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February 15, 2013

  • Growing the Silicon Prairie: Connecting with our expats

    Growing the Silicon Prairie startup community has been part of our organization’s mission since its earliest days. That includes drawing attention to new startups, shining a spotlight on those making strides, sharing news about great events in the region and highlighting the folks working hard behind the scenes. When I presented “Silicon Prairie News, the…

  • Feld on Fiber: “I want to see what people come up with!”

    Following Wednesday’s news that Brad Feld purchased a home in Kansas City’s first “Fiberhood,” we reached out to the notable venture capitalist to learn more about the backstory of his purchase and his interest in Google Fiber. “I met Ben Barreth at Thinc Iowa. I loved his story and the Hacker House idea,” Feld said…

  • Join us Thursday for a Silicon Prairie expat meetup in San Francisco

    I’m hosting a meetup Thursday at the Press Club of San Francisco (above) starting at 5:30 p.m. local time. This expat meetup is geared to connect those who hail from the Silicon Prairie region – Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri – and now live in the Bay Area as well as those who have an…

  • Six keys to selling to businesses

    (Guest post by Mike Colwell.) Selling to businesses (B2B) can be hard but I will argue it can be very rewarding. I gained my selling to business experiences in the 80s and early 90s with a company called Norand Data Systems out of Cedar Rapids Iowa. We were selling new technologies (mobile and wireless computing)…

  • Software developer, hardware tech, QA associate and 51 more

    Every Friday, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region’s tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions …