February 6, 2012

  • Prairie Portrait: Amanda Garner of Nebraska Global

    Bio: Do-Gooder, information gatherer, data nerd, pop culture observer, made in Nebraska | Title: Director of Community Outreach, Nebraska Global | Age: 34 | City: Lincoln, Neb. | Website: nebraskaglobal.com | Twitter: @amandanebr | Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/amanda-garner/ | Intro music: “There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You” by Ben Folds | Silicon Prairie News: As the person…

  • Gig Bits: Crews laying fiber in Kansas City, Google applies to test Wi-Fi

    Google announced in a blog post published in the wee hours this morning that crews in Kansas City are ready to begin construction of the company’s much ballyhooed ultra high-speed fiber network. “We’ve measured utility poles; we’ve studied maps and surveyed neighborhoods; we’ve come up with a comprehensive set of detailed …

  • Check out our photos and video from the SPN Meetup with Hatchlings

    Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Groundhog Day Silicon Prairie News Meetup with Hatchlings was quite the sight. Last Thursday, more than 70 people from the Des Moines startup community joined us to celebrate the big holiday. Or perhaps they joined us simply for a chance to pet our spokesrodent Analog the Prairie Dog…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with Mike Ferrari and Mike Colwell

    Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 73 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Our guests this week are Social Money Systems (née SmartyPig) co-founder Mike Ferrari (far left) and BIZ director Mike Colwell (near left). The big change at SmartyPig is tops on our agenda, and of course your favorite new segments…

  • Welcome new sponsor, Internet Solver

    We’d like to welcome the the latest sponsor to lend their support to Silicon Prairie News, Internet Solver. Since we opened the Silicon Prairie News office in Des Moines nearly one year ago, Dave Weis and his team have been our chosen provider for bandwidth. In October, Internet Solver kindly came in as an in-kind…

  • Events: L5 Pint Night, Venture Friday, Startup Beers and more

    Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…