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SXSnippets: Checking in from a sun-splashed Sunday at South By
11:00 a.m. – The day started a little later than usual (taxis!), but it began with a bang as we met with Phil, Manager of Emerging Tech for VaynerMedia (Gary Vaynerchuk’s agency). The rest of the team took the divide and conquer approach, attacking sessions on the campus: an interview about “the tragedy of comments”…
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SXSnippets: Catch Nick Seguin if you can
12:30 a.m. – Hugs and handshakes with SPN team and Dwolla folks at the Startup Weekend/Twilio/Zaarly party… They finally got there! | 8 a.m. – Run and lift at hotel – gotta shake off last night and get some energy! | 9:30 a.m. – Finally pick up badge … What does that say about value…
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SXSnippets: Soggy Saturday still ‘overwhelming, cool and addictive’
11:30 a.m. – Head to Austin Convention Center in style. Sister lives here and takes me by her cute Fiat convertible door-to-door where I need to go. Cool!? Except it’s raining buckets here. Why did I leave 70 degrees in KC? | 12:40 p.m. – Fascinated by the characters everywhere. People in sumo outfits, light…
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SXSW Accelerator pitch today continues busy stretch for AgLocal
What already figured to be a whirlwind week at South By Southwest Interactive got a little bit busier for AgLocal just days before SXSW, when the Overland Park, Kan.-based startup was invited to participate in A Celebration of Ameican Startups, Not that the team from AgLocal, a marketplace that connects independent farmers and producers to…
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SXSnippets: Breakfast tacos and blow-up beds for Hudl’s CEO
4:45 a.m. – Wake up. This is one of those rare trips where I am flying out of Lincoln, so wake up is only 1 hr. 15 min. before my flight. | 7 – 9 a.m. – Layover in Minneapolis. Nothing like heading north before you fly south, but I’ve gotten used to the routine.…
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SXSnippets: Building a business on a bus
Day 3 of StartupBus was a lesson in endurance. Many of us started the morning after logging just slightly more than four hours of sleep for the week. We gathered our gear and loaded the bus for our final leg into San Antonio/Austin. Today would be the day that the world would get to know…
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SXSnippets: Keeping people of the Prairie from feeling home alone
Last year around this time, I felt an awful lot like Kevin McCallister. When South By Southwest Interactive rolled around, my fate mirrored that of the precocious protagonist from “Home Alone.” Silicon Prairie News team leaves town. Michael stays in town. Michael is home alone. And, once the novelty of using dad’s aftershave and eating…
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Five Silicon Prairie startups that could get rowdy at SXSW 2012
As South by Southwest Interactive kicks off today, predictions for the influential event are coming to a close. What app will break out? What startup will be the one to meet? What panel will prove to be most interesting? Though these predictions are on the minds of major tech blogs, we’re taking a different look…
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The Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012: Panels, pitches, party and more
“Spring break for nerds” is about to begin – er, I mean – South by Southwest Interactive starts Friday in Austin. The annual event, one of three events that make up the 10-day South by Southwest festival, will bring together nearly 20,000 people from around the world for five days of panels, presentations, parties and…