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.

To submit an event for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com.

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Educational events

Technology Entrepreneur Speakers Program Series: Sprint vice president Kevin McGinnis, Tuesday,  5:30-7 p.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Polsinelli Shughart PC): Tech ESP highlights experiences, lessons learned and unique issues and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in the creation of a new enterprise. (Learn more) (Register)

Under30CEO presents Kyle Johnson and Thad Langford, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (The Beacon Tavern): The speakers will share how they achieved growth at their companies and the best ways to go about securing funding for your venture. (Learn more)

Mastercraft Advisors Lunch & Learn: Business Valuation Basics – What Makes a Company Valuable?, Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Omaha (Silicon Prairie News): This presentation will cover the various purposes, methods and techniques employed in valuing a closely held business. (Register)

Cornstalks presents PaySAFE founder Matthew Medlock, Thursday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Omaha (Silicon Prairie News): Once a month entrepreneurs connect at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s event Cornstalks to discuss typical issues faced by entrepreneurs. (Learn more)

Hacking the Gigabit City, Friday-Sunday

Kansas City, Mo. (Google Fiber Space and Kauffman Labs): Attendees will spend the weekend brainstorming and creating innovative uses of Kansas City’s mind-bendingly-fast internet. (Register)

Coders 4 Charity, Friday-Sunday

Kansas City, Mo. (Cerner Corporation’s Riverport Campus): The weekend pairs up teams of web developers, designers and analysts with representatives of local charities who receive “extreme makeovers” of web sites or full online applications for their use in just 48 hours. (Register)

Meetups

Geek Night, Monday, 6 p.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen): Geek Night started as a group of developers and entrepreneurs; you’ll find many laptops and conversations about code and community. (Learn more)

1 Million Cups Kansas City, Wednesday, 9-10 a.m.

Kansas City, Mo. (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation): Each week, 1 Million Cups showcases one startup from the Kansas City area. (Learn more)

1 Million Cups Des Moines, Wednesday, 9-10 a.m.

West Des Moines, Iowa (Green Grounds Cafe): Each week, 1 Million Cups showcases one startup from the Des Moines area. (Learn more)

1 Million Cups Cedar Rapids, Wednesday, 9-10 a.m.

Cedar Rapids (Vault): Each week, 1 Million Cups showcases one startup from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area. (Learn more)

Open Coffee, Thursday, 8-9 a.m.

Lincoln (Crescent Moon Coffee): An opportunity to share coffee, stories, insights, questions and connections with fellow entrepreneurs, developers, designers, investors and folks interested in building a better startup community. (Learn more)

TechBrew Cedar Rapids, Thursday, 5-7 p.m.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Dublin City Pub): An informal gathering of entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders getting together to talk over a beer (social lubrication). (Learn more)

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Upcoming

Make sure to keep an eye out for these upcoming Silicon Prairie News events and those we’re helping to promote as a media sponsor.

Big Kansas City by Silicon Prairie News, March 26-28

Kansas City, Mo. (Hangar 9, National Airline History Museum): Big Kansas City is part of The Big Series, the nation’s most ambitious events on innovation and entrepreneurship. (Learn more) (Register)

Technology Association of Iowa Prometheus Awards, April 9

Des Moines, Iowa (Veterans Memorial Auditorium): The Prometheus Awards have been established as Iowa’s largest and most prestigious distinction dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the innovation and brilliance of Iowa’s high-tech industry. (Learn more) (Register)

Hack of the Sexes, Arpil 26-27

Kansas City, Mo. (Kauffman Labs): Boys versus girls takes on a whole new meaning as this event promotes gender diversity in technology and competes to develop practical, open source solutions to civic problems in the tech and entrepreneurship community in Kansas City. (Learn more) (Register)

Big Omaha by Silicon Prairie News, May 8-10

Omaha (KANEKO): Big Omaha is part of The Big Series, the nation’s most ambitious events on innovation and entrepreneurship. (Learn more) (Register)