RockDex earns local and national attention

RockDex, a company in Omaha, lets bands learn how they really rate with fans based on Internet buzz.
Their software application tracks data like band mention and song plays on social media sites and other Internet venues, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and music blogs. RockDex compiles, analyzes and presents the data so that musicians, managers, record [...]

Big Omaha 2010 Keeps Entrepreneurial Momentum Strong

Even though last year’s Big Omaha proved successful enough to convince even the staunchest skeptics that entrepreneurship could flourish hundreds of miles inland from America’s coasts, that proof of concept didn’t quite cut it for Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson. To him, entrepreneurship is a science: initial results are all fine and good, but [...]

Big Omaha acting as conduit for Midwest’s entrepreneurial energies

Sometimes, bigger is better. At least, that’s the philosophy the Silicon Prairie News staff — the organizers of this year’s Big Omaha event — are adhering to.

Silicon Prairie News Seeking National Exposure for Nebraska’s Entrepreneurs

The phrase “Midwestern character” conjures up a consistent, yet nebulous temperament, an image of someone determined, but humble who minds his or her own business and does that business well. While that unassuming resolve has no doubt been instrumental in shaping the central United States, that modesty can — on occasion — be something of a detriment.
Silicon [...]