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Work. Learn. Have Fun. Ingredients in Mutual of Omaha’s Winning Recipe for Technology Internships
This is a guest post by Sarah Schilling, a senior marketing major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a current Information Technology intern at Mutual of Omaha. Mutual of Omaha strives to set the standard for technology internships in the region by offering a program of relevant work, hands-on learning and a fun culture. While…
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Extra cash for startups using the R&D tax credit
by Cedar Robinson and Bruce Warner, Managing Directors of Warner Robinson LLC Many start-ups or early stage companies are looking to generate additional cash or to save operating expenses. Likewise, most start-up companies are developing either a new product, new software, new manufacturing processes, or a new service that relies on software and technology. …
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A big thanks: Let’s count the ways Sprint is helping our community
Community leaders don’t often toot their own horn, so I wanted to take a minute to say a big thanks to one of the leaders that has been with us every step of the way. The entire Sprint team has been critical to not only our success, but countless others.
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What traits make a good JPEC Venture School student?
Venture School emphasizes real-world entrepreneurship through experiential learning, a flipped classroom and immediate feedback. Your team will accelerate the startup process by testing your business hypotheses immediately.
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AIM Heartland Developer Conference brings Midwest’s brightest together
Post by Dave Vankat, director of events for AIM. Remember 2003? It was a big year in technology. iTunes, Myspace, WordPress and camera phones were all getting rolling while Des Moines, Iowa, was rolling out the first ever Heartland Developers Conference. HDC was designed to give the region’s software community a forum to exchange thoughts,…
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Multifactor, biometric-based authentication is the solution for theft
“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” This comic is from 20-odd years ago, when the best way to access data on a remote system was to copy the files from host to host using IP addresses and SLIP protocols. Back then, it was pretty much true: no one knew your identity, and all…
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The future of data computation is here, and it’s moving closer to you
(Sponsor post by Kevin Dohrmann, CTO at Cosentry) You can’t throw a rendered CGI rock on the internet without hitting some sort of video streaming service. According to a recent report from Sandvine, Netflix (35 percent) and YouTube (18 percent) account for more than half of all the traffic on the Internet in North America.…
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turnstone, Homes for Hackers bring Small Talks to KC on Sept. 19
Small Talks by turnstone are far from small. In fact, they are turning heads and making waves across the nation as a grassroots way for entrepreneurs to connect around the issues most pressing to small-business owners and startups. Small Talks not only provide a safe venue for open dialogue and discussion…
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How to create unique user experiences and be a rock star startup
Sponsor: Thanks to Microsoft BizSpark, a Microsoft program for startups, for supporting Silicon Prairie News. The program will be providing posts each month throughout 2013. About the author: This post is authored by Sonal Mane, a Microsoft BizSpark Startup Technologist based in Chicago. I have been working with Chicago-based entrepreneur Nihal Advani for a while now. He is one…
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How ideas can grow into companies
Amazing ideas often come from concerns we find in our everyday lives. That piece of wisdom rings especially true for Pixsi, a new consumer-centric mobile marketing company whose headquarters are located in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to watch Pixsi grow first-hand. As a Startup Technologist for Microsoft,…