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Raymonn Adams: Don’t let managing too many tools steal your valuable time
At some point in time, the amount of tools we used seriously reached more than 20. The very reason we used tools was to gain back time we needed to push out great work. But there are so many amazing options—and so many damn good ones I might add—we wanted to try them all. However,…
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NMotion’s Turnstile Cards team releases app for Lincoln Saltdogs
An idea that began at a Startup Weekend in Cedar Rapids and is evolving through the NMotion accelerator came to fruition this week. Turnstile Cards set out to create digital collectible cards for sports teams, and this week, released its first app, a prototype for minor league baseball team Lincoln’s Saltdogs.
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Catch a ride to the Silicon Prairie Awards Thursday with these groups
We’re getting so close to the Silicon Prairie Awards that we can almost feel the weight of those Golden Analogs in our hands. But we’d have nothing to celebrate and no one to pass those Analogs off to if it wasn’t for the tremendous support we receive from our communities. We helped organize a bus…
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Weekly Recap: Best coffee in KC, entrepreneurial couples, ICAD meeting
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.
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Meet our eight-member Silicon Prairie Awards Selection Committee
As a community, you’ve done your part to tell us who you think should be crowned the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards. But now it’s time to share who will make up the second part of our voting process. This year we’ve incorporated the votes of two judges from each section of our…
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Rails developer, digital designer, IT trainer and 39 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.
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Hurrdat joins Omaha’s B2 Interactive after impressing on national project
Hurrdat, a digital marketing startup created four years ago in Lincoln by two former Nebraska football players, has been acquired by Omaha-based digital marketing agency B2 Interactive. The terms were not disclosed. Hurrdat will remain in Lincoln and keep all 17 employees. They plan to move to a new office in September. B2 grows to…
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Entrepreneurship Index still shows bias to coasts, but Prairie catching up
Economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln published the results of their annual State Entrepreneurship Index last week. Though co-author Eric Thompson admitted the index reinforces a long-standing bias towards the east and west coasts, he said prairie states like Iowa and Nebraska ranked well. “I have to confess that it does reinforce this stereotype, this…
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Stop, collaborate and rejoice with your Silicon Prairie neighbors Aug. 21
This is your heads up before August 21 rolls around and you’re left wondering where everyone in your co-working space or office has gone. It’s hard to pull entrepreneurs away from their work—passions, really—and get them all in one place, let alone a different city. But the results typically are incredible. Add in a passion…
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Nebraska Angels director spells out what brings investment
Laura Classen, executive director of the Nebraska Angels, put on a clinic Thursday, telling about 30 entrepreneurs and other attendees about how the Angels and angel investing works. The talk was a park of the Spark Series, a set of entrepreneurial talks at Union Bank and Trust’s Catalyst space in Lincoln.