Thank you to everyone who came out to events during the first-ever Silicon Prairie Startup Week! The SPN team is working to share event recaps and highlights on our site and socials over the next week or so. Stay tuned! You can see the five finalists and grand prize winner from the SPSW Pitch Competition…

All of us because Silicon Prairie Startup Week is in full swing! Join us for the Startup Showcase and live pitch competition finale at The Ashton at Millwork Commons in Omaha later today. Come out to meet the 20 semifinalist startups at the showcase before five finalists are selected to pitch live on stage for…

The first Elevator location opened in downtown Omaha in 2022. Co-founders Emiliano and Shannon Lerda had a vision to support growing e-commerce startups like the one they had previously operated out of their home. Elevator’s blend of warehousing, work space, logistics support and community resources turned out to be an attractive solution for small businesses…

Last week our team participated in the State of Our Union event organized by The Atlantic magazine in partnership with the Flatwater Free Press. The event, hosted in Lincoln on Oct. 23, featured a series of discussions with local leaders, policy makers and journalists on topics of regional and national importance. Speakers covered several topics…

The first installment of the Ecosystem Project just dropped! This new multimedia series dives into the stories of the people and companies that influenced Nebraska’s startup ecosystem. Today, through a combination of archival content and new reporting we share the story of SPN’s first event coordinator, Brittany Mascio. Mascio started as an intern and eventually…

First generation Nebraska sheep producer Megan Landes-Murphy devised a method to turn low-quality sheep wool into high-quality natural fertilizer. She started Kestrel Ridge Pellet Co. in 2022, and as of today it’s the only business of its kind in the state. Most sheep in Nebraska are raised for their meat. Sheep have to be sheared…

ICYMI: Registration is live for Silicon Prairie Startup Week! Check out the event lineup for this multi-day, multi-location event series designed specifically for innovators and entrepreneurs in Nebraska. In the next few weeks we’ll share details of what you can expect from specific events. We’ll also introduce you to some of the speakers and facilitators…

Entrepreneur and writer Tony Bock is creator of the daily OMAPOD podcast and newsletter. Bock recently sat down with me, SPN Editor Stefanie Monge, to talk about the first-ever Silicon Prairie Startup Week. The 3-part series shares the backstory of why SPN and our partners saw an opportunity for a multi-city, multi-day event series to…