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  • Storenvy founder shares story of seed round, Y Combinator rejection

    Being an entrepreneur is pretty awesome, right? We love being our own boss and seeing our ideas come to life. But being an entrepreneur is not so easy either. There are many days you wake up and ask yourself what the hell were you thinking quitting that day job and bootstrapping it? Thankfully, we have…

  • Former KC startup Storenvy nabs $1.5 million – interview with CEO

    (Left: Storenvy CEO Jon Crawford) It’s been a great winter on the Silicon Prairie for companies receiving funding. Now, with news from last week, we can add a former Prairie-based startup to that list, as well. The social commerce community Storenvy, which got its start in Kansas City in 2008, just secured $1.5 million in…

  • Prairie Moves: Grasshorse, New BLK, Dave Nelson & more

    (Photo by Lauren Tucker via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, 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…

  • Looking for help to set up Silicon Prairie News online store

    We’re planning to set up an online store for Silicon Prairie News to sell our sweet T-shirts and lots of other goodies. Though we’re capable of doing it ourselves, we don’t really have the time (or really, the expertise) to do it.

  • Get to know our Big Omaha sponsors. They rock.

    Big Omaha year two is about to go down. Big Omaha year one was a success. How did all this come to be? When the short story is told, it starts in the summer of 2008 when Jeff Slobotski challenged himself and Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson to set a date, find a venue…

  • “Storenvy Social” launched today

    Kansas City-based Storenvy, an online store system and marketplace, kicked their site up a level today with the launch of “Storenvy Social.” Here’s an excerpt from the update they sent out to store owners last Friday: On Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, we’ll be releasing a major update to Storenvy.com: an all-new “social shopping” side of the…