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SEIN Analytics takes top prize in Gigabit Challenge
After more than three hours of business-plan pitches and an entire day’s worth of events, SEIN Analytics and Asset Management emerged from a field of 19 finalists to earn the grand prize …
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SOPA: Lee listens, Saddle Creek sets record straight and Moran reaffirms
Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska announced today that he is removing his name as a co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”), which is one of two highly contested bills (along with the Protect IP Act, or “PIPA”) at the center of today’s internet backlash. “Thank you for your concern about #SOPA,” Terry said…
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Prairie Portrait: Norah Carroll of Lava Row
Bio: Lava Row strategist, Drake University j-school graduate, Minnesota native. Proud mother of a hedgehog named Woz (after Steve Wozniak, of course). | Title: Digital Strategist at Lava Row | Age: 22 | City: Des Moines, Iowa | Website: norahcarroll.com | Twitter: @norahcarroll | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/norahcarroll | Intro music: “I Like to Move It” by…
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Join us for the SPN Meetup with Layeredi tonight at House of Loom
Join us tonight for our Silicon Prairie News Meetup with Layered Innovations (Layeredi) from 5-8 p.m. at House of Loom. There will be much up for discussion at the meetup, given today’s hot topic of the SOPA Strike, which includes more than a dozen Silicon Prairie-based companies blacking out their sites. Educate yourself so you…
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Live-streaming: The Gigabit Challenge finale’s 19 pitches
The Gigabit Challenge, a business plan competition hosted by Kansas City’s Think Big Partners to mark the arrival of Google’s one-gigabit fiber network in the city, wraps up today with a full day of events, highlighted by 19 business pitches, at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch (4801 Main St.). If you can’t make…
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List of Silicon Prairie sites protesting SOPA and politicians supporting it
Don’t plan on turning to Wikipedia today to learn about the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) or the Protect IP Act (“PIPA”), the site’s English version has been taken offline for 24 hours. And if you’re looking for a laugh, Lolcats and FAIL blog are down, as well. These sites, along with an estimated 7,000…
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PrairieCast Video: Bloom.com’s 100K members, SmartyPig’s new president
This week on PrairieCast, the panel’s topic list included news from social beauty product engine Bloom.com and the social savings platform SmartyPig, the announcement of two statewide events in Iowa (Startup Fair and i2iowa) and a look at Sarah Lacy’s new venture PandoDaily. This week’s guests: Emma Peterson of Tikly, Sam DuRegger …