Flywheel

  • Workshop secures $12M funding round — among the largest Series A raised by a Nebraska company

    Workshop secures $12M funding round — among the largest Series A raised by a Nebraska company

    Omaha-based Workshop raised a $12M Series A round 18 months after securing $5M in seed funding. The startup plans to use the latest investment to innovate its internal communications platform and scale the team.

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

    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,…

  • Meet the Flywheel founders at tonight’s Startup Story Social [VIDEO]

    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,…

  • SPN goes one on one with Flywheel Co-Founder Dusty Davidson

    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,…

  • Video: Bulu Box presents at SPN Startup Story Social

    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…

  • Meet the Flywheel founders at the Startup Story Social [VIDEO]

    Meet the Flywheel founders at the Startup Story Social [VIDEO]

    Looking for insights from successful founders? Need some inspiration to get started on your own project? Join us on March 30 for our next Startup Story Social, a free event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. This event is a great way for startup scene newbies and beginners to meet current startup founders, investors…

  • Who made it to Flywheel’s Fly Party last Friday? (13 Photos)

    Who made it to Flywheel’s Fly Party last Friday? (13 Photos)

    SPN had a blast last Friday at Flywheel’s first Fly Party, an open house to welcome friends to their new space in downtown Omaha. Big thanks to Dusty Davidson for hosting, and another big thanks to Atiim Jones for the brilliant photography.

  • WordPress hosting startup Flywheel raises $1.2M from Linseed, others

    WordPress hosting startup Flywheel raises $1.2M from Linseed, others

    OMAHA—Flywheel, the WordPress hosting and management service for designers, freelancers and creative agencies, has landed a $1.2 million seed round.

  • Flywheel grows to 13 employees, plans move to Downtown office

    Flywheel grows to 13 employees, plans move to Downtown office

    Flywheel, Omaha’s WordPress hosting startup, has hired 10 more employees and is moving to a new office Downtown to accommodate its growth…

  • Prairie Portrait: T Rave of Flywheel

    Prairie Portrait: T Rave of Flywheel

    Prairie Portraits is a weekly set of questions intended to help the community get to know someone from the Silicon Prairie startup scene a little bit better. Prairie Portraits feature a fixed set of questions ranging from career background and personal preferences to, perhaps, off-the-wall questions on YouTube videos and entrance music. Name: T-Rave Title/Occupation: Happiness…