Silicon Prairie News Gives Opportunity to Midwest Creatives

If you think the only things to come out of Nebraska are Warren Buffet, football players and corn, you would be sadly mistaken. To make sure you know of the creative energy that exists in the Midwest, Jeff Slobotski founded Silicon Prairie News in July of 2008.

“The goal of Silicon Prairie is to highlight Omaha, and the region’s, creative class,” Slobotski says. “We want to showcase the innovators, entrepreneurs, artists and musicians that make this area great. The creative class is broad.”

 

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Beals on Wheels

Guess what folks, the tried and true methods and tactics of being popular in high school, still rings true in the adult world. It’s just called by a different name: self marketing.
“The more well known you are, the more likely people are going to listen to your pitch,” Jeff Beals, author of Self Marketing […]

 

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You’ll Scream For This Ice Cream

Are you Vanilla? Maybe Chocolate? Ever try Avocado, Pineapple and Habanero?

There’s a company in Omaha and on the Web that encourages you to express your inner Ice Cream Artist. (Without the messy clean-up.)

eCreamery is an traditional ice cream store front with a unique ability to satisfy cravings via the web.

 

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Day Three: The Silicon Prairie

I’d love to be able to share more from the road about the absolutely fascinating people we talk to and the interesting stories we are hearing.

Actually, it’s almost too much to process. When we’re not interviewing, setting up or tearing down or driving to the next appointment, we’re on phone or email scheduling interviews three days out and two states away.

It’s like playing multiple games of speed chess at the same time. What a great challenge to have!

Day One: How Many Power Cords Can You Carry

Well, we’ve covered four states thus far. Just the short 3-hour hop to Omaha and you can click off Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Kansas.

That’s Super Intern (Videographer and Chauffeur) Dane Lickteig next to Jay in front of the Rockin’ Chrysler 300M, also known as the “pimp mobile” and “Jay’s Rolling Circus.”