Opinion
March 4, 2015 by David Arnold
Top tier accelerators like Techstars and YCombinator have built brands based on high-quality results that have generated interest from startups and investors without the need for significant outreach or effort. Due to their success the nation has seen similar programs pop up in each state, and we’re now experiencing increased segmentation between those in rare air and everyone else who’s left competing for the startups who don’t get accepted to the premier programs. read more
News
March 3, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
On Monday Yahoo celebrated its 20th anniversary with a global party and a record-breaking mass yodel. Over 350 Yahoo employees in the Omaha area participated in the event. The Omaha office includes ad operations, sales, and finance, as well as a data center, serving Yahoo’s one billion users. Altogether these departments make Omaha/La Vista the 5th largest Yahoo office in the nation. read more
News
March 2, 2015 by Rod Armstrong
Among the 20 people who testified before the Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, there was general agreement that Transportation Network Companies (as rideshare companies are defined in the bill) have a role to play in the state’s transportation picture. read more
News
March 2, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
Lincoln-based game company Clockwork Demon raised over $17,000 in its first 4 days of its Kickstarter campaign for its first game, Adopted, and is poised to reach over $20,000. read more
Profiles
March 2, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
This is the first in our series Better Know A Developer, in which we go behind the scenes at some of the Midwest's best startups. This week we met with Jeff Hale, CTO at Agilx, in his office at the Nebraska Technology Park in Lincoln. read more
Events
February 27, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
Omaha Code School was packed last weekend as over 100 people gathered to develop and pitch startup ideas from scratch for Startup Weekend Nebraska. Many of the participants were students from Creighton, UNO, Metro, and UNL. read more
Job Board
February 27, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
Every week, Silicon Prairie News gathers together a list of job openings in the region's tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these jobs 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 the duration in the form. (Free postings last 4 weeks.) Positions submitted by noon each Wednesday will be presented in Friday's weekly post. read more
Profiles
February 26, 2015 by Ryan Pendell
Next Thursday Shabnam Mogharabi, CEO and Executive Producer at SoulPancake, will be in Omaha as one of the featured keynote speakers for the Omaha YP Summit. SPN talked with Mogharabi about what she has learned starting a nationally recognized new media company. read more
