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Flywheel shares the whole story with SPN Startup Story Social [Video]

Last night, Silicon Prairie News hosted the second Startup Story Social, a new event series highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. Startup Story Social is aimed at helping to ensure the future of Silicon Prairie’s tech startup scene by building the community through social events that combine founders, creative types, investors, engineers, designers,…

March 31, 2017
Meet the Flywheel founders at tonight’s Startup Story Social [VIDEO]

We’re ready to rock the next SPN Startup Story Social – We’ll see you tonight from 6:30 – 8:30pm! Join us for our second installment of Startup Story Social, an event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. This is a great free event for newbies and beginners to the startup scene to meet startup founders,…

March 30, 2017
Des Moines’s Raising Capital Seminar targets Midwest startups

A startup might have a great pitch, business plan and product, but if they run out of money, things will come to a screeching halt. The Greater Des Moines Partnership is hosting a Raising Capital Seminar to help Midwest companies navigate the ins and outs of attracting investors. The seminar features presentations by Charise Flynn…

March 29, 2017
AquaMobile founder Diana Goodwin to speak at Big Omaha

Big Omaha features speakers from across the globe who bring a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to the Silicon Prairie. As Big Omaha announces their speakers, we’ll be featuring them on SPN so you can get to know them and find out how they’re helping to shape the startup ecosystem prior to the conference…

March 27, 2017
Viewspection brings DIY approach to insurance underwriting

Mitigating loss is one of the most challenging and time-consuming parts of underwriting a property. Viewspection, a startup currently going through the Global Insurance Accelerator, is looking to simplify and speed up the process with its DIY app. How Viewspection works Viewspection CEO and co-founder Jim Gardner ran a loss control provider, doing inspections for…

March 23, 2017
SPN goes one on one with Flywheel Co-Founder Dusty Davidson

Enter your email below to watch the interview SPN recently sat down with Flywheel cofounder Dusty Davidson in the Flywheel Underground (known around the office as the FU) to talk about Flywheel’s ever growing business. Flywheel will be presenting their story at the Startup Story Social on March 30. Flywheel has expanded their office twice,…

March 22, 2017
Silicon Prairie Awards tickets now on sale

On May 2, the Silicon Prairie Awards will be coming back to Omaha, the city where it all began. In years past, we’ve moved around the Silicon Prairie, highlighting the startup communities of Des Moines, Lincoln and Kansas City. The SPAwards have been proud to showcase each community and show how their unique and important…

March 22, 2017
Video: Bulu Box presents at SPN Startup Story Social

Enter your email below to watch the interview Email Watch the Video Bulu Box co-founders Paul and Stephanie Jarrett were the guest speakers at Silicon Prairie News’ first Startup Story Social, a new event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. Bulu Box is a discovery ecommerce platform that allows consumers to sample and…

March 17, 2017
Alex Adams: A week with Paul Singh and the Results Junkies

Alex Adams is the founder and CEO of Rodeo Analytics, which provides riders in rodeo and equestrian sports with video analysis software to improve their performance, and a graduate of the University of Nebraska. He is guest posting for SPN. By Alex Adams Paul Singh and Dana Duncan at Results Junkies put together a weeklong set…

March 17, 2017
Big Omaha announces speaker Daniel Burka

Big Omaha features speakers from across the globe who bring a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to the Silicon Prairie. As Big Omaha announces their speakers, we’ll be featuring them on SPN so you can get to know them and find out how they’re helping to shape the startup ecosystem prior to the conference…

March 16, 2017