Justin Kyser shows his drone outside the Nebraska Union. The Beatrice native disputes FAA claims that he can’t use his unmanned aerial vehicle for business The Lincoln Journal Star covered the dilemma last week.
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week.
SPN’s most-read stories from last week
- What’s it like to pitch Shark Tank producers? Iowa entrepreneurs share by Megan Bannister (7/22)
- Lincoln’s Beehive Industries lands $2.5 million from St. Louis VC by Jordan Pascale (7/23)
- Nebraska’s angel tax credit fund has a great problem on its hands by Jordan Pascale (7/22)
- Ben Milne shares hard lessons learned building Dwolla in 2013 by Guest Contributor (7/18)
- The big pivot: from athletes and sports to… the Lyft of lawn care? by Jordan Pascale (7/17)
Iowa
- Need some office stuff? StartupCity Des Moines is looking to sell off furniture and other assets. — StartupCity Blog
- Nominate a local speaker for this year’s I/OWA conference and sign up for the conference newsletter to get updates on progress. — I/OWA
- John Jackovin of Bawte shares what the first week of his experience in Boulder’s Techstars accelerator has been like. — Medium
- Uber is gauging interest for drivers in Des Moines, but says there’s no definite plans to bring the service here. Stay tuned. — Des Moines Register
- Congrats to Brett Neese, who’s joining the StudentRND team full-time as partnerships director. — StudentRND
- Far Reach launched a new website and refreshed brand last week. — Far Reach
- Welcome to the future—Johnson County just approved driveless cars. — Des Moines Register
Kansas City
- Looking for a place to work on Wednesdays? Sign up for the Sprint Accelerator’s Remote Workday. — Eventbrite
- Neighborly and MindMixer get a shoutout in a piece on big data and community crowdfunding. —VentureBeat
Nebraska
- Keyser Aviaition, an aerial drone photo/video outfit in Lincoln, is battling the FAA. — Lincoln Journal Star
- Lemonly does a Q&A with former Omaha Code Schooler/new employee Michael Todd — Lemonly
- An update on Omaha Code School, Interface Web School and their diverse student population. — Omaha World-Herald
- Remember the husband/wife Omaha Code School students who were looking to move to San Francisco? They got jobs. — Facebook
- Lincoln’s Maker 2014 event gets a preview (but it was last week). — Lincoln Journal Star
- Lincoln is among the top ten places to start a business, Forbes says. The startup scene is partly why. — 10/11 News
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