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 in a weekly recap.
SPN’s most-read stories from last week
- Hello Fearless hopes to teach women to balance their life, business by Megan Bannister (8/15)
- Networking experts dole out 10 tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand reach by Jordan Pascale (8/18)
- Amanda Morrow shares the tools she uses to design at Change by Guest Contributor (8/15)
- Vote now for the inaugural Best Culture award by Fred Bauters (8/11)
- First National Bank of Omaha hosting second hackathon in September by Jordan Pascale (8/18)
Iowa
- Three weeks from NMotion’s Demo Day, Iowa City-based startup Turnstile Card’s co-founders have split. — We Create Here
- The Des Moines Register’s Marco Santana shares his five highlights of StartupCity Des Moines. — Des Moines Register
- Decorah, Iowa-based Goodblogs is now powering the Travel Iowa blog, a site managed by the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Iowa Tourism Office. Have an Iowa story? They’re looking for submissions. — Travel Iowa
- Last week Brian Waller of the Iowa Economic Development Authority was named the new president of the Technology Association of Iowa. — Des Moines Register
- It’s almost time! Des Moines’ newest co-working space has paint on the walls as of this weekend. — Gravitate on Facebook
Kansas City
- The NY Times featured Kansas City as a place millennials are moving to live and work, with a brief shout-out to the recently relocated MindMixer. — New York Times
- Big news for EyeVerify last week caught the attention of some national media. — TechCrunch
- KCSourceLink compiled “We Create KC,” a report about the entrepreneurial progress of Kansas City, including a list of companies that were funded for pre-seed through Series B during 2013 and raised at least one other round of funding.— KCSourceLink
- MyHomework app was featured on Google as a helpful app for school. — TIME
- This week KCSourceLink profiled Leap.it for its “Entrepreneurs in Action” series. — KCSourceLink
Nebraska
- Investors Jim and Karen Linder of Linseed Capital bought a California home that the Obamas were potentially looking to buy. — Omaha World-Herald
- Lincoln’s Hudl ranks on Inc. 500 list. — Omaha World-Herald
- Lincolnites take four Silicon Prairie Awards. — Lincoln Journal Star
- Pack, the social media site for dogs, was on Product Hunt last week. — Product Hunt
- Nebraska’s Innovation Campus had a grand opening last week. — Nebraska Entrepreneurship
We love to hear what you’re up to! Read something interesting about entrepreneurship or startups in the Midwest? Send it our way at editor@siliconprairienews.com.
