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Vote Kutcher, Gupta, Seguin or Silbermann for Silicon Prairie Ambassador
Though the four finalists for our Silicon Prairie Ambassador awards reside outside of the region, that hasn’t stopped them from supporting its startup community this past year. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these four finalists will be recognized as the year’s Silicon Prairie Ambassador. In anticipation of that celebration,…
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Vote Cobb, Langford, Renaud or Reynolds for Silicon Prairie Community Champion
Each of the four finalists for the Silicon Prairie Community Champion award plays a different part in the region’s startup community – there’s a CEO of a mentorship program, an entrepreneur in residence at a VC firm, a mentor in residence at an incubator and an entrepreneurship director of a chamber of commerce. But through…
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Vote Angell, Metz, Neri or Weber for Startup Technologist of the Year
Though each works on a different project – from a payments network to a mobile app creation studio – the four finalists for this Silicon Prairie Award share one thing in common: playing a pivotal role in a startup’s progress the past year. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these…
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Vote Dwolla, Front Flip, Leap2 or MyHomework for Mobile App of the Year
Whether they were working to improve online payments, customer engagement, web browsing or homework tracking, the four startups represented in this Silicon Prairie Awards category all earned high marks for their efforts on the mobile front. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these four finalists will be crowned Mobile App…
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Vote Dillashaw, Hinke, Kratofil or Milligan for Startup Service Provider of the Year
Working across numerous sectors with startups of all different shapes and sizes, the four finalists for Startup Service Provider of the Year addressed a variety of ancillary but important issues so the startups they served could hone in on what they do best. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these…
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Vote Caldwell, Graff, Jones or Milne for Startup Executive of the Year
The field for Startup Executive of the Year features four CEOs that pushed their startups to new heights over the last year, helping their companies achieve milestones that included funding, acquisitions and user growth. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these four finalists will be recognized as Startup Executive of…
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Vote Johnson, Kemerling, McClung or Murphy for Startup Designer of the Year
The four finalists for the Startup Designer of the Year award run the gamut in terms of their personal design preferences and the kind of products they work on, but all are alike in at least one regard: the effusive praise heaped upon them by their colleagues. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on…
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Vote Dundee VC, Jim & Karen Linder, Nebraska Global or OpenAir EP for Investor of the Year
The four finalists in contention for our Investor of the Year award range from a husband-and-wife team making angel investments to a venture capital firm leading seed rounds. These investors, according to the CEOs of their portfolio companies, do more than just boost bank accounts; they provide the “total package.” At our inaugural Silicon Prairie…
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Vote Bloom, Dwolla, Hatchlings or SkyVu for Consumer Startup of the Year
Half of the finalists for Consumer Startup of the Year are gaming companies, but the four companies’ performances over the past year suggest none of them were playing around. At our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event on Aug. 30, one these four finalists will be crowned Consumer Startup of the Year. In anticipation of that…
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Vote Hudl, LockPath, MindMixer or RareWire for B2B Startup of the Year
Our four B2B Startup of the Year finalists have clients that range from city halls to NFL teams. But whether their users were analyzing a new city project or the most recent game film, these startups all took pages out of the right playbook, as each saw notable growth this past year. At our inaugural…