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Day 2 at Big Omaha: Friday morning recap
Big Omaha 2017 emcee Myron Pierce at KANEKO. All photos by Christine McGuigan. Big Omaha 2017 kept the energy in high-gear Friday morning with another inspiring round of speakers and a panel...
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Big Omaha 2017: A final wrap-up
Big Omaha 2017 took place last week at KANEKO. All photos by Christine McGuigan. Big Omaha 2017 wrapped up on Friday at KANEKO with one last round of inspiring speakers. Last week’s conference marked...
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SPN special report: the 2016 State of the Silicon Prairie
We are proud to announce the first ever State of the Silicon Prairie Report. In this report, we ranked fourteen Midwestern startup communities on a variety of factors in order to measure where we are...
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Pipeline President and CEO Joni Cobb recaps Seattle Module for SPN
Pipeline Entrepreneurs, the Midwest’s most successful organization of high-growth entrepreneurs, recently completed their Seattle module. SPN spoke to Pipeline President and CEO Joni Cobb to get a...
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Don’t Panic Labs and AIM Interface School announce software education...
Lincoln-based software design and development company Don’t Panic Labs and Omaha-based AIM Interface School have announced a partnership that will provide continuing education for professional...
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Omaha entrepreneur Willy Theisen helps guide next generation of business...
Todd Johnson, Emily Massel, Willy Theisen, Brian Lee and Jim Collison at The Nebraska Builder Initiative’s launch event. In the early 1970s, a young man named Willy Theisen was driving cross country to...
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Should you register for an HDC workshop? Don’t Panic Labs weighs in
AIM HDC (Heartland Developers Conference) is a 3-day software development event on September 6-8, 2017 for tech professionals, consisting of hands-on workshops, keynotes and other speakers, breakout...
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SPN checks in with The Startup Collaborative
The Startup Collaborative, a program of Greater Omaha Chamber, is working to radically improve the odds of startup success. The Omaha-based acellerator is doing great things, building and launching...
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Big names in development coming to next month’s AIM HDC
AIM HDC (Heartland Developers Conference) is a 3-day software development event on September 6-8, 2017 for tech professionals, consisting of hands-on workshops, keynotes and other speakers, breakout...
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Women’s Startup Lab is looking for their next class of women entrepreneurs
Women’s Startup Lab recently announced an open application period for their Silicon Valley Immersion Program, a two-week acceleration program that starts on September 17. The program is in search of...
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What goes into concepting a new social media network?
After talking with a retired basketball professional at a state tournament who was looking for a way to connect with youth in need of coaching, CEO and Founder Frank Emsick had an idea for a new type...
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Upcoming events on the Silicon Prairie
Check out on our SPN event list to keep you informed on everything that’s happening across the Silicon Prairie. Do you have an upcoming event that you want to share with the SPN community? Share your...
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AIM HDC launches Startup Connections event
New this year to the AIM Heartland Developers Conference is Startup Connections, a networking event geared towards merging developers and attendees in order to promote the sharing of ideas and...
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TS Bank brings back REV pitch competition, offers $25,000 prize
Applications for REV, TS Bank’s annual pitch competition are now open. For the last two years, TS Bank has sponsored a pitch competition for businesses and entrepreneurs where applicants compete to...
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HDC 2017 welcomed over 800 developers to Omaha
AIM Heartland Developers Conference (HDC) returned last week to the Embassy Suites Conference Center in La Vista, Nebraska. The 14th annual HDC event included hands-on workshops, speakers, breakout...
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Lincoln Startup Week returns September 25-30
Startup Week returns to Lincoln with programming and events running September 25-30. The 6th annual Lincoln Startup Week is a five-day celebration of the local community that builds momentum and...
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Pipeline receives four-year Challenge Grant from Kauffman Foundation
Pipeline Entrepreneurial Fellowship announced this morning that it has received a challenge grant of up to $2.087 million over four years from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to support and...
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Buildertrend unveils new West Omaha headquarters
Buildertrend unveiled their new headquarters last night with an open house that welcomed roughly 800 clients, friends and associates from across the Silicon Prairie. Their new location offers...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City celebrates 10 years of freeing ideas
Kansas City’s 10th annual Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will bring over 150 events to the city between November 13-19th. This year’s GEWKC will be the largest ever. “Global Entrepreneurship Week...
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Lincoln Named Smart Gigabit Community
Photo courtesy of @CityOfLincoln This morning, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler announced Lincoln’s new designation as a Smart Gigabit Community (SGC), making it part of a network of SGCs connected by...
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