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KCnext elects SPN’s Regan Carrizales, two others to board of directors
Regional tech council KCnext on Tuesday announced the addition of three members to its board of directors, including Silicon Prairie News community builder Regan Carrizales. Kevin McGinnis, senior vice president of product platforms at Sprint, and Kyle Mallot, vice president at DST Systems, also joined the board, which includes Greg Kratofil, a Polsinelli attorney who’s…
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Embracing the possibility of ‘what’s next’ instead of ‘what if’
There are many articles which talk about how and why people leave their day jobs to pursue their dreams. It seems as though I read almost an article a week on the subject. Though there are common themes around what it’s like to quit a perfectly good job where things are going right but you…
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At KANEKO, Big Omaha finds a shared vision and a place to call home
Even if you’ve never been to Big Omaha, by now you probably know where it’s being held. The KANEKO, a creative space in Omaha’s Old Market district, has been the venue for the Silicon Prairie News conference from its very beginning in 2009. Organizers behind both venue and event see no reason to change that…
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Dwolla, Zaarly CEOs talk growth of startups from Midwestern roots
The beauty of writing about a panel discussion between three people frequently featured on the very blog for which you’re writing — and a blog co-founded by one of those people — is that you can afford to forgo formal introductions and get right down to business. And, given that this post is long overdue,…
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Prairie Moves: Airport Life, eDossea, RecBob 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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Roundup of the Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012
With South by Southwest Interactive one week behind us, we’ve compiled links to articles, blog posts, tweets, photos, audio and video that cover or mention Silicon Prairie-based entrepreneurs and startups that took part in the event. During the five-day festival in Austin, Texas, a number of individuals from the Silicon Prairie participated on panels, competed…
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Prairie Moves: Quadis Technologies, DocuTap, Scott Kubie and more
Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) 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,…
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A photo and video roundup of the Nebraska Summit and SPN Meetup
More than 70 people joined Silicon Prairie News and Jelecos for our meetup on Feb. 24 immediately following the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. A record number of close to 600 entrepreneurial-minded folks joined Nebraska Entrepreneur for the day-long conference that featured keynote speeches from Christian Renaud, Mary Ann O’Brien and …
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More startups and students to join SPN Startup Job Crawl on Feb. 15
On Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 5-8 p.m. we’re bringing startups and students of all majors together for something beyond a typical career fair. If you haven’t registered for next Wednesday’s Silicon Prairie News Job Crawl, make sure to join the 130 students from Creighton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Omaha and other metro-area schools who…
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Startup Nebraska launches, Kiene shares ‘state of Nebraska’ (Video)
Startup Nebraska, a statewide effort in conjunction with the Startup America Partnership, launched Friday with a hour-long event organized by individuals spearheading the cause. “This is very exciting,” Tom Chapman of Nebraska Global, the event’s emcee, opened the program in front of about 40 attendees. “I think we have sort of the startup motif going,”…