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  • Sunday Video: JK Rowling on failure and imagination

    With Friday’s release of the final Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”, I’ve chosen a commencement address delivered by JK Rowling, the creator of the Potter franchise, for this week’s Sunday Video. It’s an excellent look into the mind of the woman who’s given endless hours of enjoyment to…

  • Weekly Startup Links: Competition, Why Startups Win, and more

    Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.

  • Silicon Prairie Feedback List, Version 1.0

    In response to a post from William Fisher last week on the importance of honest and direct feedback, we put a call out to the community to help us spur connections and generate more feedback. Basically, we asked you, our readers, “Who’s looking for feedback and who’s willing to give it?” As expected, our community…

  • Big Omaha Video Series: Micah Baldwin of Graphicly

    Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the tenth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features a great friend and true supporter of Big Omaha and the Silicon Prairie community, Micah Baldwin. Micah is the CEO and chief community caretaker of Graphic.ly, a startup providing…

  • Prairie Moves: Josh Cramer, Marcus Ross, Randomnade 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…

  • Reminder: Sign up for the Silicon Prairie Feedback List

    Prompted by one of William Fisher’s guest posts and regular offline discussions I’ve had regarding the need for more feedback, especially the honest and direct feedback Fisher calls for, we’ve begun to assemble a regional Feedback List. Individuals who are either willing to provide feedback or who are looking to receive feedback are encouraged to…

  • Big Omaha Video Series: Erich Broksas of Startup America Partnership

    Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the ninth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features Erich Broksas of the Startup America Partnership. Broksas is a senior vice president at the Case Foundation, and is also serving as the partnership development lead for the Startup…

  • Sunday Video: Entrepreneur has hopes of sending a rocket to Mars

    As the U.S. looks ahead to a new era in space exploration, Elon Musk, an esteemed interenet entrepreneur, has his goals set on having a major impact on what’s to come. “The long-time aspiration of SpaceX is Mars,” Musk, co-founder of SpaceX, told BBC science correspondent David Shukman in May 2011. Ultimately, Musk’s plans include…

  • Prairie Moves: Justin Graves, GoodTwin Design, Zappn and more

    Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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…

  • Where do you go for honest and direct feedback?

    In William Fisher’s post this morning, “Sorry…but your baby is ugly!”, the serial entrepreneur and angel investor made no apologies for the honest and direct feedback he regularly gives to entrepreneurs who pitch their ideas to him. “I try to inject humor; I try to be direct,” Fisher wrote, “I try to let them know…