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Startup Spaces: Omaha Code School finds home in Little Bohemia
Omaha Code School grew up somewhat an orphan. Cousins Sumeet Jain and Rahul Gupta had the idea and put it together so quickly that one of Omaha’s first code schools didn’t even have time to find a home…
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Startup Spaces: Red Nova Labs space captures company spirit
Over the last three years, Red Nova Labs has made its Kansas City office not only a place to work but also a reflection of its culture and spirit. “This open and configurable space allows for 2:30 p.m. ping pong breaks, edgy workspaces and inter-office Nerf gun wars and are just the edge pieces of…
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Startup Spaces: How Shift turned a bland office into a DIY haven
Nestled on the top floor of a nondescript office building in West Des Moines, the team at Shift has made the most of their shared space with agency Performance Marketing. When Shift moved in last August, the space was your typical, drab office space—fluorescent overhead lighting and beige walls. But now, thanks to the DIY…
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Startup Spaces: Alley Poyner Co-Lab manufactured from Model T factory
In 1916, Ford built a factory in North Omaha to manufacture Model T cars. Over the next century, it’s had a history that includes a 50-year run as the Tip Top factory—the maker of hair curlers and bobby pins—then a tire warehouse until someone bought the building to repurpose it…
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Startup Spaces: DivvyHQ sets up shop in old firehouse, Broadway roastery
Built in 1939, DivvyHQ’s office building in Westport has seen a lot of life in its 75 years. What used to be Westport Fire Station 19 became office space and, once Broadway Roasting Company bought it in 2007, partially a roastery and coffee shop. Fortunately, all that history didn’t die. The fire poles are still…
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Startup Spaces: How Sojern turned a restaurant into an office in 5 months
Not all that long ago, 810 S. 169th Street was home to an upscale restaurant, bar and nightclub called Prestige World Class—not to be confused with Prestige Worldwide—where West Omahans would have nice dinners, buy a top-shelf drink or host a wedding rehearsal …
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Startup Spaces: Looking back at the six featured startups of 2013
Last year we launched Startup Spaces, a monthly series in partnership with turnstone that showcases the unique offices of companies across the Silicon Prairie. Its been a lot of fun to coordinate over the last six months, and we’ve affectionately come to describe this series as “MTV Cribs for the startup crowd.” We asked our…
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Startup Spaces: Engage with MindMixer’s HQ in the Mastercraft
Since day one, Omaha-based startup MindMixer has call the Mastercraft Building, located just north of Omaha’s Old Market district, home. In March 2011, the startup’s team consisted of just its co-founders—Nick Bowden and Nathan Preheim—and the pair was sub-leasing desks from a landscape architecture firm …
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Startup Spaces: Inside Brad Feld’s FiberHouse with Handprint
3D modeling startup Handprint has an untraditional story of how its team came to be located in Kansas City. After co-founder Mike Demarais spent time in Ben Barreth’s Homes for Hackers house, he decided to relocate to the Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV). Then when Handprint won Brad Feld’s KC FiberHouse competition, the rest of…
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Startup Spaces: Take a look at Dwolla’s renovated Des Moines space
For Des Moines-based Dwolla, a renovated downtown office means more space for collaboration and a renewed focus on branding. “Almost everything that can be orange in our office is orange: couches, walls, rugs, shirts, you name it,” Dwolla communications builder intern Lindsay Dressen told Silicon Prairie News …