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Silicon Prairie

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The Silicon Prairie, a take on the Silicon Valley, can refer to one of several places in the United States including: the Dallas–Fort Worth area in Texas, the Chicago and Champaign-Urbana areas in Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.{{Cite web|last=Kind|first=Savannah|title=Report names Madison as city with high potential to become technology hub for the country|url=https://badgerherald.com/news/2020/02/18/print-2-18-report-names-madison-as-city-with-high-potential-to-become-technology-hub-for-the-country-sklh-mmm-ad/|access-date=2020-07-21|website=The Badger Herald|date=February 18, 2020|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Porter|first=Eduardo|date=2020-07-21|title=Coronavirus Threatens the Luster of Superstar Cities|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/business/economy/coronavirus-cities.html|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0362-4331}} Silicon Prairie is also a reference to a multi-state region loosely comprising parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Kansas.{{Cite web|url=https://i2e.org/startup-firms-can-provide-unique-benefits-to-established-companies-2-2-2/|title=Oklahoma City Finds a Sweet Spot on America's 'Silicon Prairie' {{!}} i2E|date=November 29, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-02}}

Dallas–Fort Worth Silicon Prairie

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North Texas's Silicon Prairie refers to north Dallas and Dallas and Fort Worth's northern suburbs, all part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is named for the high concentration of semiconductor manufacturing, telecommunications, and other information technology related companies in the area.

Dallas–Fort Worth area business in these industry sectors include:

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The Telecom Corridor in Richardson is usually considered the birthplace of the North Texas Silicon Prairie, with Texas Instruments and University of Texas at Dallas dating back to the 1960s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utdallas.edu/magazine/3707/the-tale-of-a-happy-union-between-utd-and-richardson|title=The Tale of a Happy Union between UTD and Richardson - UT Dallas Magazine|website=www.utdallas.edu|access-date=October 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.utdallas.edu/create/print.html|title=Printable Timeline - Creating the Future Since 1969 - The University of Texas at Dallas|website=www.utdallas.edu|access-date=October 4, 2020}} There are also a large number of recognized video and computer game developers in the area, known as the Dallas Gaming Mafia, including Gearbox Software, id Software, 3D Realms, Nerve Software, Bonfire Studios/Zynga Dallas, and Ensemble Studios.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2011/special-report-dfw-technology/video-games-score-big-for-north-texas/|title=Video Games Score Big For Dallas–Fort Worth|date=January 4, 2011 |access-date=October 4, 2020}} These videogame studios, especially Gearbox Software, helped get public interest and municipal funding for the National Videogame Museum to make its home in Frisco.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2014/09/19/board-oks-agreement-to-bring-videogame-history-museum-to-frisco/|title=Board OKs agreement to bring Videogame History Museum to Frisco|date=September 19, 2014|website=Dallas News|access-date=October 4, 2020}}

Illinois Silicon Prairie

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The Illinois Silicon Prairie typically refers to the Chicago and Champaign/Urbana areas.

The Chicago Metropolitan Area is home to several companies in the industrial automation, consumer electronics, telecommunications, and online services industries. The Illinois Technology and Research Corridor along Interstate 88 and the Golden Corridor along Interstate 90 have particularly high concentrations of such businesses.

Among the Chicago area companies and organizations that comprise the Illinois Silicon Prairie are:

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Much of the high technology industry base in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area consists of research and small start-up companies working with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Seven Fortune 500 companies have research entities at the university's research park located in Champaign. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is in Urbana.[http://www.technewsworld.com/ Tech News World]" [http://www.technewsworld.com/story/49212.html Silicon Prairie May Be Fertile Ground for Emerging Homeland Security Biz]." Originally published 7 March 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2007.

Midwest Silicon Prairie

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An area of the Midwestern United States is often referred to as the Silicon Prairie. This region can loosely be defined as the states bordering along Interstate 29 in the Upper Midwest; mainly Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, and Nebraska.{{cite news |first=Josh|last=Rubin |title=Techies reject coasts for 'Silicon Prairie'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/16/silicon.prairie/|publisher=CNN.com |date=2010-07-16 |access-date=2010-07-16}}

= Gateway =

Computer company Gateway 2000 and several other companies began using the moniker in the mid-1990s in advertisements and promotional materials.{{cite news |first=Steve|last=Lohr |title=Gateway 2000 Chairman Blames Haste for Earnings Lag|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/090497gateway.html|work=New York Times |date=1997-09-04 |access-date=2009-10-31}}

