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Weekly Startup Links: Kevin Dewalt, Richard Branson, 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.
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Prairie Moves: Cassius Almeida, Ginger Stevenson, John Wirtz & more
(Photo by Antaean via Flicker) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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,…
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Sunday Video: Eric Ries presents ‘The Lean Startup’
As I’ve partaken in Startup Weekend Omaha these past two days, more than once I’ve thought about the idea of “pivoting” so often stressed by Eric Ries, author of the blog Startup Lessons Learned and creator of the Lean Startup methodology. As an offensive player would in basketball, a startup “pivots” by keeping one part…
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Weekly Startup Links: peHUB, Udemy, 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.
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SBIR grants explained & impact on region analyzed
(21st Century Systems, left, is an Omaha-based SBIR recipient.) Guest post by Tom Chapman: In January, I contributed a guest post to Silicon Prairie News that discussed the reasons for measuring venture capital as a bellwether for investment and investible deals (Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem: what does success look like?). Another…
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Prairie Moves: Shane Reiser, Chris Burns, Ben Sinclair & more
(Photo by Derek Purdy via Flickr.) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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…
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Holiday Video: Marc Andreessen Q&A at Stanford
It’s Labor Day weekend, and since most everyone will be relaxing today instead of working (including ourselves), we thought we’d present another video for your enjoyment. Anyone who knows me knows that I believe Marc Andreessen to be one of the smartest individuals on the planet. Not only is he smart, he’s also enjoyable to…
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Sunday Video: OWH cartoonist Jeff Koterba explains his process
Today’s video takes us off the web and onto the drawing board, literally. It’s a profile on Omaha World-Herald editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba, who has been with the publication for 22 years. In that time, Koterba estimates he’s drawn nearly 6,000 cartoons – he sends six cartoons to the editor’s desk each week. What I…
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Weekly Startup Links: Fred Wilson, TechDirt, 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.
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Prairie Moves: Halo Institute, UNO4sq, McClanhan Studio & more
(Photo by davedehetre via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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,…