Shannon Schlappi

  • VoterTide launches, looks to make a splash in social media side of politics

    VoterTide, a social media analysis app focused on politics for both Washington insiders and the everyday consumers of news, launched into public beta today. As we first reported on in October, this new company is the product of three experienced entrepreneurs: Jimmy Winter, the brain behind Omaha-based RockDex, Gordon Whitten, the founder …

  • Winter, Whitten teaming up to launch VoterTide in November

    It’s nothing more than a splash page at the moment, but if I had to cast my vote for what will soon be unveiled by two Omaha entrepreneurs I’d say something interesting is in the works. Earlier this year, RockDex founder Jimmy Winter began applying his startup’s technology, a social media monitoring …

  • SXSW releases panel podcasts

    From March 11-15, more than 19,000 individuals from around the world gathered in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest Interactive. Recently, SXSW released podcasts of this year’s panel presentations, three of which featured panelists from the Prairie. For those of you who missed out on SXSW or those of you who want to relive the…