Below is an archived version of the Silicon Prairie StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Silicon Prairie StartupDigest is curated by:
Willis Jackson – Founder of ShownHome

Silicon Prairie StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

What’s Going on in the Silicon Prairie Startup Community

StartupCity Lunch and Learn (Des Moines)
Where: StartupCity Des Moines
When: December 7, 12:00 pm

Learn about the how’s and why’s of equity structuring in new ventures. Bring your questions, as Drew Larson from Brown and Winnick will be in the house.

We love this event. Come out to talk with other entrepreneurs in the area and see a few demos from local companies.

Top Upcoming Events

December 14 – SITAKS Breakfast (Kansas City)
December 14 – SPN Holiday Meetup (Omaha)
December 15 - bizperc Open House (Kansas City)
December 17 – KC Commons Grand Opening (Kansas City)

Below is an archived version of the Indianapolis StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Indianapolis. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Who was the last inspiring startup person you met? Would you like to meet more like that? I thought you might, so I took some time to whip up this list of startup events going on this week. Take a look at some of the scheduled events below to see what what looks good. You may just meet another inspiring startup person or learn something new.

See you out there!

Person You Should Meet
There are a ton of remarkable people in the Indy startup scene. Here’s someone worth getting to know:

Nathan Altman
Nathan is a Partner at DeveloperTown and is the Co-Founder and CEO of uFlavor, a user-generated custom beverage platform that’s launching this week. Follow Nathan here.

For newcomers: StartupDigest is an events list, created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, that is focused on the needs of startups in Indianapolis. Please send ideas and feedback to me at mhunckler@thestartupdigest.com.
Indianapolis StartupDigest is curated by:
Matt Hunckler – Founder of Repurify

Indianapolis StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

What’s Going on in the Indianapolis Startup Community

CocoaHeads
When: Monday, December 5, 6:30 PM
Where: E-Gineering 8415 Allison Pointe Blvd, Indianapolis

CocoaHeads Indianapolis is a monthly gathering of local Mac and iOS developers to discuss building great software. Whether you are building software for Apple’s platforms on a full-time basis, are a hobbyist or are just interested in learning more about the development platform, we hope to serve and educate the central Indiana area.

Techmakers
When: Tuesday, December 6, 5:30 PM
Where: Sonar Studios, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis

Techmakers is for business folks with a stake in the IT world — either through their own business or the clients they serve. Each month, a cross-section of Indy’s most influential IT professionals gather to decompress, meet new people, learn something new, and share what they know with others. Cost is $10 for members and guests, and $35 for non members (guests may attend up to two meetings, events, or training sessions).


Matt Block, Director of Product Management at IASTA, will lead a User Story Writing Workshop. Food and prizes will be provided.

This group’s purpose is to share experiences and help each other along the path of being a software developer by day, and working on a side project or business by night. Many of us are unable to attend “regular” meetups due to conflicting schedules, so this meetup exclusively meets after 9PM.

Learn to punch up your web app with Chad Campbell, a 5-time Microsoft MVP and founder of Ecofic. Technological platforms are constantly changing. However, one thing continues to grow: customers want their apps to have a better experience. This session will show how you one way you can help meet those demands, while at the same time keeping your underlying data-model clean.

We’re bringing it back to DeveloperTown for an epic event that’s lining up three hot software startups you’ll want to learn about:
• Quipol, a cool social polling platform
• Knomingo, a unique video community
• uFlavor, a custom beverage startup, which will be launching to the world at this event!

Below is an archived version of the Houston StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Houston. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Houston StartupDigest is curated by:
Sarah Worthy – Schipulite at Schipul

Houston StartupDigest is made possible exclusively by:
How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

What’s Going on in the Houston Startup Community

The Django Houston meetup will discuss configuring and using Solr to provide solid search.

Houston Android Developers – Critiques of Your Android App Idea
When: Tuesday December 6th, 2011 6:30PM
Where: 3200 Southwest Freeway, 9th Fl Conference room of Idea.com

Come share ideas for android apps with the group and hear feedback on what others think about the app’s market viability.

The Information Technology and Web venture forum will focus on new IT and web technologies. Companies will be presenting a 90-second elevator pitch to 400-600 investors, entrepreneurs and successful business people looking for the next big idea in IT and web technology.

Steve Blank, serial start-up founder, author, and educator on entrepreneurship will present on Customer Development.

Below is an archived version of the Cincinnati StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Cincinnati. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Cincinnati StartupDigest is supported exclusively by:
How do new businesses get ahead in the “Money Game”? Navigating the growing startup financing landscape is the focus of the latest animated video from the Kauffman Foundation’s sketchbook series. Watch “Money Game,” where Kauffman Senior Fellow Paul Kedrosky breaks down the methods entrepreneurs use to raise capital, and the benefits—and hazards—of each.

What’s Going on in the Cincinnati Startup Community

Continuous Web: Hot College Startups
When: Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 PM
Where: Redtree Gallery – 3210 Madison Rd. Cincinnati, OH

It’s the last CW meetup of 2011 and you don’t want to miss it! Come hear from three college startups launching in 2012. They’ll pitch their companies and you’ll have a chance to ask questions and network with other startup folks. The space will fill up quickly, so RSVP as soon as you can.

Upcoming Events

January 13-15 – Northern Kentucky Startup Weekend