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Prairie Moves: Washington Post debuts collaboration with VoterTide
Lead Read “Say What: Mitt Romney makes his case to voters” – The Washington Post implemented its collaboration with VoterTide, in which the Omaha startup provides Twitter stats around campiagn speeches. Quotable “Be comfortable not knowing the answer, and be able to say it. That can be a foreign concept to people who were experts…
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Prairie Moves: World-Herald examines Peter Kiewit Institute
Lead Read: “Peter Kiewit Institute success brings push for more” – The Omaha World-Herald takes a look at the orgins of the Peter Kiewit Institute and a new direction it may be headed. Quotable: “We’re getting to a point in which we are basically trying to go to high schools and letting them know that…
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Prairie Moves: TechCrunch tabs Zapier one of best at Y Combinator Demo Day
Lead Read: “TechCrunch’s Picks: The 10 Best Startups From Y Combinator’s S12 Demo Day” – Columbia, Mo.-born Zapier was named one of TechCrunch’s top 10 of 75 startups that participated in Y Combinator’s Demo Day Quotable: “Lots of coffee leads to lots of code, which leads to lots of cool stuff.” – FormZapper founder Andy…
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Prairie Moves: Visit a summer boot camp for student entrepreneurs
Lead Read: “Students get a taste of the real world in business boot camp” – The Des Moines Register takes readers to Spirit Lake, Iowa to learn about the Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute (above). Quotable: “So it kinda pissed us off and made us more determined to say ‘screw them’ and go out and do it…
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Prairie Moves: SkyVu’s Battle Bears draws Angry Birds comparison
Lead Read: “What Happens After Angry Birds Is Played Out? Meet SkyVu’s Battle Bears.” – Following funding news from SkyVu Entertainment, All Things D took a look at the startup’s Battle Bears game. Quotable: “Am I an innovator? You bet. In 1983 I could make 106 hushpuppies in a minute.” – Syncbak founder Jack Perry…
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Prairie Moves: Texas A&M football shows off its Elite Form technology
Lead Read: “12th Man TV Free Preview: Player Development Center” – Texas A&M’s director of sports performance shows off the Aggie’s new installation of Elite Form technology (above). Quotable: “We’ve found this problem on our campus, and we understand that others have it across the country, so we’d like to do something about it.” -…
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Prairie Moves: Kansas City pivots to become a smart city
Lead Read: “Pivoting To Create A Smart City” – Fast Company’s Boyd Cohen compares Kansas City’s decision to secure Google Fiber to the pivot made by a lean startup. Quotable: “From my interactions with Omaha startup folks, they’re smart, authentic, hustling entrepreneurs who would rather lose their house than their investors’ money. We love that…
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Prairie Moves: Miss Nev wins Dwolla’s eCommerce Hack Day in NY
Lead Read: “Miss Nev app wants to recruit local businesses to help receive your packages” – Miss Nev and more than 30 other ideas were executed at Dwolla and Etsy’s eCommerce Hack Day in New York. – GigaOm, The Next Web, BetaBeat and Bank Technology News Quotable: “It’s generally recognized that, as a public official,…
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Prairie Moves: ‘Ready to move to KC? Think again’ says Wall Street Journal
Lead Read “Ready to Move to Kansas City? Think Again” – The Wall Street Journal (above) says the Kansas City area is still missing a key ingredient in most startup hotbeds: ample early-stage venture financing. Quotable: “Actually, Twitter doesn’t offer many of the now seemingly obvious features that Slices has.” – PandoDaily’s Hamish McKenzie gives…
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Prairie Moves: GigaOm, Gizmodo get on the ground with Google Fiber
Lead Read: “Google Fiber in the real world: Here’s what’s good and what needs work” and “Ask the First Guy With Google’s Blazing 1000Mbit/s Internet Connection How It Works” – GigaOm and Gizmodo, respectively, present first-hand accounts of the ultra-fast internet connection promised by Google Fiber. Quotable: “But as residents in parts of Kansas City…