March 23, 2012

  • Prairie Portrait: Jonathan Fisher of Legal Sonar

    Silicon Prairie News: After working for larger companies like American Century and Cerner, what made you decide to take the startup plunge with Legal Sonar? | Jonathan Fisher: I’m honestly not sure yet. One thing is for sure, it was the craziest decision I’ve made with my life! Part of it was wanting to be…

  • Sales engineer, UI designer, customer service representative and 10 more

    We’re excited to bring you our 96th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using …

  • Renaud kicks off Summit with focus on Silicon Prairie ecosystem (Video)

    As a follow up to our recap post in February, the full video (above) of Christian Renaud’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship opening keynote is now available. Renaud, a co-founder of the technology startup incubator StartupCity Des Moines, focused his presentation on the idea of the Silicon Prairie ecosystem and the advantages of being pragmatic Midwestern…

  • Symantec CEO talks security, startup approach at KCITP event (Video)

    Kansas City Information Technology Professoinals (KCITP) on Wednesday hosted InfoSec Night, an event to highlight information security and its role in consumer electronics. Staged at the Regneir Center on the campus of Johnson County Community College, the event featured a keynote delivered by Symantec CEO Enrique Salem. A hackathon-style session followed Salem’s address, and networking…

  • Introducing Founder Friday: Silicon Prairie starters share lessons learned

    Blog more. That’s always my first piece of advice to startup founders who ask me, “What can I do to increase our exposure?” On March 30, we’ll kick off a new weekly series that aims to do just that. Penned by statup founders who are based in or hail from the Silicon Prairie, our new…

  • Prairie Moves: Eli Perelman, ShareWhere, LiveOn 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…

  • Final hours to buy a Prairie Pass, Big Omaha ticket release at 11 a.m.

    Less than three hours remain to purchase our new Prairie Pass, a certified way to guarantee your seat at our two premier events, Big Omaha 2012 in May and Thinc Iowa 2012 in October. A limited number of Prairie Passes – which also give the purchaser a 10 percent discount – are available until 11…