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Design Maps’ Audrey Crane to discuss digital transformations as HDC keynote speaker
Audrey Crane will be one of the keynote speakers at AIM’s Heartland Developers Conference on Friday, September 7 at 9 a.m. Crane’s talk is titled “Engineers and Designers, in Harmony” and will focus on the complex relationship between the two disciplines. “In the old days, the relationship wasn’t great, and it didn’t get better with…
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Applications for Pipeline Entrepreneurs 2019 Fellowship class open Saturday
Pipeline will open applications for the 2019 Entrepreneurial Fellowship on September 1, 2018. Entrepreneurs interested in the program have until October 22 to submit their application. Pipeline is a top organization of the Midwest’s most successful, high-performance entrepreneurs. The organization boasts over 120 entrepreneurs who employ over 2,300 people in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska and…
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Fargo, ND businesses see over $21M in investments so far in 2018
Fargo, North Dakota might not be the first city that comes to mind when discussing hubs for investments and venture capital. But the modestly sized town of 120,000 has put up some impressive numbers this year with several multi-million dollar deals. Botlink On April 26, 2018, Botlink received $3.36 million in individual funding – marking…
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Teen entrepreneur develops AI-based Parkinson’s detection technology
Eighteen-year-old Erin Smith did not start college with her peers this month. Instead, the recent high school graduate will be advancing her medical technology startup, FacePrint. Smith said she’s fascinated by the potential she sees in technology and what it directly enables. “I feel like as I’ve been searching for answers to my questions, technology…
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Football season in America: Which Big 5 conference school reports the most research dollars?
In honor of the football season’s start, Silicon Prairie News did a quick review of the Association for University Technology Manager’s STATT database. This database contains the total research dollars reported by university campus (and/or system). SPN used this information to build averages of the amount of research done by university participant in the Big…
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TEAM Software: 30 Years of Innovation — Part 3
Delivering the next generation of software for our customers. Defining what’s next isn’t just a slick tagline for us. We know that to keep delivering the products and services our customers have come to expect, we must stay ahead of the technology curve. That means continually modernizing our decades of expertise and solving problems from…
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SPN and Hudl: Football season in America
Lincoln-based Hudl, Inc. is the leading provider of information to athletic teams in the country. The company works with millions of athletes around the world but made their first product around football. In honor of the start of football season, Silicon Prairie News has put together an infographic illustrating the significant popularity of football in…
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SPN Top 10: Things that move a startup ecosystem forward
Matt Helt is the Program Director of Techstars Startup Week. Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through Techstars Startup Week, cities all around the world are able to catalyze their entrepreneurial community by bringing together all the stakeholders involved in the growth of startup ecosystem to organize this five-day event. Helt currently…
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NewBoCo opens spots for a second Intrapreneur Academy cohort
NewBoCo recently announced that they will be launching a second cohort for Intrapreneur Academy this October. Intrapreneur Academy is a year-long training program in which organizations of all types will learn how to be innovative in a rapidly changing world. The inaugural Intrapreneur Academy cohort kicked off in April with a mix of nonprofit, for-profit, and…
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8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson LifeLoop Amy Johnson is the CEO and Founder of LifeLoop, a Senior Living software product. She and her husband had the idea for Life Loop after experiencing the communication challenges associated with having a loved one in a senior living facility. Ms. Johnson currently lives in Omaha, where LifeLoop is headquartered, with her…