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Prairie Moves: Bryan McCarty, Canvis, God at Play and more
Reminder – Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Travis Kalanick of Uber
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the thirteenth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber, shares his background and lessons learned from his experiences in startups, angel investing and mentoring. He walks us through his various…
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Prairie Moves: Thursday edition, Nate Custard, Scriptito and more
With the help of the “Xzibit Yo Dawg” meme, welcome to the Thursday edition of Prairie Moves, just like Tuesday but published on Thursday. There’s an increase of startups, projects, people, events and overall activity in the Silicon Prairie that we’ve decided to move this series to twice a week (a small sign the region’s…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Leila Janah of Samasource
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the twelfth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, a nonprofit connecting people living in poverty to work via the internet. In her talk, Leila shared her vision and inspiration for…
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Prairie Moves: Bryan Roth, Kaylin Brabec, Electric Pulp and more
Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you eleventh video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia and Daily Grape. In his talk, Gary brought a side of business and personality that only he can bring. He opened his…
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Sunday Video: Salman Khan tells the story of Khan Academy
These past few weeks I’ve been revisiting concepts I was first introduced to in middle school, high school and sometimes college by watching the free videos of Khan Academy. Found at khanacademy.com, there’s more than 2,400 videos, 10 to 20 minutes in length, covering a wide-range of subjects, from algebra to chemistry to current events…
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SPN Out & About: New York City recap
We’re back from a few days in New York City with a renewed energy for what we’re building here in the Silicon Prairie. The purpose of the trip, in collaboration with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, was to connect with friends, supporters and individuals that we’ve developed relationships with but hadn’t had the chance…
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SPN Out & About: Heading to NYC!
This week Dusty Davidson of Silicon Prairie News and Tripleseat, Tom Chapman of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce and myself will board an airplane and travel to New York City for a few days of meetings, meals and reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. We took a similar trip last year to…
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