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With app for safe parks, SuperRanger takes top prize at OpenIowa
An application that uses public data in an effort to make parks safer emerged Sunday as the winner of the inaugural OpenIowa at StartupCity Des Moines. SuperRanger, an app created by the team of Drew Maifeld, Yas Kuraishi, Melissa Burkheimer and Bethany Wilcoxon, took took home first place and a $500 prize at the conclusion…
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Win a Big Omaha ticket with a written or recorded entry by Tuesday
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation contest for a chance to win a free Big Omaha 2012 ticket ends at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. To enter, tell us why you want to attend Big Omaha and what it means to participate in an entrepreneurial community. We’re collecting entries using the video Q&A site VYou, or if…
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Paul Kedrosky touts merits of ‘waste’ in latest Google Fiber talk (Video)
Kansas City is on the verge of an opportunity for unprecedented waste. And that, Paul Kedrosky believes, could be a wonderful thing. That was the message Kedrosky (left), a senior fellow at the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, conveyed to a lunchtime crowd on April 18 in the third installment of the Kauffman…
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Calling all Silicon Prairie startups, we want you for our Facebook photo
It’s time to switch up the cover photo on the Silicon Prairie News Facebook page, and we want to feature you, the members of the Silicon Prairie startup community. The plan is to change our cover photo each week with photos of Silicon Prairie-based startups. This is where you come in: we’re asking that you…
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Events: L5, Startup Academy, Iowa Code Camp 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…