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Startup Weekend Des Moines returning March 2-4
The 54-hour crash course in launching a high-growth business is set to hit Des Moines again next month. Startup Weekend Des Moines is returning for a fourth go-round March 2-4 at StartupCity Des Moines (313 6th Avenue). During the event, teams devote a weekend to building a web or mobile application that could form the…
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The Big Plate to serve entrepreneurs through online, offline events
Two members of Lincoln’s tech scene in early February launched a “grand experiment” they call The Big Plate, an exclusive membership community for entrepreneurs, artists and innovators. Co-founded by Brian Ardinger, the chief marketing officer at Nanonation, and Todd Long, a vice president at Kidwell, The Big Plate is described by Ardinger as a project…
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Capricorn’s Stephen George to speak at Cornstalks on Thursday
Cornstalks returns to its regularly scheduled time this month with a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday featuring Stephen George (left), the co-founder and chief investment officer of Capricorn Investment Group. The evening begins at with a cocktail and appetizer reception and continues with George’s presentation at 7 p.m. This month’s meeting takes place the night…
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Prairie Portrait: Grant Awes, senior at Iowa State University
Silicon Prairie News: Involved with as many startups as you are, how do you divide your time between them all? What’s your startup schedule like for a typical week? | Grant Awes: Dividing up time between them all can definitely be difficult, but I focus on which have the biggest initiatives coming up the soonest.…
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Faces in The Crawl: Interviews from the first Omaha Startup Job Crawl
With upwards of 200 students and 40 companies on hand for the inaugural Silicon Prairie News Omaha Startup Job Crawl last Wednesday night at The Mastercraft, there wasn’t enough time in the evening to interview every last person in attendance about the event. But that didn’t discourage us from putting our reporter’s hats on anyway.…