November 13, 2012

  • Prairie Moves: Google Fiber is live in Kansas City, Kan.

    Lead Read: “Google Fiber installations kick off today” – With a blog post and press conference today, Google began in-home installations of its one-gigabit internet connection in Kansas City, Kan. | Quotable: “We’re seriously looking forward to what will surely be the strangest hackathon of 2012.” – The Next Web covers Dwolla’s announcement of its…

  • Prairie Portrait: Lucas Turner, Creighton University senior

    Silicon Prairie News: To what would you attribute your interest in social entrepreneurship? Can you pinpoint any particular individuals or experiences that sparked it? | Lucas Turner: I first became aware of social entrepreneurship as a potential career path after coming to Creighton. It sounded like the perfect major because it allowed my passions of…

  • Join us tonight at 6 for a BIG Global Entrepreneurship Week shindig

    If you caught the Startup@Kauffman Demo Day or helped break a world record for speed networking, your Global Entrepreneurship Week fun has only just begun. Tonight, Silicon Prairie News is …

  • Watch KC Startup Village get Google Fiber at 1 p.m. (Live stream)

    Google will officially flip the switch on Google Fiber today in Kansas City, Kan., and the occupants of of KC Startup Village, a …

  • Welcome to Sprint, one of SPN’s Kansas City Launch Partners

    Today we’re excited to introduce our first sponsor among an amazing group of businesses whose support is making our full-time presence in Kansas City possible. Sprint, the telecommunications giant that calls Kansas City home, is a Kansas City …