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  • Weekly Wrap Up with Megan Hunt of CAMP Coworking

    Mentioned this week * Filming live on Ustream from CAMP Coworking * CAMP open house tonight from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Mastercraft Building at 1111 N. 13th St. * Howard Buffett’s Next Generation Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. * Greg Chambers quits day job to start tropical clothing line Mad Gringo *…

  • Tune in Tomorrow: Weekly Wrap Up live from CAMP, 10 a.m. CDT

    (Photo by Bill Sitzmann of minorwhite) We’ll be sitting down with Megan Hunt (left), owner of CAMP Coworking and the woman behind the bridal design studio Princess Lasertron, tomorrow at 10 a.m. CDT to film this week’s Weekly Wrap Up show. Look for a post tomorrow with the live Ustream feed as well as a…

  • David Milligan & Kevin West give the rundown on patents

    At last month’s Midlands Venture Forum gathering, David Milligan and Kevin West, both patent attorneys at Advent IP, gave a 25-minute presentation on patents. In his opening remarks, Milligan introduced their talk with a one-sentence summary. “We’re basically going to go through what we would consider kind of an assessment of…

  • Designer, Digital Strategist, Interactive Specialist & Internship

    We’re excited to bring you our twenty-second Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Phenomblue and REBEL INTERACTIVE in Omaha and NUtech Ventures in Lincoln.

  • Megan Hunt & Eric Downs present CAMP Coworking at Cornstalks

    Last month, CAMP Coworking owner Megan Hunt and future CAMP tenant Eric Downs spoke to about 20 startup-enthused individuals at Cornstalks, a monthly entrepreneur gathering hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Watch their presentation below and learn more about CAMP Coworking from our coverage last month…

  • Infogroup continues to license premium business content to Google

    The leading compiler of local business and consumer information is continuing to work behind the scenes at their Omaha headquarters by…

  • Omaha World-Herald launches Daily Deal Omaha

    Yesterday, the Omaha World-Herald (OWH) threw their name in the hat for daily deal offerings serving Omaha. Although their launch trails that of major players Groupon and LivingSocial, they have an existing audience, ad sales team, and, of course, a strong local brand that will accelerate their version, Daily Deal Omaha, to the forefront. “What…

  • Weekly Wrap Up filmed live with a SmartyPig T-shirt giveaway

    Mentioned this week * Filming live on Ustream from the Silicon Prairie News office * Gave away SmartyPig tees today in the Startup T-Shirt Giveaway * Recommended T-shirt printers: Storenvy (sponsor of the Big Omaha tees) & Ink Tank Merch (Omaha) * Hudl founders named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list * PrairieCast: Aayush…

  • PrairieCast: Aayush Phumbhra of textbook rental website Chegg

    This week on PrairieCast our guest is Aayush Phumbhra, co-founder and senior vice president of Chegg, a Santa Clara, California-based company often described as the “Netflix of textbook rentals.” Aayush earned his MBA at Iowa State University in Ames and joined forces with the founders of Cheggpost.com, a local website focused on saving students money.…