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dsmHack draws 80 participants, builds projects for 9 local nonprofits
The Des Moines Charity Hackathon started out as a simple idea: Wouldn’t it be cool if developers could “donate” their skills to nonprofits in a fun, useful way? “We wanted to capitalize on the wealth of talent in our community by bringing together all the developers and designers and creative minds who live here, and…
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Year of the Startup chooses four for inaugural residential accelerator
Starting Sept. 3, four young entrepreneurs will spend 365 days together in a Midtown Omaha home as part of residential accelerator Year of the Startup. Sabastian Hunt, organizer of Year of the Startup, hoped to get as many as 50 applications but ended up with 16. “But our list of finalists has exceeded our expectations…
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Cousins’ Startup Weekend idea grabs Cards Against Humanity contest win
Cousins Cara Heacock and Marcus Ross had a winning combination when they created Discount Salmon, a tabletop card game that won Tabletop Deathmatch. Last week, the pair were announced as the winners out of 500 entries for the game design competition put on by the makers of Cards Against Humanity, the hilariously dark, inappropriate version…
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Submissions for the Iowa Business Plan Competition due Friday
The deadline for the Iowa Business Plan Competition has been extended, so make sure to get your executive summaries in by Friday. The competition is meant to “stimulate entrepreneurial activity and greater awareness of the resources available to grow entrepreneurs in Iowa…
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Weekly Recap: Hudl in the NY Times, EyeVerify on Fox, a blog on pivots
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…