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19-year-old Lincolnite chosen for national entrepreneur apprenticeship
In the past five weeks, former Hurrdat Social Media intern and recent Lincoln Southeast High School graduate Ethan Horne has moved to New York City, started working 40 hours a week and gained 11 new roommates. That’s because Horne, a 19-year-old from Lincoln, was recently accepted into the first class of E[nstitute], a national apprenticeship…
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Hurrdat turns 2, reveals new brand opendorse
Hurrdat Social Media celebrated its second birthday last week with an open house and the reveal of its new software company, opendorse, which is set to launch in early 2013. Opendorse was formerly known as The Hurrdat Athlete Engagement Program. Hurrdat, which is based in Lincoln, recently rebranded the software for scalability with the help…
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With wide array of perks, startups seek to sweeten deal for employees
In March, Krista Vogel’s bosses at Hurrdat Social Media told her to pack three bags: One for cold weather, one for the beach, and one with the essentials. They then told her to bring her bags to dinner with her coworkers, where they all were surprised with a vacation. The destination? The Black Hills in…
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Prairie Portrait: Austin Brown of Hurrdat Social Media
Silicon Prairie News: What’s the latest with Hurrdat’s Athlete Engagement Platform, and what about that software excites you most? | Austin Brown: Right now we have some awesome endorsement campaigns running with our athletes that have shown outstanding results. We currently have 85 brands registered on our platform and are excited to gain national recognition…
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Marketing strategist, online editor, web developer, intern and more
We’re excited to bring you our 95th Opportunities on the Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our Job Board Submission …
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Prairie Moves: Handmark, The Foundary, NotifyWorks and more
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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…
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Prairie Moves: Brian Rupert, Andrew Tople, Hurrdat and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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…
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Growing Hurrdat shows off new downtown digs at open house
Hurrdat Social Media, a Lincoln-based social media firm, held an open house last Friday to celebrate moving into new offices in the Haymarket in downtown Lincoln. I caught up with the company’s founder and CEO, Blake Lawrence, before the event and asked him how the company’s Athlete Engagement Program, which we covered before its August…
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Prairie Moves: Flying Hippo, Hurrdat, Grip and more
What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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…
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Former Husker football players help athletes get paid for tweets
One year ago, former University of Nebraska-Lincoln football teammates and college roommates …