Krystal Stubbendeck, founder of Borrow for your Bump, practices her pitch before demo day. She and Kitchin founder Corey Anand were featured on WOWT previewing Straight Shot’s demo day at Aksarben Cinema.
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
- Fox Business gets Dwolla CEO Ben Milne’s take on Apple’s big reveal by Fred Bauters (9/9)
- Dundee Venture Capital launches AngelList syndicate by Jordan Pascale (9/8)
- Hudl gifts $500K to UNL Raikes School for annual scholarships by Fred Bauters (9/9)
- Why one NMotion startup is working on a Taylor Martinez game by Jordan Pascale (9/5)
- Why SitStay, 19 years in, went through an accelerator by Patti Vannoy (9/10)
Iowa
- Uber launching in Des Moines, even with regulators saying no. — Des Moines Register
- Dwolla’s director of communications Jordan Lampe was named one of the “best public relations people in the tech industry.” — Business Insider
- The University of Iowa’s Dan Reed will be giving a talk in Des Moines about his experiences at the University of Illinois’s National Center of Supercomputing Applications, where the Mosaic browser was created. — Des Moines Register
- Invest in She hopes to promote, help fund women entrepreneurs. — We Create Here
- The Greater Des Moines Partnership will again offer two local startups the chance to attend South By Southwest. Applications are now open. — Greater Des Moines Partnership
Kansas City
- Leap.it hopes new embed feature expands reach of its searches. — KC Business Journal
- MindMixer inches toward its hiring goal. — KC Business Journal
- Which city government has the best website in the nation, according to National Association of Government Web Professionals? KCMO. — Mayor Sly James
- Tickets for Startup Weekend Kansas City, Nov. 14-16, are now on sale. — Up.co
- Newsy founder Jim Spencer was recognized by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon as the state’s Entrepreneur of the Year. — Reynolds Journalism Institute
Nebraska
- Happy Cab comes out with their own mobile app, offers $20 in effort to battle Uber, Lyft. — Omaha World-Herald
- Archrival comes up with some clever commercials for Mike’s Hard Apple Ale. — Archrival
- Omaha TV channel talks to Borrow For Your Bump and Kitchin during Straight Shot Demo Day. — WOWT
- The collaboration between Omaha and Lincoln to have demo days back to back. — Omaha World-Herald
- Nearly 20 Omahans are buying into the Dundee Venture Capital angel syndicate. — Omaha World-Herald
Everything else
Typically our editorial team limits the weekly recap to SPN’s top stories and news from around our region, but we’ve realized that in any given week we read and hear about other awesome things we’d love to share with you. Here are a few of them:
- The Top City to Start a Tech Company Is Nowhere Near Silicon Valley (It’s Omaha). — Inc.
- Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure outlines shake-up of entire company. Among the changes? Letting employees be more entrepreneurial. — KC Star
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