September 22, 2012

  • The eight teams of Startup Weekend Omaha (Photos)

    Startup Weekend Omaha is nearly 30 hours in. Its 60-some competitors have formed eight teams and spread themselves throughout The Mastercraft, occupying four offices in the North Downtown building to see their ideas through. Before those ideas were pitched Friday, Omaha co-organizer and former Startup Weekend COO Shane Reiser kicked off the event with an…

  • Watch eCreamery try to close a “sweet deal” on Shark Tank (Video)

    The co-founders of Omaha-based eCreamery appeared Friday on ABC’s Shark Tank, pitching the five “sharks” for a $250,000 investment in exchange for 33 percent of their company. “Who doesn’t love ice cream?” Abby Jordan opened the pitch. “However, no one in the $23 billion ice cream industry is positioning ice cream as a gift.” Ecreamery,…

  • Hear Brad Feld speak about “Startup Communities” at Thinc Iowa

    We’re thrilled to have investor, entrepreneur and author Brad Feld join us in Des Moines in a little more than two weeks to present at Thinc Iowa 2011, our conference on innovation and entrepreneurship. Brad’s work in Boulder, Colo. has served as a model for what we’ve been building within the Silicon Prairie News community…

  • Weekly Startup Links: ‘Top 12 TED Talks for Entrepreneurs’ and more

    Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.