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On the road again: Tahoe Tech Talk & Startup Organizers Summit
For the first time since South by Southwest Interactive this past March, Jeff, Dusty and I are all out of town for a few days. And literally, we’ll all be on the road again. (Quick story: We flew to Austin for SXSW last year, but due to a missed connection in Dallas, we rented a…
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Aspiring journalist Andrea Ciurej shares her SPN internship experience
(Editor’s Note: We asked our 2010 summer intern, Andrea Ciurej, to share her experience as a summer intern at Silicon Prairie News.) As we approach our mid-20s, we often wonder if getting our first car at 16 and becoming legal at 21 were the last milestones left to look forward to. As a journalist with…
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Call Spinner wins Startup Weekend Omaha (team demo videos)
Congrats to Call Spinner for taking home top honors at Startup Weekend Omaha, a 54-hour event challenging attendees to present ideas, form teams, plan, implement, and then finally present their just-born startup to a panel of judges. Second place was awarded to Everpresent, a web and smartphone app that prompts you to record important moments…
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Announcing the Caretakers Forum, Monday, September 6 at KANEKO
Since first hearing about Omaha Creative Week a few months ago we began brainstorming ways to become involved. At Silicon Prairie News, we’re excited about highlighting our city’s creative community, whether it…
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‘Silicon Prairie’& Big Omaha featured on CNN.com
In case you missed the Twitter and Facebook chatter these past few days, last Friday, CNN.com published an article titled Techies reject coasts for ‘Silicon Prairie,’ in which we were interviewed by its author, Josh Rubin. It was great opportunity for us to highlight the work as well as a handful of the companies…
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Silicon Prairie News in the news
It’s been nearly two weeks since Big Omaha struck the entrepreneurial scene for the second year in a row. However, the chatter about the event and Silicon Prairie News in general, has been afloat amongst traditional and…
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PrairieCast: Mike Colwell of the Business Innovation Zone
This week on PrairieCast, Mike Colwell, executive director of the Business Innovation Zone of Central Iowa, is our guest to discuss the advisory services that his organization provides to local entrepreneurs. Mike comes from a marketing and technology background and now works to provide resources and assistance to growing, scalable startups in the Des Moines…
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PrairieCast: Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend
Our guest for Episode 7 of PrairieCast is Shane Reiser, a Des Moines-based startup enthusiast who facilitated this past weekend’s Startup Weekend Des Moines event. Shane shared stories of the four companies that emerged from the event, discussed the panel of experts who judged the event, and previewed future Startup Weekend events. PrairieCast evolves again…
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Welcome Danny Schreiber to the SPN team!
It’s with great pleasure that we welcome Danny Schreiber to the Silicon Prairie News team! We’re thrilled to have Danny officially on board to help in continuing to take Silicon Prairie News to the next level!