Andy Stoll, of Seed Here Studio and the Iowa Startup Accelerator, kicks off the first ISA Launch Day.

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

1. “Startup all grown up: BuilderTREND moves into two story office” by Jordan Pascale (10/31)
2. “More than 1 Millions Cups: Nate Olson’s adventure to find himself” by Megan Bannister (11/6)
3. “Ben McDougal: Watching my first Techstars Demo Day in Boulder” by Guest Contributor (10/31)
4. “Nobl’s new office highlight of Lincoln Startup Week’s tech crawl” by Jordan Pascale (10/30)
5. “Building an app? Here’s what to think about as you monetize” by Fred Bauters (11/4)

Iowa

• Two Guthrie Center, Iowa brothers have created a simpler, more powerful way to organize your photos. — Sifterr
• Support the Iowa Startup Accelerator teams by using their products. — We Create Here
• Des Moines Area Community College launching four day IT seminar. — Des Moines Register
• Built by Iowa invests $150,000 in Accelerator startups. — Des Moines Register

Kansas City

• Google Fiber reveals business offering. — KC Business Journal
• An update on Cisco’s Smart City effort in KC. — KC Business Journal
• Entrepreneurs compete in Kansas City in the North American Startup Clash. — Columbia Daily Tribune
• BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company, has decided to use Rx Savings Solutions’ platform. — MarketWire

Nebraska

• Omaha is the second best city to start a business, behind Oklahoma City, according to Kiplingers. — Kiplingers
• The “Good Life Halfsy presented by Bulu Box” half-marathon was this weekend. — Lincoln Journal Star 
• Cosentry Receives 2014 Cloud Computing Backup and Disaster Recovery Award. — Cosentry
• Nelnet invests in another tech company, Jelecos. — Lincoln Journal Star
• $7 million infusion of funding allows D3 Banking to expand. — 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:

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• The Midwest Is On Track For Its Strongest Year In Startup Investing As “The Rest” Rises. — TechCrunch
• Carma Carpooling—parent company of Lawrence, Kan.,-based CarmaHop—is looking for transportation-focused startups to apply for its inaugural accelerator. — Carma AXLR8R