February 17, 2014

  • Weekly Recap: Google’s 10G Internet, Omaha Event Draft & more

    It’s no secret that our editorial team loves hearing about what’s going on in the Midwest tech and startup community. But, try as we might, we’re not always able to cover every company or report each development a startup may have. That’s where the Weekly Recap comes in…

  • Adam Coomes joins CouponCloud to tackle half-trillion-dollar industry

    Adam Coomes didn’t know it when he sat down to consult Matthew Simrell about a month ago, but he was about to become a co-founder. He heard about Simrell’s startup, CouponCloud, and its intention to tackle what Simrell calls an “antiquated,” half-trillion-dollar industry: coupon processing, particularly for consumer packaged goods (CPG) …

  • Thanks to the 100+ Omahans who joined us for our first meetup of 2014

    On Thursday evening, more than 100 members of the Omaha startup community joined the Silicon Prairie News team for our first meetup of 2014. We also took the opportunity to announcement that Twitter co-founder Evan Williams will be speaking at this year’s Big Omaha…

  • Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids organization a community effort

    It’s been more than a year since a Startup Weekend has been hosted in Iowa’s Creative Corridor. Later this month, a number of Cedar Rapids’ community entities and leaders are coming together to change that with Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids…

  • Powderhook expands to 11 states, lists 20K hunting, fishing locations

    Lincoln-based startup Powderhook—a free web and mobile service that connects hunters and anglers with places to hunt and fish—has now expanded to 11 states, stretching from Texas to North Dakota and more in the middle of America.…