March 2, 2012

  • Prairie Moves: Internet Solver, PeggyBank, Jordan Lampe and more

    Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • The Des Moines foursquare badge has arrived

    The official “city badge” for the five winners of foursquare’s #VisitUS contest debuted this afternoon and for Des Moines that means a new global look at the Iowa State Fair’s famous butter cow. Des Moines entry to the contest was spearheaded by students in Chris Snider’s Social Media Strategies …

  • Prairie Portrait: Melanie Haas of Prairie Cube Media

    Silicon Prairie News: Having worked for an agency while running your own business on the side, can you compare and contrast your processes and approach for the two different types of work? Melanie Haas: A lot of small businesses are built on a passion for what they do, but lack the knowledge or experience to…

  • Welcome new sponsor, Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

    Today I get the honor of introducing you to our newest online sponsor, Novak Druce + Quigg LLP. Novak Druce + Quigg is a national intellectual property law firm with clients across the globe and offices on both coasts and in Texas. They don’t have a physical location in the Silicon Prairie but have taken…

  • Kiene closes Summit with ‘You might be a Nebraska entrepreneur if…’

    “You might be a Nebraska entrepreneur if you believe in quality before quantity,” Steve Kiene (left) told the crowd during his closing keynote at last Friday’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. In a style reminiscent of Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be a redneck if…” routine, Kiene, the managing principal of the Lincoln-based software investment fund …

  • Looking to hire? Discover candidates with Opportunities on the Prairie

    Over the last few months, we’ve seen more and more positions submitted for our Opportunities on the Prairie posts, a series published every Friday that lists a variety of job opportunities, from week-long projects to internships to full-time positions. As we continue to help employers find the best-fit candidates, we’re introducing something new to streamline…

  • Software engineer, copywriter, developer, intern and 13 more

    We’re excited to bring you our 93rd Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our Job Board …

  • A photo and video roundup of the Nebraska Summit and SPN Meetup

    More than 70 people joined Silicon Prairie News and Jelecos for our meetup on Feb. 24 immediately following the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. A record number of close to 600 entrepreneurial-minded folks joined Nebraska Entrepreneur for the day-long conference that featured keynote speeches from Christian Renaud, Mary Ann O’Brien and …

  • World-Herald to host programming competition Hack Omaha in April

    Over the past year, the Omaha World-Herald has released a number of noteworthy projects that make use of public data. Now, staff members of the state’s most-read daily newspaper and website are inviting the public into their newsroom to hack on that data with them. The inaugural Hack Omaha, a weekend programming competition during which…