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Rising Startup Communities: Ian Hathaway’s commentary on the Silicon Prairie
Ian Hathaway is Research Director at the Center for American Entrepreneurship, where he leads content development efforts, publishes research and commentary, and advises on policy and strategy. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a well-known startup ecosystem metrics expert, advisor, and writer. We recently talked to Mr. Hathaway at the ESHIP…
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Building a Business, Part 4: The precise measure of finance and leadership
In his Building a Business series, Nikolaus Kimla has shown us we need to start off with a cause. Following that, you need a technical team. The next step—as it did in Nikolaus’s case—might require a very bold move. Now we move into some very important areas, in which mistakes could cost you your business.…
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Three reasons why you should found your company outside Silicon Valley
I spent three months at Google in 2014 for my MBA internship in between my two years at Harvard Business School. My experience at “the Big G” was fantastic—the food was top notch, the benefits were stellar, and biking around campus in perfect weather? Sign me up! But the best part was working with smart,…
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TEAM Software: 30 Years of Innovation — Part 2
Digital Transformation: Designing, Developing and Delivering Solutions for Today and Beyond The way we develop, consume and think about technology has changed dramatically over the past several decades with particularly rapid advancements happening within the last ten years. In the 1980s, technology meant IBM, mainframes and dumb terminals. The 90s saw the rise of PCs…
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Igor receives $900K in early-stage VC funding
On March 26, 2018, Igor received $900,000 in early-stage VC funding. The current investors are Plains Angels, Iowa Economic Development Authority, Capital Management Associates, Next Level Ventures, Clean Energy Trust, and Square One DSM. Their funders are located in Des Moines, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. At a glance… Igor produces a system of lighting that…
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Gain Compliance is simplifying statutory financial filings for insurance companies
Compliance reporting for insurance companies can be an arcane, ad hoc process, full of complicated and unclear steps. The Des Moines company Gain Compliance is attempting to simplify the process by making sure paperwork is properly formatted to National Association of Insurance Commissioners guidelines. How Gain Compliance works No one likes filing for their taxes,…
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New Intersect series brings together a diverse set of innovators and entrepreneurs
Intersect with new and existing members of the innovation community. This new, monthly series from the InsideOutside.io team will host a meetup that brings together startups, corporate innovators, industry leaders, and curious people interested in new trends, tools, and tactics for building in today’s fast-paced world. The first meeting in the series will take place…
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Big Omaha brings another year of inspiration and connection
The tenth and final Big Omaha (as we know it) took over the Omaha Design Center on Friday, bringing its one-of-a-kind brand of inspiration and connection back to the Silicon Prairie. Big Omaha’s founders Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson kicked off the event with a recap and a look back at past Big Omaha conferences…
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DealAnyDay rebrands as LocalAnyDay, focuses on building local communities
Two years ago, SPN profiled DealAnyDay, a Lincoln startup featuring a free mobile app that allows users to search for daily specials or promotions by categories like location, business type or population groups such as college students or military. Last year, the company rebranded to LocalAnyDay. SPN recently sat down with Founder and CEO Mailani…
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SPN Top 10: Must-read startup books
During the process of creating our list of top startup books, we discovered that many of the books that are most often referenced are from Silicon Valley or San Francisco. This geographical preferencing creates a distortion in markets where entrepreneurs believe something they read, rather than local information that they have self-generated. The problem with…