November 1, 2013

  • View all the photos from the Welcome to the Silicon Prairie Party

    Members of the Silicon Prairie welcomed the UP Global community to Iowa City for the first UP America Summit last Tuesday. As a kickoff to the two-and-a-half-day event, party attendees—presenting a full spectrum of entrepreneurs, community leaders and students—gathered from all over the region and the country to meet and mingle …

  • Startup that helps nonprofits manage volunteers launches with chili cook-off

    Leawood, Kan.-based startup VolunteerMark is celebrating its recent launch with an event fitting of its mission—a charity chili cook-off …

  • Silicon Prairie Spooky: Companies across the region celebrate Halloween

    Two years ago we shared some of the Silicon Prairie’s spookiest Halloween costumes. Now we’re back for a second round of Halloween hijinx and startup shenanigans. Check out some of the best parties, pumpkins and punny costumes the Silicon Prairie had to offer this year …

  • Microsoft .NET developer, software engineer and 29 more

    The SPN job board is sponsored by Hudl. Hudl is looking for great designers, developers and project managers. Know one? Hit them up: hudl.com/jobs. Every week, 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 are submitted by companies and gathered…

  • Two UNL schools debut design thinking course for first-year students

    No one seems to remember exactly how it happened. They know it started with a Silicon Prairie News story about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management last December. There was some talk around the College of Architecture, an e-mail from interim dean …