studying electrical engineering at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Matthew Wegener had a part time job at a salvage yard where he worked on cars and poured concrete. During his time there, Wegener realized the salvage yard needed an inventory management system. He made a proposal to build the system for them on evenings and…

  • New Nebraska Angels head Dillashaw seeks more members, deals in 2012

    The new president of the Nebraska Angels has two goals for 2012: “More members and more deals.” Bart Dillashaw, a Lincoln attorney, succeeded Nebraska Angels founder John Brasch in October as the second president in the organization’s history. Dillashaw has been interested in technology and startups since attending college in Texas during the ’90s dot-com…