May 23, 2014

  • Sprint, Techstars CEOs to speak at accelerator’s first demo day

    Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Techstars CEO David Cohen will deliver remarks at the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars Demo Day, June 12. Each mobile health startup will present after their three-month journey of intense learning, creating, mentoring and collaborating. Teams participating in the Accelerator are developing solutions that encompass hardware, software platforms, transformative…

  • Web developer, interactive designer, Chamber intern and 23 more

    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 from public postings. To submit a job listing for consideration (free), complete our job board submission form. To feature a job listing (paid), select…

  • Ellen Gustafson’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap

    Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…

  • Straight Shot accelerator moves to new North Downtown Omaha digs

    Straight Shot accelerator is changing locations from Aksarben Village’s Scott Technology Center to The Wareham building in North Downtown Omaha, near the Creighton University campus. “The views from our new digs, which include gorgeous shots of TD Ameritrade Park, First National Bank’s tower and more, are surely going to make each of the seven companies thankful…

  • Ascent helps bring Startup Boot Camp for Women to eastern Iowa

    Iowa organizations are coming together to support a program that helps attract and train more female entrepreneurs. Next month when the fourth Iowa Startup Business Boot Camp for Women kicks off, the program will be presented by Cedar Rapids-based Ascent, an organization focused on strengthening female entrepreneurship in Iowa.