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Silicon Prairie News testifies on behalf of Nebraska Innovation Act
Last Thursday, Silicon Prairie News had the opportunity to testify in the Nebraska Legislature on behalf of LB 1109 – Adopt the Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act. The proposed bill, introduced by State Senator Conrad (pictured left), calls for the creation of a task force to investigate the entrepreneurial…
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GoPollGo.com launched Friday, how many polls have you made?
Just before 5 p.m. this past Friday, GoPollGo.com, the idea that Ben Schaechter, a Creighton University senior, had pitched in our first Creative Capital Pitch Session, was launched into public beta. Ben’s work on the polling web application with real-time and geolocation features began this past spring in his dorm room. When the fall semester…
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Our presentation at Infotec09
Last month, Jeff and I were honored to speak at Infotec09, a two-day IT conference held at Qwest Center Omaha. Our talk, “Building Omaha’s Creative Class with Silicon Prairie News,” is embedded below, and preceding it is a write-up from Tim Erickson of the AIM Institute, which was originally posted at blog.infotec.org. Thanks Tim!
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Weekly Wrap Up
Every Friday, we’ll be linking to the previous week’s news that pertains to “SPNers” and listing the upcoming week’s events that pique our interest. News of Last Week 4/3 – NE Creative: Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska Website, GoodTwin Design 4/4 – AP: Lincoln, Omaha named to Forbes list of best metros 4/5 – AP:…
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SPN interviews Gary Vaynerchuk
A few weeks back Jeff (@jjsnyc), Matt Secoske (@secos) and I (@dustyd) trekked up to Sioux City, Iowa to meet up with Gary Vaynerchuk, and grab a couple of interviews for Silicon Prairie News and Big Omaha… In this video, Gary shares a bit about what he’s up to these days, why he’s coming to…
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BrightMix’s open house
I had the chance to interview Dusty Davidson, one of the owners of BrightMix – a software development company based in Omaha, NE. These guys are doing some outstanding stuff and putting Omaha on the map. Congrats guys and looking forward to the next event!