Startup Madness

  • Hollrback gets big win over Big Give Media in TechStars’ Startup Madness

    Give Hollrback this: the Omaha-based startup seems to have a flair for the dramatic. For the second time in two rounds of TechStars’ Startup Madness tournament, Hollrback advanced with a win by an oh-so-slim margin. With the narrow victory, Hollrback advanced …

  • Hollrback marches on in TechStars Startup Madness tournament

    Thanks to a buzzer-beater in overtime — or the online polling equivalent thereof — Hollrback is moving on. The Omaha-based startup advanced to the third round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest that started with…

  • Hollrback moves forward in TechStars’ Startup Madness

    Hollrback is one win away from the Sweet 16. Of sorts. The Omaha-based startup advanced yesterday to the second round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest pitting 64 startups in competition for a grand prize worth more than $25,000. Startups advance through the…

  • Hollrback, ScoreYard, Uppward enter Madness in TechStars contest

    The NCAA men’s basketball tournament doesn’t tip off until later today, but another type of tournament got under way Monday — and some Silicon Prairie startups are vying for the title. Startup accelerator TechStars is sponsoring a Startup Madness Tournament hosted at thisorthat.com. Startup Madness, which is billed as a way to find “the next…