Posts by SPN Team
Re-Sure to offer insurance coverage for the riskier moments in life
You may have insurance, but is it always covering you? Many insurance companies have exclusions for extreme sports like skydiving. You may be covered while you’re on the plane and after you’re safely on the ground, but for the five minutes you’re in the air, you’re lacking coverage. The Detroit startup Re-Sure, which recently finished…
Read More18 eCommerce Startup Pitfalls to Avoid
Visiture, a company focused on helping eCommerce businesses acquire more customers through using search engines such as Google, knows the common pitfalls that eCommerce startups run into. “We work with a lot of startups in the eCommerce space or startups serving the eCommerce space. We help them grow their businesses through acquiring customers,” Visiture Co-founder…
Read MoreMentari founder Shandra Woworuntu to speak at Big Omaha 2017
Big Omaha features speakers from across the globe who bring a wide variety of experiences and knowledge to the Silicon Prairie. As Big Omaha announces their speakers, we’ll be featuring them on SPN so you can get to know them and find out how they’re helping to shape the startup ecosystem prior to the conference…
Read MoreMeet the Proxibid founders at tonight’s Startup Story Social [VIDEO]
We’re ready to rock the next SPN Startup Story Social – We’ll see you tonight from 6:30 – 8:30pm! Join us for our third installment of Startup Story Social, an event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. This is a great free event for newbies and beginners to the startup scene to meet startup founders,…
Read MoreMeet the Omaha Startup Week community leaders
Omaha Startup Week Powered by Cox Business is a five-day celebration from May 1-5 of the local community and its entrepreneurial identity. SPN is turning the spotlight on the community leaders who are helping organize content for the week and continuously supporting the Silicon Prairie. Marketing Innovation Melissa Dohmen Senior PR Strategist, Bailey Lauerman Why…
Read MoreQA on community with 3 Omaha Startup Week featured speakers
Omaha Startup Week Powered by Cox Business is a five-day celebration from May 1-5 of the local community and its entrepreneurial identity. SPN sat down with three of Startup Week’s speakers and community leaders from around the country to talk more about building networks and our own community here in the Silicon Prairie. Sarah Bird,…
Read MoreFindBob is helping aging insurance and financial industries establish succession plans
If your insurance agent or financial advisor is older than you, chances are they’ll retire before you do. What happens to your assets if they’re no longer handling them? The Toronto startup FindBob, which recently completed the Global Insurance Accelerator in Des Moines, is trying to make it easier for agents and advisors to put…
Read MoreSPN talks to Proxibid co-founders about disrupting an industry [Video]
Enter your email below to watch the interview SPN recently sat down with Proxibid co-founders Ken Maxwell, Andy Liakos and Joe Petsick to talk about Proxibid’s rise to the top of the online marketplace. Proxibid will be presenting their story at the Startup Story Social on April 27. Proxibid began when the co-founders saw an…
Read MoreSentrys wants to simplify and safeguard access to device data
Does the owner of a smart phone/car/watch/TV own the data being pumped out by the device, or does the manufacturer? When you click “I agree” without reading a user agreement, you may be giving others way more personal information than you think. Sentrys, a data privacy company going through the Global Insurance Accelerator, is working…
Read MoreMeet the Proxibid founders at the Startup Story Social [VIDEO]
Looking for insights from successful founders? Need some inspiration to get started on your own project? Join us on April 27 for our next Startup Story Social, a free event highlighting a Silicon Prairie startup champion every month. This event is a great way for startup scene newbies and beginners to meet current startup founders, investors…
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