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  • What David Graff learned scaling the Hudl team from 3 to 170

    (Guest post by David Graff) “As the company grows, this change can be hard for some of your early associates. The company that person first signed up for may not the company they work for now and may not be the type of company they want to work for. As a result, you’ll lose people…

  • Weekly Recap: Your own 3D-printed action figure, Linder at UNL and more

    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…

  • Prairie Portrait: Kelsey Scofield of FUSE Coworking

    Something most people don’t know about me: I’ve face painted for seven years. I still do it occasionally and I still love it. The best part is when you see a kid absolutely glowing after transforming their dreams of being Spider-Man into a reality.

  • Luis Lopez: Drive, focus, homework, play are all needed in the accelerator

    (Guest post by Luis Lopez) I’ve lived in a few countries, but the one that has marked my entrepreneurial spirit the most is Belize. At age seven, along with my family, I relocated to Belize for four years of missionary work in some of the poorest areas of the country, aiding the less fortunate with…

  • Senior Rails developer, IT systems analyst and 34 more

    Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region’s tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions are submitted by companies and gathered from public postings…

  • Weekly Recap: Pipeline coffee, Valvora in FastCo and more

    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…

  • Prairie Portrait: Katie Robbins of Sculpt

    One thing Iowa City has that other Silicon Prairie cities don’t: World class literature, progressive thinking about ecology, an enclave of highly educated artists of all kinds, great bike trails and the Hawkeyes. Oh, plus great events like the Iowa Soul Festival and Creative Week. Other than all of that, nothing. We’re just another tasty…

  • IT systems analyst, Orca specialist, senior systems engineer and 25 more

    Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region’s tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions are submitted by companies and gathered from public postings…

  • NextStep CEO shares why accelerators are about going slow to grow fast

    (Guest post by John Schnipkoweit) So, first off, we did not “win” the accelerator. No one did. We all “won,” but that doesn’t mean it’s over, it means it’s just begun. You don’t “finish” in three months. Accelerators guide you in your business, because they know that after those three months, it’s not them running…

  • Weekly Recap: Hudl in the NY Times, EyeVerify on Fox, a blog on pivots

    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…