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  • SelectOut’s Pappas, 20, gives his take on the ‘Silicon Prairie’ (Video)

    Calvin Pappas, founder of internet privacy startup SelectOut, recently recounted his experience of spending a summer in Silicon Valley as an intern and then returning to Lincoln, Nebraska to pursue his entrepreneurial endeavor. “(Silicon Valley) has everything you could possibly want,” Pappas (left) said in an Ignite Lincoln presentation in January. “They offered me several…

  • Prairie Moves: Mike Hays, Rachel McClung, Allrecipes.com and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Events: Startup Drinks, Innovator of the Year, Ignite Lincoln and more

    Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…

  • Johnny Cupcakes, Ignite Lincoln, Cornstalks, Coding Dojo and more

    There’s quite the variety of events headed our way in and around Omaha and Des Moines. We’ve included one, in particular, that is a bit outside of our regular entrepreneurial and creative event postings, but we’ve heard it’s a very cool exhibit –BODIES…The Exhibition. Hope you can get out, enjoy the nice weather, and the…