Lyft announced last week it will be suspending its service in KC until mid-December.
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
- “10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to Lincoln’s startup community” by SPN Newsroom (10/20)
- “10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to Omaha’s startup community” by SPN Newsroom (10/21)
- “10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to the Creative Corridor” by SPN Newsroom (10/23)
- “10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to the DSM startup community” by SPN Newsroom (10/22)
- “That one big thing you’re waiting on isn’t going to make the difference” by Guest Contributor (10/17)
Iowa
- Max Farrell’s new company Create Reason was profiled for its work fostering “intrapreneurship.” — Waiting for the Elevator
- Higher Learning Technology released its first EntreTalks video. — YouTube
- Sculpt is helping out with the #ThankYouIowaCity campaign, an effort recognize positive things people do in the downtown Iowa City area.— Iowa City Press-Citizen
- NextStep.io’s John Schnipkoweit writes about entrepreneurial imbalance. — Medium
- Live in central Iowa and want to attend the Iowa Startup Accelerator’s Launch Day Nov. 6? Grab your free ticket for the Iowa Startup Bus. — Tikly
Kansas City
- Startup expats share why they left KC. — Kansas City Business Journal
- Lyft will temporarily suspend operations in Kansas City. Expected return date is Dec. 19. — Kansas City Business Journal
- It’s the Silicon Series! Who do you think will win? — KCSV blog
- Maybe Kansas City really is Silicon Prairie. — Kansas City Business Journal
Nebraska
- D3 Banking raises $7 million from Route 66 Ventures. — Finextra
- Omaha-based Tethon 3D got a nod in a Silicon Valley Business Journal article about how 3D printing services are poised to eclipse manufacturers. — Silicon Valley Business Journal
- The World Series of social media. Opendorse pits Royals and Giants players’ social performance against each other. — opendorse
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:
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- The Midwest is on track for its strongest year in startup investing as “The Rest” rises. — TechCrunch
- Sprint Accelerator alum Sickweather teamed up with fellow alum Medicast to help provide in-home urgent care. — Patch
- In Conversation with Marc Andreessen — New York Magazine
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