November 12, 2009

  • Weekly Wrap Up

    Mentioned this week: Filming on location in Jeff’s office at the AIM Institute, SPN SXSW Panel announcement, Startup Drinks in Omaha and TechBrew Iowa in Des Moines last night, Highlight Midwest keynote videos by Geoff Wood, BarCamp Omaha montage by Michael Ramirez, Lovely, Still, a film by Omahan Nik Fackler was playing a sneak peek…

  • Where are they now? Creative Capital Pitch Session II contestants

    This is the second of three posts with updates from our CCPS contestants. A few weeks ago, Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska, the organization that has sponsored our CCPS $1,000 prize, asked me for updates from our past contestants. Unable to provide them myself, I contacted the 26 past contestants with three questions: Where are…

  • Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Joe Olsen

      Updated Phenomblue description on 11/13 at 11:15 AM. The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my “highlight” of the day and I found them to be…

  • New version of WxFix app coming soon

    When I interviewed Dave Andersen of Êelios the day their location-based personal weather app, WxFix, debuted in Apple’s App Store, I also shot a video of Dave giving a walkthrough of their app. Unfortunately, the sound didn’t work on the video. Since then, Êelios has put up five videos demonstrating different use scenarios of their…

  • SPN interviews Jesse Becker of WineToMatch

    I’m really not much of a wine guy, to be honest, but I do appreciate the occasional glass of cabernet. Consequently, I’m not always the most knowledgeable dude when it comes to choosing the best wine to pair with…waffles, for example. Fortunately, thanks in part to Omahan Jesse Becker, Chief Sommelier of WineToMatch.com, I’m still…