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Prairie Portraits: Shannon Lerda
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Prairie Portraits: Emiliano Lerda
The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Groover Labs Opening in Wichita
Groover Labs Opening in Wichita Groover Labs is a 42,000 square foot coworking center and maker space located in Old Town in Wichita. Old Town is located on the eastern edge of Wichita’s downtown and is known for its eclectic-ness. Many claim that Old Town is the neighborhood that sits as the anchor of the…
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Silicon Prairie coworking spaces make Symmetry50’s Top 100 list
Symmetry50 has released its list of Top 100 coworking spaces in the US. Several Silicon Prairie coworking spaces made the list: Fuse Coworking in Lincoln was ranked #100. Lab 1500 in St. Louis came in at #43. CIC in Saint Louis was ranked #37. And T-REX, Saint Louis as well, was the highest of the Silicon Prairie…
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How to create an entrepreneurial center of gravity like Gravitate
It’s been less than a month since Des Moines’ newest community focal point, Gravitate, opened on the third floor of the Midland Building, located at the corner of Sixth and Mulberry Streets. With more than 40 co-workers and all of the space’s private offices already filled with local startups, Gravitate’s beginnings might just seem like…
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Tools of the Trade: Loosecubes makes it easy to find coworking near you
If you haven’t heard already, the coworking phenomenon is spreading across the country. Right here on Silicon Prairie News we’ve covered CAMP in Omaha, The Foundry in Des Moines, Meso in Sioux Falls and most recently Vault Coworking in Cedar Rapids. It seems if you’re an entrepreneur, why would you work anywhere else? But what…
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Happy #CoworkingDay!
This past Saturday, Brad Neuberg, the creator of coworking, tweeted the above declaration to celebrate the five-year anniversary of his original coworking site, Hat Factory. To help celebrate, we’ve compiled links and short descriptions of coworking sites located in Omaha, Lincoln, and Des Moines. Additionally…
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Idea community Turbine Flats featured on Nebraska Entrepreneur
If you haven’t made a stop by NebraskaEntrepreneur.com to check out its many links to entrepreneurial resources or its latest coverage of all-things entreprepreneurship in the Cornhusker state… (image on left of Turbine Flats expansion rendering)
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SPN interviews Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking
Alexander Grgurich may be young but he’s already found many ways to contribute to the greater Des Moines community. He was raised here, graduated from Drake University, serves as a city councilman in the suburbs, and is now in the final stages of launching a new venture: Foundry Coworking. The coworking concept is heating up as…
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Are you in? Jailbreak Omaha to offer coworking space
Just over six months ago, I wrote a post here on SPN outlining “The State of Coworking in Omaha.” In this post, I alluded to the fact that a number of people, Jeff and myself included, had been dreaming and scheming about putting together a coworking/incubator facility here in the Omaha area. This past Saturday,…