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Weekly Wrap Up at KANEKO, the venue of Big Omaha 2010
Mentioned this week * Filming on location at KANEKO, the venue of Big Omaha 2010 * Startup Weekend Omaha * Joe Olsen interview with Stephanie Healy and Mike McCarthy * Congrats to Ben Schaechter for accepting a position at TechCrunch * Big Omaha update – tickets now on sale!
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Startup Weekend organizer Shane Reiser reflects on recent events
This is a guest post written by Shane Reiser, organizer of Startup Weekend events in Des Moines, Omaha and other cities across the country. Omaha kicked off its first Startup Weekend this past Friday, March 19, at What Cheer. Just two weeks earlier Des Moines hosted its second Startup Weekend at Spindustry. Both events were…
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Startup Weekend Omaha: Video of winner’s presentation
Sunday night, after a long weekend of pitching, hacking, designing and loitering at What Cheer, GiftBright.com was selected as the winner of the first Startup Weekend Omaha…
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Startup Weekend Presentations – Live Stream at 6 p.m. CDT
Starting at 6pm CDT, Silicon Prairie News will be live-streaming the final presentations from Startup Weekend Omaha…
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Startup Weekend Omaha – The Teams
Startup Weekend Omaha kicked off last night with nearly forty people gathered at What Cheer to pitch ideas and form teams. Twenty ideas were pitched, and from those the following eight teams emerged: UndergroundOmaha.com will be an entertainment hub for local independent musicians and fans to watch video and socialize. Confurrent.com will be a tool…
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Startup Weekend Omaha kicks off tomorrow, two tickets up for grabs
The first-ever Startup Weekend Omaha kicks off at 6 p.m. tomorrow evening at What Cheer. There’s still time to register ($45), or if you’re on the fence, we’ve been kindly given two…
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PrairieCast: Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend
Our guest for Episode 7 of PrairieCast is Shane Reiser, a Des Moines-based startup enthusiast who facilitated this past weekend’s Startup Weekend Des Moines event. Shane shared stories of the four companies that emerged from the event, discussed the panel of experts who judged the event, and previewed future Startup Weekend events. PrairieCast evolves again…
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First-ever Startup Weekend Omaha to be held March 19-21
With Startup Weekend Des Moines kicking off in a few hours (and some in Omaha kicking themselves for not making the trip), I think this post is just in time. Startup…
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SPN interviews Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend
Upon moving to Des Moines from St. Louis two years ago, Shane Reiser heard a lot of would-be entrepreneurs talking about their ideas but few taking action. He sought out to create an event to encourage bringing those ideas to fruition, and in the summer of 2009, he connected with the national staff of the…