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Player’s Health striving to create the safest environment possible for athletes
Many of us can relate to reminiscing over our “glory days” on the field. Today, there are over 46.5 million children (aged six to 17) participating in youth sports who are creating memories of their own. This week, I had the chance to interview a former professional athlete-turned-entrepreneur who is striving to level the playing…
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Minneapolis-Based Upsie Raise Big Series A Round
Upsie, a tech company that focuses on supplying warranties for various devices based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $5 million in Series A Early Stage Venture funding from a group of venture capitalists headed by Silicon-Valley based tech investors, True Ventures, In May. Upsie provides a consumer-friendly platform for the purchase of affordable warranties. Clarence Bethea, CEO said “We want consumers…
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3E Software Raise Late-Stage VC
In June 2019, 3E Software, a Fayetteville, Arkansas company that simplifies and improves financial systems through the use of their online platform, received $300 thousand in a round of late-stage venture capitalist funding sponsored by Community Bank Investors of America and Cadron Capital Partners. 3E Software provides its financial software through its platform, Teslar. Teslar is based…
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Live Undiscovered Music (LÜM) closes seed funding round
In May, Live Undiscovered Music, or LÜM received $750,000 in seed round funding. LÜM is a music streaming service that is based in Madison, Wisconsin. This platform is different than Spotify or Pandora because as the name suggests, it features music of artists who are undiscovered. LÜM’s steaming service is unique because its platform…
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2nd Annual Future Builders Challenge brings students to the stage
This weekend, I attended the 2nd Annual Future Builders Challenge, hosted by Buildertrend, a successful Omaha startup. As Silicon Prairie News’s resident high school student, I had the pleasure of going through the event as a participant rather than an observer, which gave me an opportunity to experience the event hands-on, observe wonderful volunteer speakers,…
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Bunker Labs Launches Omaha Chapter Helping Veterans Become Entrepreneurs
About 25 percent of military service members transitioning back to civilian life want to start a business. Only about 4.5 percent of them do. Valerie Rivera wants to change that. “Many times, veterans are serving with other veterans, so they don’t get exposed to a lot of people who are running their own businesses, and…
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Eight-year-old inspiring entrepreneurs of the future
Many of us at the age of eight thought we wanted to become astronauts or popstars when we grew up. We could hardly fathom the idea of starting our own business at such an early age. This week, I had the chance to sit down with an eight-year-old entrepreneur who is chasing some big dreams.…
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Nurture Life – The Answer to Mom’s Dinner Prayers
My mom always had her work cut out for her in our household of six growing up – especially when it came time for dinner. It was not a rare occurrence for my mom to forget to go to the store for groceries or simply have a case of the notorious “lazies”. Not much has…
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8QS with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Katie Byers of HomeDitty
Katie Byers is passionate about getting artists paid. Just because a songwriter like Soccer Mommy doesn’t have a billion downloads doesn’t mean she isn’t twice as talented and hardworking as Ariana Grande or three Mobys. Musicians should be compensated fairly for their work and have a chance to make a living. That’s why Byers started…
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Lincoln-based BasicBlock continues expansion and evolution
In a recent Facebook post, Taylor Monks, the CEO of BasicBlock, revealed that the company had received angel investment from world-famous angel investor, Jason Calacanis. This investment comes on the heels of BasicBlock receiving a Lincoln Launch grant. These fundings and the inherent support are signals of the significant growth and evolution of BasicBlock…