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Michael Stacy

  • For social beauty store Bloom, New York launch sets off busy stretch

    An Aug. 10 national launch in New York City was just part of what figures to be a whirlwind few weeks for the team from Bloom, the Omaha-based online social beauty store that’s looking to revolutionize the way women buy beauty products. “We are just at the very beginning of our mission to use social…

  • Wall Street Journal highlights Kansas City as up-and-coming IT hub

    The information technology community along State Line Road got a nice tip of the hat today from a fairly prominent publication on Wall Street. A story in today’s Wall Street Journal on “Where the Action Is” highlighted Kansas City, with its burgeoning IT community, as one of seven up-and-coming industry hubs across the country. The…

  • Coming to campus this fall, Fampus aims to change college events

    As college students get back into the swing of things at school this fall, Des Moines-based startup Fampus is hoping to make itself a prominent part of their planning. Fampus is a social network that aims to be a one-stop shop for all the events happening on and around a given campus. …

  • Live: Los Angeles Startup Weekend pitches, with SPN’s Danny Schreiber

    Will we witness the start of another Zaarly story tonight? Only time will tell if any of the teams at the current Los Angeles Startup Weekend can chart the same trajectory as Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered market founded by a team led by Kansas Citian Bo Fishback. Zaarly won LASW in February, closed a…

  • Weekly Wrap-Up: Cruising down the 101

    In terms of noteworthy 101s, today’s Weekly Wrap-Up was right up there with the likes of Cruella De Vil’s desired dalmatians and the West Coast’s marquee motorway. Or something like that. Yeah, so we’re hurting for a unique intro to today’s show. So, yeah, we’re milking the whole “close enough to the 100th WWU to…

  • Innovation Chamber: How to engage in entrepreneurship & keep a day job

    So, you are not an entrepreneur, but you want to engage in the Silicon Prairie community. What should you do? First, I question whether or not you are an entrepreneur. In my opinion, entrepreneurship looks a bit like a bell curve. While most people are not as entrepreneurial as Richard Branson, many could become entrepreneurs…

  • Pongr infographic provides peek at ImagePulse statistics

    Could it be that — gasp! — the power of the Swoosh trumps the seemingly unstoppable force of nature known as Bieber Fever? Certainly not in the eyes of True Beliebers — by whom we now half expect to be barraged with angry emails. But a new infographic …

  • With aggressive growth in crosshairs, Zave Networks raises $10.6 million

    Announcing a notable addition to our “Kansas City companies we’ll keep a closer eye on” file: Zave Networks, which recently raised $10.6 million, according to an SEC Form D filing on Aug. 9. Zave Networks, founded in 2006 and based in Kansas City, Kan., is a digital promotions and information management company that links online…

  • Google, Associated Press team up to reward scholars in tech, journalism

    Google and the Associated Press announced this week that they will sponsor the new AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program, which will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media …

  • Omaha Creative Week returning Sept. 5-11

    Pardon the oh-so-uncreative way I’m introducing this, but … area creatives, mark your calendars. A week just for you is on its way back to Omaha. Omaha Creative Week …