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  • And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…

    And the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards are…

    After literally thousands of votes, the input of a handful of judges and a lot of creative social media campaigns, all of you dressed to the nines and joined us Thursday evening at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre to see who would be deemed the best of the Prairie. Now we’re excited to share with you…

  • Weekly Recap: Best coffee in KC, entrepreneurial couples, ICAD meeting

    Weekly Recap: Best coffee in KC, entrepreneurial couples, ICAD meeting

    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.

  • Meet our eight-member Silicon Prairie Awards Selection Committee

    Meet our eight-member Silicon Prairie Awards Selection Committee

    As a community, you’ve done your part to tell us who you think should be crowned the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards. But now it’s time to share who will make up the second part of our voting process. This year we’ve incorporated the votes of two judges from each section of our…

  • Rails developer, digital designer, IT trainer and 39 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.

  • Amanda Morrow shares the tools she uses to design at Change

    Amanda Morrow shares the tools she uses to design at Change

    (Guest post by Amanda Morrow) Now, I’m not really one to obsess over tools. I try to take a pragmatic approach and focus more on what needs to be accomplished, then find the best tool for the task at hand. When others ask me what to use for designing apps or websites, I often suggest…

  • Weekly Recap: Women in tech, Sprint, smartphone thefts and more

    Weekly Recap: Women in tech, Sprint, smartphone thefts and more

    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…

  • Prairie Portrait: Nate Fryzek of Presage Analytics

    Prairie Portrait: Nate Fryzek of Presage Analytics

    One thing Lincoln has that other Silicon Prairie cities don’t: The actual startup community people are fantastic here. They act as conduits and invest so much time into community activities. Some people in other communities have to hear the same names over and over and be like — “Who is Brian Ardinger?” “What is a…

  • Web developer, systems admin, senior analyst and 44 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…

  • These are the 12 tools software dev shop Volano uses to get stuff done

    These are the 12 tools software dev shop Volano uses to get stuff done

    (Guest post by Rod Smith) At Volano Solutions, we help our clients work smarter through our custom workflow software and consulting. These software systems become our clients’ competitive advantage. At any one time, we have 24-plus projects active in the shop and rely on a set of tools to manage the workload. We like to…

  • Startup Spaces: Omaha Code School finds home in Little Bohemia

    Startup Spaces: Omaha Code School finds home in Little Bohemia

    Omaha Code School grew up somewhat an orphan. Cousins Sumeet Jain and Rahul Gupta had the idea and put it together so quickly that one of Omaha’s first code schools didn’t even have time to find a home…