September 20, 2012

  • Startup Weekend Omaha returns Friday, registration still open

    Startup Weekend Omaha makes its fourth appearance in Omaha this weekend, taking over The Mastercraft building – including the Silicon Prairie News office – in North Downtown. Tickets ($75) are still available. The event begins at 6 p.m. Friday with idea pitches and wraps up Sunday at 6 p.m. with final pitches. “The split of…

  • Think Big announces first accelerator class, attracts L.A. and N.Y. startups

    Think Big Partners today announced the six startups accepted into the first class of its Think Big Accelerator, a 22-week program that starts Tuesday in the company’s coworking space, bizperc. Each startup receives investment, mentorship and business services, an offering Think Big Partners managing partner Herb Sih said is done through a “joint venture” of…

  • Iowa City to host second Startup Weekend Oct. 5-7

    Startup Weekend Iowa City is back for a second go-around Oct. 5-7, and tickets are still available for developers, designers and businesspeople. The weekend-long event, which is designed to help participants learn the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures, will take place inside the John Pappajohn Business Building (21 East Market St.) on…

  • Share your Silicon Prairie thoughts to win a Thinc Iowa ticket

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the premeir sponsor of Thinc Iowa 2012, wants to hear your ideas to make the Silicon Prairie a more collaborative region for entrepreneurs and startups. In exchange, they want to send you to Thinc Iowa and, while you’re there, buy you dinner. The six individuals who submit the best answers…

  • Hurrdat turns 2, reveals new brand opendorse

    Hurrdat Social Media celebrated its second birthday last week with an open house and the reveal of its new software company, opendorse, which is set to launch in early 2013. Opendorse was formerly known as The Hurrdat Athlete Engagement Program. Hurrdat, which is based in Lincoln, recently rebranded the software for scalability with the help…