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  • NMotion accelerator sees 25% increase in applicants

    NMotion accelerator sees 25% increase in applicants

    With only two weeks left for applications, Brian Ardinger, managing director of the NMotion accelerator, says they have seen a 25% increase in applications this year compared to last. Ardinger attributes the growth to the strengthening Midwest ecosystem and their alumni teams, including QuantifiedAg, MusicSpoke, Mowdo, FanStreamm, Nobl and HipPocket.

  • What’s up with Big Omaha this year? A QA with Caleb and Joey

    What’s up with Big Omaha this year? A QA with Caleb and Joey

    Last week SPN sat down at Block 16 with Caleb Ullfers and Joey Wolfe, this year’s Big Omaha organizers, to talk about broken cars, carbon footprints, the AIM acquisition, and what’s new for Big Omaha this year. Here’s what happened:

  • What’s new at Straight Shot this year?

    What’s new at Straight Shot this year?

    The Omaha-based Straight Shot accelerator is now accepting applications for its third year program. David Arnold, Managing Director of Straight Shot, is excited about what’s new this summer. “I think we’re ready to take some big steps and do some innovative things with the types of companies we bring in as well as the accelerator…

  • We’re back. Ready?

    We’re back. Ready?

    The genius of SPN has always been personal relationships within the community. It’s essential that we listen closely to the community, find out what the community needs, and then design SPN for you. The need for something like SPN is clear; the demand for a better SPN is equally clear. The community is growing, and…

  • 4 success strategies every female entrepreneur should know

    4 success strategies every female entrepreneur should know

    It’s not hard to find a networking event or entrepreneur these days across the Silicon Prairie. But the organizers behind Kauffman’s FastTrac program wanted to put together an event for a demographic that isn’t always well-served: female entrepreneurs…

  • Higher Learning Technologies closes $5.5M Series A led by NY angels

    CORALVILLE, IOWA—Less than a year after announcing a $1 million seed round, Higher Learning Technologies announced Monday that the company has raised a $5.5 million Series A round led by a group of New York Super Angel investors…

  • Here’s what the 7 corporations presented at KC Reverse Pitch

    Last Thursday seven corporate leaders put on their best sales presentations for the Kansas City entrepreneurial community as part of Reverse Pitch, put on by KCnext. Taking the stage at the KC Chamber Board Room in Union Station were Cisco, Adknowledge, Pinsight Media+, BATS, Assurant, Perceptive Software and Black & Veatch.

  • Graphic designer, recruitment manager and 30 more jobs

    Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents job opportunities 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.

  • Our productive time is capped, so let’s get better at saying “No” more often

    Our productive time is capped, so let’s get better at saying “No” more often

    (Guest post by Matthew Paulson) I simply tried to do too many things at once. I thought I was helping people by saying “Yes” to everybody, but I was really doing them a disservice because I wasn’t doing anything well. I was doing a lot of things poorly. I had no margin in my life…

  • Oracle database admin, engineer and 28 more jobs

    Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents job opportunities 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.