= Paycom =

Founded in Oklahoma City in 1998, Paycom is one of the first online payroll and HR technology providers, recognized by Fortune magazine in 2020 as one of the fastest-growing publicly traded companies in the world.{{Cite web|date=2008-03-18|title=Paycom's work pays offLocal online payroll, human resources service company extends national reach|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3217459/paycoms-work-pays-offbrspan-classhl2local-online-payroll-human-resources-service-company-extends-national-reachspan/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Paycom Software {{!}} 2020 Fastest-Growing Companies|url=https://fortune.com/company/paycom-software/100-fastest-growing-companies/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Fortune|language=en}} They also operate a secondary facility in Dallas, and broke ground on a new operations center in Grapevine in 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-15|title=Software firm Paycom starts construction on Grapevine office campus|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/04/15/software-firm-paycom-starts-construction-on-grapevine-office-campus/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Dallas News|language=en}}

= Silicon Prairie Communications (prairie.net) - ISP and regional BBS =

Founded in 1992, Silicon Prairie Communications started as a regional BBS and UUCP gateway, expanding to a boutique ISP that still serves as the delegated admin for a large group of .us domain localities, both regionally in Iowa and several large metro cities.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}{{Advert inline|date=April 2017}}

= Silicon Prairie News =

In 2008, the online technology and entrepreneurial news publication Silicon Prairie News[http://www.siliconprairienews.com Silicon Prairie News] was founded to highlight achievements of companies in the region's principal cities such as Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Sioux Falls and any adjacent cities.{{cite news |title=About Silicon Prairie News |url=http://www.siliconprairienews.com/about|publisher=Silicon Prairie News |access-date=2009-10-31}}

= Silicon Prairie Portal & Exchange d/b/a Silicon Prairie Online =

In 2016, the MNvest portal operator Silicon Prairie Online"[http://sppx.io Silicon Prairie Online]" received registration approval from the Minnesota Department of Commerce {{Cite web|url=https://mn.gov/commerce/industries/securities/mnvest/portal-operators.jsp|title=Portal Operators|website=Minnesota.gov|access-date=October 4, 2020}} to commence operations as a JOBS Act approved crowdfunding portal operator.{{cite news|title=Second Equity Crowdfunding Portal Goes Live in Minnesota|url=http://tcbmag.com/News/Recent-News/2016/December/Second-Equity-Crowdfunding-Portal-Goes-Live-In-Min|publisher=Twin Cities Business |date=2016-12-19}}

= Iowa Governor Culver =

In 2009, Governor Chet Culver (D-Iowa) used the term to describe his desired future reputation for his state after their investment in wind and other renewable energy industries.{{cite news |first=Jessi|last=Strawn |title=Governor visits Iowa State as part of renewable energy tour|url=http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=283&cpage=1|publisher=Iowa State University Featured News |date=2009-08-06 |access-date=2009-10-31}}

= ISU Research Park =

Ames, Iowa{{Cite web|url=https://www.isupark.org/|title=ISU Research Park | Creating an interconnected community where research and business can prosper|access-date=October 4, 2020}}

Workiva - An Ames, Iowa-based business enterprise software company. In 2016 [http://www.workiva.com Workiva] received the [https://www.technologyiowa.org/ Technology Association of Iowa's] Prometheus Award for Top Growth Company of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://siliconprairienews.com/2016/04/iowa-2016-prometheus-award-winners-include-funnelwise-kinosol/|title=Iowa's 2016 Prometheus Award winners include FunnelWise, KinoSol|date=April 15, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2020}}

= Des Moines =

Dwolla - A mobile payment company,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/us/silicon-prairie-takes-root-in-the-great-plains.html|title=Tech Start-Ups Find a Home on the Prairie|first=John|last=Eligon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2020}} whose business model includes speeding up business to business and business to consumer transactions and payments.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-27/congratulations-america-your-paycheck-will-soon-clear-in-one-day | title=Congratulations America: Your Paycheck Will Soon Clear in One Day | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=September 27, 2016 }}

= Nebraska Angels=

An Omaha-based group of approximately 60 investors{{Cite web|url=https://www.nebraskaangels.org/about/overview.html|title=Nebraska Angels : About : Overview|website=www.nebraskaangels.org|access-date=October 4, 2020}} who fund local start-ups.Schaper, David [https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/03/12/392136573/silicon-prairie-tech-startups-find-a-welcoming-home-in-the-midwest "Silicon Prairie: Tech Startups Find A Welcoming Home In The Midwest"], All Things Considered, March 12, 2015. Retrieved on October 20, 2016{{Promotion inline|date=April 2017}}

= South Dakota=

Property Meld is a Rapid City-based SaaS startup that streamlines maintenance coordination for property management companies across the US and Canada.

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